Month: October 2016

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A dangerous bug has been found in Linux operating system. This vulnerablity is a Linux kernel security flaw that allows privilege-escalation – a user can gain root priveleges in less than 5 seconds. Scary isn’t it! Cyber security experts have named it as the “Dirty COW” bug. Phil Oester, a Linux developer had discovered and […]

We will be meeting at our regular hangout, Khon’s Wine Darts And Coffee located at 2808 Milam. There’s plenty of free parking and Khon’s offers a great beer and wine selection with many dining options nearby. The event starts around 7:30 and goes until ? You don’t have to be a geek to attend. Heck, […]

News Google Fiber division cuts staff by 9%, “pauses” fiber plans in 10 cities Google Pixel cameras are experiencing excessive lens flare Refreshing your browser made that huge DDoS attack seem much worse Friday’s DDoS attack came from 100,000 infected devices Mr. Robot’s Mobile Hacking Go Bag   Bite of the Apple Apple Said to […]

A new Linux trojan exploits weak security in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to infect those devices and allow them to be utilized as part of a Bot network. The trojan has been named ELF Linux/NyaDrop. This trojan specifically targets the MIPS CPU architecture in Linux IoT devices. Recently security blogger Brian Krebs’ website – […]

Hackers are not just hackers anymore, they have become hacker-spies. In the cyber criminal world hacking has advanced to spying and spear phishing is the potent weapon used in cybercrime. The skill and sophistication of hackers has increased over the years. Nowadays, malware, ransomware, botnets, and DDoS attacks are being offered as SaaS (Software as […]

More than 6% of Android devices worldwide (as it is known as of now) have been affected with malicious code through BadKernel vulnerable apps. This infection occurred by exploiting the BadKernel vulnerability in Google’s V8 JavaScript engine. The malware infection had taken place when the Android devices had been running versions between 3.20 and 4.2 […]

What is Odin Ransomware Odin Ransomware is an advanced version of Locky virus. We have already learned about .locky, .zepto and .cerber extension files that are created by their respective viruses. In this latest ransomware, it will create .odin file Related posts: How to remove Cerber ransomware and decrypt .cerber files What is Cerber Cerber […]