The Koolova ransomware will decrypt the encrypted files for free it the victim read two blog posts about how to avoid ransomware infection. Ransomware authors are very creative, in the last here we assisted a rapid evolution of the cyber extortion practice. Ransomware has become one of the fastest growing threats, new malware implements sophisticated […]
Many users speculated about a possible compromise of the address of www.google.com.br. Did someone hack it? Let’s see what has happened. Two days ago, we followed many news and comments regarding the compromise of the address www.google.com.br. At the beginning, many (me included) discredited the news, however, big online portals quickly started to propagate the […]
The popular security expert Chris Vickery discovered a 11GB archive of Top Secret US SOCOM data that was accidentally leaked. A subcontractor of the Pentagon has exposed top-secret information of the US Military Special Operations Command (SOCOM) medics. Exposed records include names, locations, Social Security Numbers, and salaries of the Military SOCOM personnel, the database […]
The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov and leaked data on Pastebin. The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov and leaked data on Pastebin. The hacker leaked the FBI.GOV accounts that he found in several backup files (acc_102016.bck, acc_112016.bck, old_acc16.bck, etc). […]
One of the most discussed topics these days are the various nefarious uses that a Drone can be put to or just flown where they shouldnât be. 2016 has been an eventful year bagged with mixed sentiments around the US presidential election, Brexit and Global terrorism striking the Worldâs news outlets. Simultaneously not far behind […]
Google hacker Tavis Ormandy discovered a serious flaw that affects the Kaspersky antivirus software and the way it manages inspection digital certificates. Experts from Kaspersky are solving a problem that disabled certificate validation for 400 million users. The problem was spotted by the notorious Google hacker Tavis Ormandy, the vulnerability affects the Kaspersky antivirus software […]
A mysterious hacker is breaking into unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing their content, and asking for a ransom to return the data. Co-founder of the GDI Foundation Victor Gevers is warning of poor security for MongoDB installations in the wild. The security expert has discovered 196 instances of MongoDB that were wiped by crooks and being held for […]
ZeroNet is a new and revolutionary decentralized P2P internet that promise to avoid censorship and improve user privacy on the open web. ZeroNet is a decentralized and open source web platform. It’s based on BitTorrent(p2p) technology and BitCoin cryptography. These features ensure a decentralized censorship-resistant network. The contents published by users can never be deleted […]
The security expert Dawid Golunski from Legal Hackers has reported critical RCE flaws in the popular PHP libraries SwiftMailer, PhpMailer and ZendMail. Recently the security expert Dawid Golunski from Legal Hackers has reported a critical RCE vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-10033, in one of the popular open source PHP library, the PHPMailer. The critical vulnerability in the […]
The software engineer Darren Cauthon reported his LG Smart TV was infected with ransomware on Christmas day, the malware asked for $500 to unlock the device IoT Ransomware is a scaring reality, the threat will increase in the next months and security firms have been warning IT industry. Routers, smart TV, and CCTVs are all potential victims of […]