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> Malvertising Push Infects 288 Popular Websites
The effort is affecting most of the popular Dutch websites, with potentially hundreds of thousands exposed to ransomware.
> PowerShell Exploits Spotted in Over a Third of Attacks
Carbon Black study claims Windows tool is a useful one for hackers too
> Hacker Handle Bounty
It’s time to close this chapter of our industry’s past. To distance ourselves from the World Wrestling Federation and comic book superheroes. We’re talking about hacker handles: Dildog, Thomas Dullien, Matt Blaze etc. When the Internet was young and fancy-free, hacker handles had their place. They a...
> Patch Tuesday Brings Badlock Bulletin and Zero Day Fixes
Experts warn admins not to be distracted by overhyped bug
> Massive Syrian Government Hack All Down to Joomla
The Cyber Justice Team obtained the info by exploiting known and outdated vulnerabilities in the web portals used by the Assad regime.
> The Problem with Dynamic Program Analysis
Developers have access to tools like AddressSanitizer and Valgrind that will tell them when the code that they’re running accesses uninitialized memory, leaks memory, or uses memory after it’s been freed. Despite the availability of these excellent tools, memory bugs still persist, still get shipped...
> BadLock Opens Door for Samba-based MiTM, DDoS Attacks
The researchers who discovered it noted, “we are pretty sure that there will be exploits soon after we publish all relevant information.”
> Chinese Hackers Bribe Their Way onto Third Party App Stores
Check Point claims security vendor’s whitelisting didn’t work
> Petya Decryption Tool Now Available
But ransomware authors are working on a solution, warn experts
> Researcher Unearths Flaw in Popular Modems
The vulnerability leaves modems open to unauthenticated reboot attacks
> SQL Injection Flaw Found in Mossack Fonseca CMS
Panamanian law firm had poor cybersecurity posture
> Tens of Millions of Desktops Still Run Windows XP
Vulnerabilities discovered in XP will not be patched by Microsoft, leaving millions of businesses open to "0-days forever."
> Citadel Banking Trojan Returns as 'Atmos'
The new strain is currently targeting banks in France and it was also spotted being delivered with TeslaCrypt.
> Nationwide Trialing Behavioral Biometrics
New app will authenticate mobile banking customers
> Black Hats Bungle Adobe Flaw
Exploit only affected users of older version, says Malwarebytes
> 1 in 10 Britons Engage in 'Honest Hacking'
Another two in three (62%) are accidental hackers, having inadvertently logged into someone else’s account on a shared computer.
> Unpatched Software, Misconfiguration Plague 1000s of Organizations
Nearly all of these exploitable weaknesses—a present for criminals—are easy to fix with software patches or simple administrative changes.
> Every Voter in Philippines Exposed in Mega Hack
Massive data breach may affect as many as 55 million
> Consumers Fearful of Future IoT World
The majority of consumers are worried about a world of connected devices, according to new research by Mobile Ecosystem Forum.
> Eset Claims Victory After Mumblehard Spam Bot Shut Down
Nearly 4000 Linux systems were compromised