By Eduard Kovacs on June 28, 2017 Companies in the video game industry and possibly other sectors have been targeted in attacks involving improved variants of the notorious PlugX remote access trojan (RAT). Palo Alto Networks has spotted several interesting PlugX samples believed to have been used by the same threat actor. While the… Continue reading Video Game Firms Targeted With “Paranoid” PlugX Malware
Month: June 2017
Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: June 27, 2017
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Microsoft Security Update Releases Issued: June 27, 2017
—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA256 ******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Update Releases Issued: June 27, 2017 ******************************************************************** Summary ======= The following CVEs have undergone a major revision increment: * CVE-2017-0173 * CVE-2017-0299 * CVE-2017-8482 * CVE-2017-8522 * CVE-2017-0193 * CVE-2017-0300 * CVE-2017-8483 * CVE-2017-8523 * CVE-2017-0215 * CVE-2017-8460 * CVE-2017-8484 *… Continue reading Microsoft Security Update Releases Issued: June 27, 2017
Microsoft is building a smart antivirus using 400 million PCs
An upcoming security update will incorporate machine learning from millions of computers fending off malware, the company says. by Alfred Ng June 27, 2017 Microsoft is turning to artificial intelligence to create the next generation of antivirus software. The company is under massive pressure to deliver a cybersecurity solution that will work for… Continue reading Microsoft is building a smart antivirus using 400 million PCs
Hacker Steals Millions of Accounts from Internet Radio Service 8tracks
Joseph Cox Jun 27 2017 The data includes usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords. Millions of accounts for internet radio service 8tracks are being traded on the digital underground, judging by a set of stolen user details obtained by Motherboard. 8tracks is cross between a social network and an internet radio site,… Continue reading Hacker Steals Millions of Accounts from Internet Radio Service 8tracks
Pwned UK SME fined £60K for leaving itself vulnerable to hack attack
Vid game biz failed to carry out pen-testing By John Leyden 27 Jun 2017 A small UK company that suffered a cyber attack has been fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). An investigation by the ICO found Berkshire-based Boomerang Video failed to take basic steps to stop its… Continue reading Pwned UK SME fined £60K for leaving itself vulnerable to hack attack
$1 Million Ransomware Payment Has Spurred New DDoS-for-Bitcoin Attacks
Obviously this would happen. 26th June 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu The $1 million ransom payment paid last week by South Korean web hosting company Nayana has sparked new extortion attempts on South Korean companies. According to local media, seven banks have received emails that asked the organizations to… Continue reading $1 Million Ransomware Payment Has Spurred New DDoS-for-Bitcoin Attacks
Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware
by Tom Spring June 26, 2017 The sting of mobile ransomware grew more painful in 2017 with attacks increasing a whopping 3.5 times in the first quarter compared to the same time a year ago. Behind those attacks were a quarter million Trojan installation packages targeting Android devices that sought to extort between $100… Continue reading Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware
Google Chrome 59.0.3071.115 Stable
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Another RCE Vulnerability Patched in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
By Michael Mimoso June 26, 2017 Google Project Zero continues to scrape away at the ubiquitous Microsoft Malware Protection Engine at the core of many security products embedded in Windows, and it continues to discover new critical vulnerabilities. The latest, another remote code execution flaw, was… Continue reading Another RCE Vulnerability Patched in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine