Dendroid, the next generation Crimeware toolkit which can convert apps to malware , is available in underground market for only $300. It also comes with a 24 hour support if you are stuck up on your way. Symantec mentioned that this is evolution of AndroRAT( first ever malware APK binder). Dendroid is a HTTP RAT that […]
Researchers have identified a tricky Android malware spreading via facebook advertising. When Facebook is accessed from an Android device, users may see messages under Facebook adverting under “Suggested Post”. Some of the identified ads read as “WhatsApp tips like: “Want to know how to see your contacts’ chats on WhatsApp?” “Want to hide your WhatsApp […]
Researchers from Hold Security LLC,have identified more than 360 million credentials in the underground market. The details of the data is not yet publicized nor any company name is identified as per the reports. Alex Holden, CISO of Hold Security LLC, said in an interview that the data was obtained over the past three weeks. […]
Ibrahim Raafat ( @RaafatSEC ) , a Egyptian security researcher identified an vulnerability which could have potentially deleted more than 1.5 million records form its database. He further demonstrated ‘Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability’ on his blog which appeared to have been fixed by Yahoo. He performed the demo with his account. The vulnerability escalated the users privilege to delete the […]
“Although EC-Council has been respected by corporations and governments, many in the in the security community don’t agree the way they certify and considered it as useless certification ” Analysts predict that Passports of more than 60,000 US military and government IT professionals at risk Hacker went by the name of Eugene Belford, claims to […]
This time Syrian Electronic Army has targeted Forbes for the big hack day. SEA published the hack on Friday, showing several screenshots of the WordPress admin panel backend of the Forbes.com website. SEA said in a tweet that more than one million user e-mails and passwords […]
Johannes B, a security researcher from the SANS has posted a warning for useres about a self-replicating malware named “The Moon”has been exploiting authentication bypass and code-execution vulnerabilities on Linksys routers – E1000 & E1200 wireless routers. How does it work ? The malware remotely calls Home Network Administration Protocol (HNAP), allows identification, configuration and management of networking devices. Malware […]
TESCO has been targeted by hackers this time and account information of more than 2000 customers have been posted online on pastebin. Tesco.com internet shopping accounts, personal details and Tesco club card details were posted last Thursday online by the hackers. As a result , Tesco was forced […]
Researchers from Hold Security have discovered more than 7,000 FTP sites have been compromised by to infect malware or to attempt to compromise connected web services. “Hackers planted PHP scripts armed with backdoors (shells) and viruses in multiple directories hoping that these directories map to Web servers of the victim companies to gain control of the […]
CoinThief, a Bitcoin-stealing Trojan targeting Mac users, was discovered offering on several download websites such as CNET’s Download.com and MacUpdate.com. It was also available masquerading as pre compiled binaries in multiple GitHub projects. The malware variant installs a browser extensions for Safari and Google Chrome to monitor all web browsing traffic, specifically looking for login […]