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2018-12-14 18:31:01 | The Week in Ransomware - December 14th 2018 - Slow Week (lien direct) | It is a pretty slow week as we lead up to the holidays. Historically, ransomware tends to slow down during this time as people go away for vacation and businesses take more time off. [...] | Ransomware Guideline | ★★★★ | |
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2018-12-14 16:57:05 | Neofetch Creates Colorful System Information Screens using Ascii Art (lien direct) | If you ever wanted to share you system information with another user, whether that be in a support forum or to show off your rig, its always nice to do so in style. A program called Neofetch allows you to do so using colorful ascii operating system logos along with information about your system that you can then share as an image. [...] | |||
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2018-12-14 13:19:03 | Microsoft Launches AI Malware Prediction Competition with $25K Prize (lien direct) | Microsoft is challenging the data science community to come up with AI models that can accurately predict whether a computer would become infected based on the device's configuration. The team who successfully predicts the most malware will win a prize of $25,000 USD. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-14 11:47:00 | 123456 Is the Most Used Password for the 5th Year in a Row (lien direct) | For the 5th year in a row, "123456" is most used password, with "password" coming in at second place. Even in the wake of a constant stream of data breaches, hacks, and ransomware attack reports people continue to utilize weak passwords that not only put their information at jeopardy, but also their organization's data. [...] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-12-14 10:59:02 | Facebook Photo API Bug Exposed Pics of Up to 6.8 Million Users (lien direct) | Facebook just announced that a bug in its application programming interface for photos may have allowed third-party unauthorized access to images on 6.8 million accounts. [...] | |||
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2018-12-14 05:30:01 | Save the Children Charity Org Scammed for Almost $1 Million (lien direct) | If certain crooks have some sort of moral compass that keeps them away from certain victims, others ditch such boundaries for the right amount of money. A perpetrator from the latter category was able to fool the charitable organization Save the Children into misdirecting close to $1million. [...] | |||
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2018-12-14 02:57:04 | WordPress Security Patch Addresses Privacy Leak Bug (lien direct) | WordPress released a security patch for its software, fixing seven vulnerabilities in version 5.0.1. One of them stands out as it allows search engines to index email addresses and even passwords. [...] | |||
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2018-12-13 16:38:04 | New Bomb Threat Email Scam Campaign Demanding $20K in Bitcoin (lien direct) | A new twist in the scam extortion emails that have been so popular recently is a new email campaign that contains a bomb threat stating they will detonate a bomb if the recipient does not send a $20,000 USD bitcoin payment. [...] | Threat | ||
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2018-12-13 05:04:05 | (Déjà vu) Shamoon Disk-Wiping Malware Re-Emerges with a Third Variant (lien direct) | Two new samples of the Shamoon data have been discovered in the wild, after a period of silence that lasted for about two years. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-13 05:04:05 | (Déjà vu) Shamoon Disk-Wiping Malware Re-emerges with Two New Variants (lien direct) | Two new samples of the Shamoon data have been discovered in the wild, after a period of silence that lasted for about two years. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-13 02:47:00 | New LamePyre macOS Malware Sends Screenshots to Attacker (lien direct) | The world of macOS malware has a new member that makes no effort to keep appearances and looks rather like a bare-bones version that is still under development. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-12 18:04:04 | Taxpayer ID Numbers for 120 Million Brazilians Exposed Online (lien direct) | A misconfigured server exposed the taxpayer identification numbers, or Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPFs), for 120 million Brazilian nationals for an unknown period of time. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2018-12-12 11:26:05 | Op \'Sharpshooter\' Uses Lazarus Group Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (lien direct) | A new advanced threat actor has emerged on the radar, targeting organizations in the defense and the critical infrastructure sectors with fileless malware and an exploitation tool that borrows code from a trojan associated with the Lazarus group [...] | Malware Tool Threat Medical | APT 38 | |
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2018-12-12 11:15:04 | Windows 10 Notepad is Getting Better UTF-8 Encoding Support (lien direct) | In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has released a new version of Notepad that includes changes that bring it closer to what we have come to expect from modern text file editors. [...] | |||
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2018-12-12 02:51:00 | Android Malware Tricks User to Log into PayPal to Steal Funds (lien direct) | An Android malware posing as a battery optimization app social engineers its way into stealing funds from PayPal users, despite two-factor authentication protection, by simply prompting them to log into the app. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-11 18:32:00 | Updates Released For Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader (lien direct) | Today, Adobe released security updates that fix numerous critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. This was a massive update, with over 87 vulnerabilities being patched by Adobe. [...] | |||
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2018-12-11 16:39:03 | Microsoft December 2018 Patch Tuesday Fixes Actively Used Zero-Day Vulnerability (lien direct) | Today is Microsoft's December 2018 Patch Tuesday, which means it is time to update your computer so that you are protected from the latest threats to Windows and Microsoft products. Two of the patched critical vulnerabilities are known to have been used in the wild, so it is important that these updates are installed immediately. [...] | Vulnerability | ||
