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Ransomware poses as anti-virus software to infect victims

Ransomware poses as anti-virus software to infect victims

A successful family of ransomware called Dharma is now trying to infect victims by posing as anti-virus software. Specifically, the malware presents itself as an old version of security company ESET. Dharma first appeared in 2016 and is responsible for several major incidents, including the encrypt... Read more

date5 years ago
“Three major anti-virus companies in U.S. victim of hacking.

“Three major anti-virus companies in U.S. victim of hacking.

Researchers at security company Advanced Intelligence (AdvIntel) have revealed that a group of Russian and English-speaking hackers claim to have hacked three American anti-virus companies. The collective calls itself Fxmsp. The collective would actively try to sell stolen data. They sell both sourc... Read more

date5 years ago
Hacker steals 932 million user data in two months

Hacker steals 932 million user data in two months

A hacker named Gnosticplayers has managed to steal 932 million user data from 44 companies in just two months. The hacker already talked to ZDNet in February about wanting to sell the data of over a billion users, writes the website. Since mid-February, the hacker has been posting series of hacked ... Read more

date5 years ago
Researchers mislead Tesla Autopilot to drive against traffic

Researchers mislead Tesla Autopilot to drive against traffic

Researchers have discovered a simple attack with which a Tesla car may, in certain circumstances, automatically drive against the traffic. The proof-of-concept does not hack into the onboard computing system, but uses small, inconspicuous stickers that mislead the Enhanced Autopilot of a Model S75.... Read more

date5 years ago
Error in Magento makes websites vulnerable to skimmers

Error in Magento makes websites vulnerable to skimmers

E-commerce platform Magento contains a serious vulnerability, which means that 300,000 websites run the risk of being infected with malware from skimmers. The vulnerability has already been closed with a patch, but it still has to be installed by the owners of the websites. The specific error is PRO... Read more

date5 years ago

Windows malware Slub abuses Slack and GitHub to steal data

Trend Micro researchers say they found a new malware that uses Slack channels, GitHub, and file.io to steal data from Windows PCs. The malware is called Slub and is part of a 'watering hole', which is a type of attack that consists of compromising a website that is probably visited by the target gro... Read more

date5 years ago
Citrix victim of hack, potentially large amount of data stolen

Citrix victim of hack, potentially large amount of data stolen

Citrix has been the victim of an attack by hackers, in which a large amount of data may have been stolen from customers. That's what Forbes reports. The attack was reported to the company by the FBI on March 6. The FBI contacted Citrix to report that international cybercriminals were likely to have ... Read more

date5 years ago
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