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A first aid kit for ransomware infections

“You’ve been hit by ransomware and you don’t know what to do? Jada Cyrus has assembled a helpful “Ransomware Removal Kit” which contains …

Google patches Android Chrome address bar spoofing bug

The existence of another address bar spoofing bug has been revealed, and this one affects the Android Chrome browser.“Due to a problem in handling 204 “No …

Newly disclosed Logjam bug might be how the NSA broke VPNs

Another vulnerability courtesy of 1990s-era US export restrictions on cryptography has been discovered, and researchers believe it might be how the NSA managed to regularly …

Bug in NetUSB code opens networking devices to remote code execution

Researchers from SEC Consult have published details of a critical kernel stack buffer overflow vulnerability in NetUSB, a software component that provides “USB over …

Hackers breached subsea cable operator Pacnet’s corporate IT network

Global telecommunications service provider and fibre optic subsea cable operator Pacnet has suffered a breach: unknown hackers have gained access to its corporate IT network …

South Korean minors to be monitored via smartphone spying apps

The Korea Communications Commission, South Korea’s media regulation agency modeled after US’ FCC, has made it mandatory for telecoms and parents to install a …

Fake PayPal payment reversal notification leads to phishing

PayPal phishing attempts take many forms, and one of the most often used techniques is fake emails containing a warning and a prompt to act quickly.An active phishing campaign …

Address spoofing Safari bug opens door for phishing attacks

Hacker David Leo has released a PoC exploit for a Safari vulnerability that can be misused to trick users into thinking they are on one site while they are actually on another …

Trojanized, info-stealing PuTTY version lurking online

“A malicious version of the popular open source Secure Shell (SSH) client PuTTY has been spotted and analyzed by Symantec researchers, and found to have …

How much money do cyber crooks collect via crypto ransomware?

“FireEye researchers have calculated that the cybercriminals wielding TeslaCrypt and AlphaCrypt have managed to extort $76,522 from 163 victims in only two months. …

Penn State engineering network is taken offline following two cyberattacks

The computer network of Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering has been temporarily disconnected from the Internet in the wake of two “highly …

European Internet users urged to protect themselves against Facebook tracking

In the wake of the revelations about Facebook’s tracking of users who do not own a Facebook account, the Belgian Privacy Commission has issued a set of recommendations …

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