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
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
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
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
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
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
Researchers at both ESET and Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team have uncovered a new backdoor allegedly used by the infamous Turla group. The backdoor has been used to spy on consulates, ministries and embassies worldwide to spy on governments and diplomats. This campaign has reported
Security experts are warning against opening messages sent to Facebook users with a video link attached. Do not open the video even if sent by a friend. The video links to numerous fake websites, depending on the users OS and browser, in an attempt to install malicious software on their systems. The
Players of the popular first person shooter Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) got more than they bargained for if they looked to download an app which allows users to cheat. The app modified to operate on macOS would also download and install a cryptocurrency miner unbeknownst to the cheater
With Kaspersky Labs releasing their malware report focussing on the second quarter of this year as well as research conducted by Cisco and Umbrella there seems to be a marked rise in DDoS attacks. Many of these attacks seem to be originating in Southeast Asia, with many of the attacks targeting busi