Data breach in Delta Air: customer info leaked

Delta Air Lines Inc. has reported to be coping with a cyber-attack which exposed information about its clients. The security breach involved an online chat service which put some customer payment information in jeopardy. Delta Air Lines were informed of the incident on 28th of March. According to security specialists, cyber criminals managed to collect … Continued

Magento stores hacked: deliver malware, steal card details and spread crypto-miners

Researchers from Flashpoint have announced that e-commerce websites of Magento have been hijacked by hackers. Over one thousand Magento sites have been influenced by cyber criminals. After the invasion, the websites started featuring malicious scripts which have multiple purposes. On one hand, scripts are designed to steal online shoppers’ credit card information. However, the hack … Continued

Ransomware attacks are on the rise

Offensive maneuvers against individuals, states or groups are becoming a daily battle. You should be living under a rock not to be aware of at least the most famous malicious acts, like the WannaCry or NotPetya attacks. Just recently, the City of Atlanta suffered another blow from WannaCry infection, and the city still has to … Continued

Boeing computer systems sabotaged by WannaCry virus

United States officially blamed North Korea for the awful WannaCry infection. The shameful activity of this ransomware is not as strong now, compared to the capacities it demonstrated during its initial global attacks. Currently, WannaCry virus selects smaller targets and hopes to cause havoc. In February, Connecticut government reported the activity of WannaCry and confirmed … Continued

Linux-targeting GoScanSSH malware detected

On 26 of March, researchers from Talos published an informative article, revealing a new malware family. The discovery was made during a recent Incident Response (IR) engagement. Specialists figured out that a malware dubbed GoScanSSH targeted SSH servers which were exposed to the Internet. The analysis of GoScanSSH structure revealed that the malware is written … Continued

Europol arrests suspected head of Carbanak gang

According to law enforcement agencies, a criminal mastermind, the leader of the crime gang dubbed Carbanak/Cobalt, has been caught by the police in Spain. The gang of hackers targeted people from over 40 countries, and had ended up affecting approximately one hundred financial institutions worldwide. What is the Carbanak gang? Europol stated that the first … Continued

SamSam attacks Atlanta IT systems

Recently, SamSam ransomware virus resurfaced and targeted The Colorado Department of Transportation. This time, the virus returns once again to deliver another blow against the City of Atlanta and its IT systems. While Colorado explained that they were able to avoid long-term repercussions of the cyber attack, the unauthorized access in Atlanda lead to online … Continued

Facebook data scandal intensifies

Facebook won’t be able to successfully shake off the scandalous breach of information, when confidential information of more than 50 million members was leaked to a political data collecting firm. The discovered indecencies triggered a general public outrage, and lawmakers are not far behind. Law enforcement agencies in America are demanding that thorough investigations would … Continued

Facebook allowed political data firm to collect personal data

Over the weekend, many people sharpened their pitchforks and aimed them at Facebook. The initial disturbing reports suggested that a political data firm was able to collect personal information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles. The cherry on top of this story is sour: the data-collecting firm has links to President Trump’s 2016 campaign. … Continued

RottenSys pre-installed malware found on phones

It is natural to believe that a new phone is supposed to be safe, uncluttered, free from hundreds of pictures and applications. There are some apps that are pre-installed into phones, but they could not possibly be harmful if they were added by legitimate manufacturers, right? While specialists do observe the pre-installed programs, it appears … Continued

PinkKite PoS malware identified

A new threat to your wallet has been detected. Researchers have reported a new point of sale (PoS) malware dubbed as PinkKite. If you are not familiar with the PoS cyber attacks, they are meant to steal your credit card information by reading the device memory from the retail checkout point of sale system. Even … Continued

Google bans cryptocurrency related adverts

Google has decided to alter its Financial services policy. In June of 2018, the changes will officially become valid and the majority of crypto-currency related ads will be unwelcome. This decision is understandable as the obsession of crypto-currencies has reached a boiling point, and millions of users have suffered from the decrease of Bitcoin (or … Continued

Necurs and Gamut botnets deliver 97% of all spam

Some spam campaigns are more persistent than others. Over the years, disturbing numbers of deceptive email letters reach users, and these people end up on the verge of becoming infected. It is presumable that spam messages would originate from various hackers, various places and for various reasons. However, a report from McAFee suggests that some … Continued

Kaspersky detects Slingshot router malware

Kaspersky Lab has published a shocking revelation of another government-support (not confirmed) spying tactic. Dubbed Slingshot malware, it is a well calculated malicious loader. Researchers have identified the changes malware does to an infected operating system: the virus replaces a legitimate Windows library “scesrv.dll” with an identical malicious version. While “scesrv.dll” was the most commonly … Continued

Kill switch for Memcached DDoS attacks

Just a few days ago, a world-record-breaking cyber attack against GitHub took place. However, this new achievement was surpassed rather quickly: now, a 1.7 Tbps attack against an unnamed US company holds the world record for the strongest DDoS attack. Without any doubts, other companies expressed concerns over their own security and wondered whether hackers … Continued

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