Kaspersky confirms hidden threat in BIOSes PC and warns that Absolute Computrace Anti-Theft agent can be remotely hijacked.Absolute Software refuses claims. After the case raised by Kaspersky team on the Computrace agent I tried to contact Absolute software received the following official reply on the results of the investigation. Background On Wednesday, February 12th, Kaspersky Lab […]
Experts at Kaspersky confirm hidden threat in BIOSes of Popular Laptops and warns that Absolute Computrace Anti-Theft agent can be remotely hijacked Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have demonstrated that a feature in the legitimate software produced by Absolute Software firm can be abused to turn a defensive utility into a powerful utility for cyberattack. Kaspersky Lab’s security […]
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to fix a critical vulnerability exploited in a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign. Adobe has released today a new patch for the Flash Player product to fix a vulnerability which is currently being exploited. The vulnerability (CVE-2014-0497), allows an attacker to remotely take control of the targeted system […]
Kaspersky Lab malware expert Dmitry Bestuzhev revealed a large-scale spam email campaign that is advertising the PC version of the mobile WhatsApp app to spread a banking trojan. A large-scale spam email campaign is advertising the PC version of the popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp, it’s a pity that the application does not actually exist […]
Eugene Kaspersky revealed that a staffer at the unnamed nuclear Russian plant informed him of the infection of internal network with Stuxnet. We have a lot of information on Stuxnet virus, a powerful malware that for the first time has shown to governments the capabilities and efficiency of a cyber weapon. After its disclosure it’s […]
Kaspersky Lab discovered the emerging group of cyber-mercenaries Icefog available for hire to perform surgical hit and run operations against strategic targets. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab sustain to have identifies a group of cyber mercenaries called Icefog that is responsible for a huge cyber espionage campaign, occurred in 2011, against Japanese parliament and dozens of government agencies and […]
After months of investigation security researchers from Kaspersky have detected a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Kimsuky that targeted South Korean organizations. Kaspersky experts have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Kimsuky due the names “kim” used by hackers for drop box email accounts during in the attacks. “It’s interesting that the drop box […]
Experts at Kaspersky firm provided evidences that the hackers behind cyber espionage campaign NetTraveler are still active and improved their attack methods. Last June Kaspersky firm uncovered a new global cyber espionage campaign dubbed NetTraveler. Kaspersky’s team discovered that NetTraveler targeted over 350 high profile victims from 40 countries. The name of the operation derives from […]
The cyber Security Analyst Consultant at Q-CERT Ebrahim Hegazy has found an “Unvalidated Redirection Vulnerability” in the website of the giant security solutions vendor “Kaspersky”. Ebrahim Hegazy (@Zigoo0) has found an “Unvalidated Redirection Vulnerability” in the website of the giant security solutions vendor “Kaspersky”. Ebrahim Hegazy is the cyber Security Analyst Consultant at Q-CERT who found a SQL […]
Security experts at Kaspersky have detected numerous Android malicious applications that uses Google Cloud Messaging Service as C&C. Android malware exploits the Google Cloud Messaging Service (GCM) as Command and Control server. The Google service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON format to installed apps, but hackers exploited it for malicious purposes. The discovery has been made […]