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2018-12-11 14:11:04 | Windows 10 Cumulative Updates Released With Fix for Windows Media Player (lien direct) | The December 2018 cumulative updates are now available for supported versions of Windows 10. Today's update for Windows 10 has addressed the security and non-security issues. [...] | |||
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2018-12-11 11:59:03 | Mozilla Firefox 64.0 Released - Here\'s What\'s New (lien direct) | Mozilla has released Firefox 64 and it comes with new features such as the Contextual Feature Recommender, multi-tab selections, an improved Task Manager, and native Windows 10 sharing support. [...] | |||
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2018-12-11 10:16:01 | Cobalt Bank Robbers Use New ThreadKit Malicious Doc Builder (lien direct) | The Cobalt hacking group specialized in breaching the networks financial institutions and banks is now using a new variant of the ThreadKit exploit builder kit for Microsoft Office documents. [...] | |||
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2018-12-09 12:22:04 | Pressing F7 in the Command Prompt Lists Previously Entered Commands (lien direct) | Did you know that pressing the F7 key while using the Windows command prompt will display a box containing a list of previously typed commands? If not, then these tips may help you use the Command Prompt more efficiently. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2018-12-08 14:05:02 | Sextortion Emails now Leading to Ransomware and Info-Stealing Trojans (lien direct) | Sextortion email scams have been a very successful way of generating money for criminals. A new Sextortion campaign is now taking it to the next level by tricking recipients into installing the Azorult information-stealing Trojan, which then downloads and installs the GandCrab ransomware. [...] | Ransomware | ★★★ | |
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2018-12-08 12:08:05 | WebKit Vulnerability Affects Latest Versions of Apple Safari (lien direct) | A researcher published exploit code for a vulnerability in WebKit, the web browser engine that powers Apple's Safari, along with other apps on macOS, iOS, and Linux. [...] | Vulnerability | ||
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2018-12-07 17:49:01 | The Week in Ransomware - December 7th 2018 - WeChat Ransomware, Scammers, & More (lien direct) | This was a pretty interesting week in ransomware. First we had a Chinese ransomware that infected 100,000 victims and then we had research showing how a ransomware decryption service was just paying the ransom and tacking on a large fee. [...] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-12-07 14:28:00 | Windows 10 Testing New Conversational Date Format in File Explorer (lien direct) | Microsoft is testing a new feature in the Windows 10 19H1 Insider builds (Build 1903) that changes how dates are displayed in File Explorer to a more "conversational format" such as "minutes ago", "yesterday", "hours ago", etc. [...] | |||
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2018-12-07 11:57:05 | DanaBot Banking Trojan Gets into Spam Business (lien direct) | Authors of the DanaBot banking trojans updated the malware with new features that enabled it to harvest email addresses and send out spam straight from the victim's mailbox. [...] | Spam Malware | ||
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2018-12-07 10:43:00 | DNA Testing Kits & The Security Risks in Digitized DNA (lien direct) | The addition of digitized DNA provides hackers with another target to exploit and opens up a new and challenging frontier for cybersecurity professionals. There are significant implications involved in digitizing DNA. "The cyber-physical nature of biotechnology raises unprecedented security concerns," coauthors Jean Peccoud, Jenna... [...] | |||
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2018-12-07 02:36:00 | Netbooks, RPis, & Bash Bunny Gear - Attacking Banks from the Inside (lien direct) | Multiple banks in Eastern Europe have been attacked from inside their network via various electronic devices connected directly to the company's own infrastructure, security researchers have discovered. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 16:50:00 | Botnet of 20,000 WordPress Sites Infecting Other WordPress Sites (lien direct) | A botnet consisting of over 20,000 WordPress sites is being used to attack and infect other WordPress sites. Once compromised, these new sites are added to the botnet so that they too can be used to perform commands for the attackers. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 16:00:00 | Mozilla Announces a Native ARM64 version of Firefox (lien direct) | Mozilla has announced that they are beginning development of a native ARM64 version of Firefox for the always on, always connected, multi-core Snapdragon platform with Windows 10. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 13:34:03 | Chinese Police Arrest Dev Behind UNNAMED1989 WeChat Ransomware (lien direct) | Chinese law enforcement have arrested the developer of the UNNAMED1989 / WeChat Ransomware that recently took China by storm and infected over 100K users in a few days. [...] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-12-06 12:40:03 | Microsoft is Rebuilding Edge Browser using Chromium for Windows & macOS (lien direct) | Microsoft has officially confirmed that they are going to be gutting Edge and converting it into a Chromium based browser. While the engine will change, Microsoft has stated that they will continue utilizing the Microsoft Edge name and will now bring the browser to all supported Windows platforms. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 10:30:02 | Unprotected MongoDB Exposes Scraped Profile Data of 66 Million (lien direct) | Information belonging to more than 66 million individuals was discovered in an unprotected database, within anyone's reach, if they knew where to look on the web. The records look like scraped data from LinkedIn profiles. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 07:12:03 | Windows 10 Version 1809 Cumulative Update Build 17763.168 Released (lien direct) | Microsoft has rolled out a new cumulative update for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809). Windows 10 KB4469342 has been in testing for quite a while now and today it's rolling out to the general public. [...] | |||
