Following the recent hack of a US Navy contractor security experts found evidence of very recent activity by the China-linked APT group tracked as APT15. The China-linked APT15 group (aka Ke3chang, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Royal APT and Playful Dragon)...
Apple introduced a new feature in the latest beta versions of iOS, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, to improve the security of a locked device, Apple is implementing a new feature dubbed USB Restricted Mode to improve the security of its device, it is going...
Schneider Electric has patched last week four flaws affecting the U.motion Builder software, including two critical command execution vulnerabilities. Schneider Electric U.motion Builder is a tool designed for creating projects for U.motion devices...
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This week, security experts observed a surge in port 8000 scan activity, researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab determined that the unusual activity was associated with Satori IoT botnet. Experts from Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered that the author of the Satori...
Researchers uncovered a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker dubbed ClipboardWalletHijacker that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Security researchers from Qihoo 360 Total Security have spotted a new malware campaign spreading...
The Europol announced that several French nationals were arrested in the past year on suspicion of being involved with notorious Rex Mundi crime gang. Another success of the Europol made the headlines, the European police announced that several French...
The GitHub account of the Syscoin cryptocurrency was compromised by hackers that replaced the official Syscoin Windows client with a tainted version. The Syscoin clients allow users to mine Syscoin cryptocurrency or manage Syscoin funds. The...
Trend Micro spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell scripts that appears related to the MuddyWater APT. Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell...
A new vulnerability involving side channel speculative execution on Intel chips, known as LazyFP, has been announced and assigned CVE-2018-3665. A new vulnerability tracked as LazyFP (CVE-2018-3665) involving side channel speculative execution affects...