Cyber Security News

Rowhammer Variant Bypasses Countermeasures
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Rowhammer Variant Bypasses Countermeasures

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

Database Wipe Ransom Hits R6DB
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Database Wipe Ransom Hits R6DB

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

Another Banking Trojan Leverages EternalBlue
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Another Banking Trojan Leverages EternalBlue

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

Coinhive: Innovative but Abused
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Coinhive: Innovative but Abused

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

Analysis of CCleaner Hack Reveal Tech Giants Targeted
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Analysis of CCleaner Hack Reveal Tech Giants Targeted

On Tuesday news broke that the latest version of CCleaner, a popular application owned by Avast, had been hacked, little was known as to the attacker’s intention. As is often the case with attacks conducted by knowledgeable and experienced attackers the targets and aim are exceptionally difficult to

Equifax and the Cost of a Data Breach
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Equifax and the Cost of a Data Breach

When Equifax announced at the start of September that it had been a victim of a massive data breach and given the companies unique position of been one of the three major credit unions in the United States, everyone knew heads would roll. This feeling would only be exacerbated when late on Friday, e

Windows Patches Zero Day Spyware
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Windows Patches Zero Day Spyware

Microsoft, as part of September Patch Tuesday, has released patches for a total of 81 CVE listed vulnerabilities of varying severity. The latest security update addresses 27 critical and 54 important vulnerabilities in severity, of which 38 vulnerabilities are impacting Windows, 39 could lead to Rem

Equifax Suffers Gigantic Data Breach
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Equifax Suffers Gigantic Data Breach

When news of hacks, data breaches, and malware attacks break on mainstream media one knows that the seriousness of the situation can be rarely questioned. When it happens to a company responsible for generating a large portion of credit scores for the American public and advertises the latest advanc

Microsoft Ignoring Security Vulnerabilities
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Microsoft Ignoring Security Vulnerabilities

This week saw security researchers announcing, not one, but two vulnerabilities within Microsoft products. Despite being warned months previously of the problems by different security labs, Microsoft has either decided to ignore them or decide that they are not a problem. The first vulnerability rel

TrickBot Evolves…Again
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TrickBot Evolves…Again

Fast becoming the favored banking Trojan, TrickBot has been updated to steal funds from Coinbase accounts. Coinbase seems to be having a torrid time of late with a surge of complaints from its customer base for the year so far. The rise in complaints has been a reported staggering 4,700% when compar