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2018-12-06 03:14:01 | HackerOne Offers Free Sandboxes To Replicate Real-World Security Bugs (lien direct) | HackerOne has announced that it makes available to hackers that want to test and hone their skills a set of five sandbox environments modeled after popular security bugs reported through its platform. [...] | |||
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2018-12-05 17:23:00 | Apple Fixes Passcode Bypass, RCE Vulnerabilities, and More in Today\'s Updates. (lien direct) | Today Apple released updates for their core products that includes iCloud, Safari, iTunes, macOS Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, Shortcuts for iOS 2.1.2, tvOS 12.1.1, and of course iOS 12.1.1. [...] | |||
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2018-12-05 16:22:02 | (Déjà vu) Google Maps Users are Receiving Notification Spam and No One Knows Why (lien direct) | Users are receiving spam notifications through the Google Maps app that asks them to share their location in order to get something for free and no one knows why. [...] | Spam | ||
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2018-12-05 16:22:02 | (Déjà vu) Android Users are Receiving Maps Notification Spam and No One Knows Why (lien direct) | Users are receiving spam notifications through the Google Maps app that asks them to share their location in order to get something for free and no one knows why. [...] | Spam | ||
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2018-12-05 14:59:04 | SNDBOX - an AI Powered Malware Analysis Site is Launched (lien direct) | Today at Blackhat Europe, a new malware analysis service was unveiled called SNDBOX that utilizes artificial intelligence and a hardened virtual environment to perform static and dynamic analysis of malware samples. [...] | Malware | ||
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2018-12-05 12:28:05 | Company Pretends to Decrypt Ransomware But Just Pays Ransom (lien direct) | Ransomware is a serious threat but also a lucrative business for crooks and scammers posing as IT professionals promising successful decryption services for the right price. [...] | Ransomware Threat | ★★★★ | |
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2018-12-05 11:11:01 | Adobe Fixes Zero-Day Flash Player Vulnerability Used in APT Attack on Russia (lien direct) | Adobe has released an update for Flash Player that fixes a zero-day user after free vulnerability that was used as part of an APT attack against Russia. This attack is being named "Operation Poison Needle" and targeted the Russian FSBI "Polyclinic #2" medical clinic. [...] | Vulnerability | ||
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2018-12-05 03:05:00 | Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment (lien direct) | Over 100,000 thousand computers in China have been infected in just a few days with poorly-written ransomware that encrypts local files and steals credentials for multiple Chinese online services. [...] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-12-04 15:55:01 | Windows Lite Is Microsoft\'s Answer to Google Chrome OS (lien direct) | Windows Lite is a stripped down version of the operating system and it will reportedly take Microsoft's concept of Store-restricted operating system one step further. [...] | |||
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2018-12-04 15:00:02 | Chrome 71 Released With Abusive Ad Filtering and Audio Blocking (lien direct) | Google has release Chrome 71 to the Stable desktop channel, which means it is now available for everyone to download. This version comes with a bunch of new features, with most of them focusing on protecting users from abusive ads, deceptive billing pages, and unwanted autoplay audio. [...] | |||
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2018-12-04 13:33:04 | National Republican Congressional Committee Hacked - Emails Exposed (lien direct) | The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) discovered this April 2018 that they were hacked and an unauthorized third-party had access to the email accounts of four senior aides. [...] | |||
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2018-12-04 11:12:03 | Kubernetes Updates Patch Critical Privilege Escalation Bug (lien direct) | A critical vulnerability in Kubernetes open-source system for handling containerized applications can enable an attacker to gain full administrator privileges on Kubernetes compute nodes. [...] | Vulnerability | Uber | |
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2018-12-04 10:00:05 | Microsoft Replacing Edge With New Chromium-based Browser (lien direct) | According to reports, Microsoft is abandoning development of Microsoft Edge and instead focusing on a new Chromium-based browser under the codename Anaheim. [...] | |||
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2018-12-04 10:00:05 | Microsoft\'s New Chromium-Based Browser for Windows 10 Could Be Announced Soon (lien direct) | Microsoft's new web browser is codenamed Anaheim and it would be more or less Microsoft's very own Chromium version without Google services. [...] | |||
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2018-12-03 20:46:03 | Quora Hacked - 100 Million User\'s Data Exposed (lien direct) | Quora announced tonight that one of their systems was hacked and has led to the exposure of approximately 100 million user's data to an unauthorized third-party. [...] | |||
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2018-12-03 19:47:04 | Printeradvertising.com Spam Service Claims It Can Print Anywhere (lien direct) | In order to prevent this type of mischief, network enabled printers should never be connected to the Internet. Allowing them to do so only allows malicious actors to send any type of print document to your network, including pornography that could land you in trouble. [...] | Spam |
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