CVE-2018-8453 Zero-Day flaw exploited by FruityArmor APT in attacks aimed at Middle East
A Windows zero-day flaw addressed by Microsoft with its latest Patch Tuesday updates is exploited by an APT group in attacks aimed at entities in the Middle East. The Windows zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-8453 is a privilege escalation flaw that was exploited by an APT group in attacks…
Chinese Spying Chips Found Hidden On Servers Used By US Companies
A media report today revealed details of a significant supply chain attack which appears to be one of the largest corporate espionage and hardware hacking programs from a nation-state. According to a lengthy report published today by Bloomberg, a tiny surveillance chip, not much bigger than a…
Bank Servers Hacked to Trick ATMs into Spitting Out Millions in Cash
The US-CERT has released a joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and Treasury warning about a new ATM scheme being used by the prolific North Korean APT hacking group known as Hidden Cobra. Hidden Cobra, also known as Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace,…
First UEFI malware discovered in wild is laptop security software hijacked by Russians
ESET Research has published a paper detailing the discovery of a malware campaign that used repurposed commercial software to create a backdoor in computers’ firmware—a “rootkit,” active since at least early 2017 and capable of surviving the re-installation of the Windows operating system or even hard drive…
Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona
Port of San Diego suffered a ransomware-based attack, a few days after the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems. A few days ago the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems to the critical…
New Malware Combines Ransomware, Coin Mining and Botnet Features in One
Windows and Linux users need to beware, as an all-in-one, destructive malware strain has been discovered in the wild that features multiple malware capabilities including ransomware, cryptocurrency miner, botnet, and self-propagating worm targeting Linux and Windows systems. Dubbed XBash, the new malware, believed to be…
Hackers Steal Customers’ Credit Cards From Newegg Electronics Retailer
The notorious hacking group behind the Ticketmaster and British Airways data breaches has now victimized popular computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg. Magecart hacking group managed to infiltrate the Newegg website and steal the credit card details of all customers who entered their payment card information between August 14 and September…
Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport’s Flight Display Screens
Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend. The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide…
BusyGasper spyware remained undetected for two years while spying Russians
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new strain of Android malware dubbed BusyGasper that remained hidden for two years. The BusyGasper Android spyware has been active since May 2016, it implements unusual features for this type of malware. Experts explained it is a unique…
Foreshadow Attacks — 3 New Intel CPU Side-Channel Flaws Discovered
2018 has been quite a tough year for Intel. While the chip-maker giant is still dealing with Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities, yet another major speculative execution flaw has been revealed in Intel’s Core and Xeon lines of processors that may leave users vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Dubbed Foreshadow, alternatively called…
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