By Ionut Arghire on May 09, 2017   Around 120,000 Internet Protocol (IP) Camera models based on various Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) products are vulnerable to a newly discovered Internet of Things (IoT) botnet, Trend Micro warns.   Dubbed Persirai, the new botnet’s development comes on the heels of Mirai, the IoT malware that became… Continue reading New Persirai IoT Botnet Emerges

Telnet security flaw fix finally lands – or just use SSH, yeah?                                     9 May 2017 at 18:25, Shaun Nichols   Cisco has patched a critical security flaw in its switches that can be potentially exploited by miscreants to hijack networks – a flaw disclosed in the Vault 7… Continue reading Cisco patches switch hijacking hole – the one exploited by the CIA

Improvements and fixes This security update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include: Addressed issue with Surface Hub devices waking from sleep approximately every four minutes after the first two hours. Addressed issue where autochk.exe can randomly skip drive checks and not fix corruptions, which… Continue reading Cumulative Update KB4016871 Windows 10 v1703 Build 15063.296

Which breach were your details revealed in, then?                                      8 May 2017 at 14:21, John Leyden   Three in five Brits reckon that fewer than three security steps – including passwords, card readers or letters from a memorable word – are insufficient to assure their… Continue reading Realistic Brits want at least 3 security steps on bank accounts

By Eduard Kovacs on May 08, 2017   Thousands of devices have been hacked by a Linux malware named Rakos, and while researchers have yet to see any actual malicious activity involving the botnet, they believe it could be used for powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Rakos, whose existence was brought to light in December… Continue reading Thousands of Devices Hacked by Rakos Botnet

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By Eduard Kovacs on May 08, 2017   The developers of Jenkins recently patched several vulnerabilities, including a critical weakness that can be exploited by a remote attacker for arbitrary code execution. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, with over 133,000 installations and more than 1 million users worldwide. The product, maintained… Continue reading Critical Flaw Patched in Jenkins Automation Server

  I am trying something new where I will post in brief articles about new ransomware as they are released. Many of these ransomware infections do not warrant a full article, but I feel its important to quickly get the word out about new techniques or variants as we discover them.   In our first… Continue reading BitKangoroo Ransomware Deletes Your Files If You Do not Pay

The Malware Hunter initiative will help researchers and firms to secure their devices from malware infection.                                       By Jahanzaib Hassan  3rd May 2017   Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company together with Shodan, which is an internet search engine connecting services to internet devices, have created an online crawler which… Continue reading Shodan’ Malware Hunter to Expose Command & Control Centers of Botnets

May 7th 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                    The website of the HandBrake app has been compromised, and one of its download mirrors modified to host a version of the Proton RAT embedded in the app’s Mac client.   HandBrake is a multi-platform transcoder, an app that… Continue reading Website of HandBrake App Hacked to Spread Proton RAT for Mac Users