The author of an IoT botnet is distributing a backdoor script for ZTE routers that also includes his own backdoor to hack script kiddies A weaponized IoT exploit script is being used by script kiddies, making use of a vendor backdoor account to hack...
According to Android Ecosystem Security Transparency Report the number of potentially harmful applications has fallen from 0.66% in Lollipop to 0.06% in Pie Google published the first Android Ecosystem Security Transparency Report that revealed that the...
Researchers from Trend Micro spotted a new cryptocurrency miner that leverages a rootkit component to hide its presence on the infected systems. Cryptocurrency malware continues to be a privileged choice for crooks and the number of victims is rapidly...
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been using FastCash Trojan to compromise AIX servers to empty tens of millions of dollars from ATMs. Security experts from Symantec have discovered a malware, tracked as FastCash Trojan, that was used by the Lazarus...
Security researchers at 360 Netlab have discovered a new spam botnet, dubbed BCMPUPnP_Hunter, that likely already infected around 400,000 machines to date. Security experts from 360 Netlab security firm have recently discovered a new spam botnet,...
Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted an IRC bot dubbed Shellbot that was built using Perl Shellbot. The malware was distributed by a threat group called Outlaw, it was able to target Linux and Android devices, and also Windows systems. "We...
USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage USB removable...
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The author of the infamous Kraken ransomware has released a new version of the malicious code and launched a RaaS distribution program on the Dark Web. Researchers from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group and McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team...
According to the Symantec experts, the group behind the SamSam ransomware has continued to launch attacks against organizations during 2018. Security experts from Symantec published an interesting post on the evolution of the SamSam ransomware that...