News broke on October 24 of a new ransomware variant targeting Russian and Ukrainian systems. The ransomware infected both personal computers and company servers. Among the affected organizations are Kiev’s metro system, Russian media organization Interfax and Odessa airport. Interfax was forced to
Since the middle of September, researchers have been watching an Internet of Things Botnet grow by nearly 10,000 infections per day. The botnet has been codenamed IoT_reaper. The current size of Reaper is estimated to be over 2 million infections. Much has been published over the years about how vul
Recently we reported on the first ever ransomware which changes both the user PIN and encrypts user data on Android devices, discovered by researchers at ESET. In less than a week another piece of malware was discovered targeting Android users. SockBot, discovered by researchers at Symantec, is a Tr
Researchers at Slovakia based security firm ESET have discovered a new ransomware variant that targets Android users. The researchers believe this to be the first instance on ransomware which abuses Android Accessibility. A feature that provides users alternative ways to interact with their smartpho
With financial institutions admitting data breaches, some very serious others less so, it seems governments are also taking the opportunity to disclose information concerning hacks. This week saw both the Australian Government and the South Korean Government admitting that sensitive information, in
Earlier this President Donald Trump’s government moved to ban all Kaspersky Lab products from US Government institutions and agencies. Law enforcement and information agencies also recommended to the private sector that they should desist for purchasing products and services from the Russian based c
Security researchers have developed a variant of the Rowhammer malware that is able to bypass all the current countermeasures proposed for such an attack. The blanket term Rowhammer has come to describe a security exploit that takes advantage of the fact that hardware vendors are cramming too many m
Over the last two years, security researchers have seen servers accessed and data wiped with the attacker sending a ransom note to have the data restored. The most recent victim has been the team behind R6DB, an online service which provides Rainbow Six Siege player statistics. The attack occurred o
Once EternalBlue was released into the wild by the Shadowbrokers it was predicted that its effects would be far-reaching. Time has proven those predictions correct with many hacking groups around the global adding yet another tool in spreading malicious payload. In this instance the creators of the
Cryptocurrencies are fast becoming, if not already, a massive investment tool that is rewriting the rules as to what the currency currently in your wallet can be. With innovation often comes teething problems, these in themselves are not a worry. What is a worry is how malware authors are exploiting