Advisories  

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 18th, 2016
WordPress Sites Under Attack via Security Flaw in Unmaintained Plugin

WordPress Sites Under Attack via Security Flaw in Unmaintained Plugin

Users advised to uninstall plugin as soon as possible

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 14th, 2016
Mirai IoT DDoS Trojan Now Targets Cellular Network Equipment

Mirai IoT DDoS Trojan Now Targets Cellular Network Equipment

Mirai trojan becomes more dangerous by targeting critical equipment in mobile 3G and 4G LTE networks

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 6th, 2016
Beware of New Steam Spam Leading to Malware

Beware of New Steam Spam Leading to Malware

Malware allows attackers to take over infected PCs

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 21st, 2016
Australian Police Warns of Dangerous USB Drives Left Inside Letterboxes

Australian Police Warns of Dangerous USB Drives Left Inside Letterboxes

Crooks find a new way of delivering malware to their targets

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 20th, 2016
This Microsoft Engineer Has a Really Good Argument for Ditching SMBv1

This Microsoft Engineer Has a Really Good Argument for Ditching SMBv1

Sysadmins should remove or disable SMBv1

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 15th, 2016
Hackers Actively Scanning Drupal Sites for Vulnerability Patched in July

Hackers Actively Scanning Drupal Sites for Vulnerability Patched in July

Attackers looking for vulnerable Drupal 7.x sites

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 13th, 2016
Armada Collective DDoS Extortion Group Now Threatens Ransomware Infections

Armada Collective DDoS Extortion Group Now Threatens Ransomware Infections

DDoS extortion campaigns continue even today

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 10th, 2016
Is Using Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to Monitor Your Kids Acceptable?

Is Using Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to Monitor Your Kids Acceptable?

These days, parents can easily end up installing RATs instead of legitimate parental control software

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 9th, 2016
SNMP Port Scans Increase Following Rapid7 Vulnerability Report

SNMP Port Scans Increase Following Rapid7 Vulnerability Report

High-end NMS products affected by several security issues

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 9th, 2016
Email Marketing Trick Incorporated in Hacking Arsenals

Email Marketing Trick Incorporated in Hacking Arsenals

Pixel tracking used for mapping internal networks, detecting the efficiency of phishing and spear-phishing campaigns

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 29th, 2016
Tech Support Scammers Find New Trick to Hijack Chrome Browsers

Tech Support Scammers Find New Trick to Hijack Chrome Browsers

Scammers put the user's browser in fullscreen mode and show a fake Google UI toolbar at the top in the form of a JPEG

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 19th, 2016
This Tor Error Will Likely Scare a Lot of Unsuspecting IPv6 Users

This Tor Error Will Likely Scare a Lot of Unsuspecting IPv6 Users

Tor should disable IPv6 for its servers until the protocol is properly supported by its software, says crypto-guru

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 18th, 2016
Bitcoin Website Issues "State-Sponsored Attack" Warning

Bitcoin Website Issues "State-Sponsored Attack" Warning

Bitcoin Project issues danger-level alert

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 12th, 2016
Scammers Hijack Customer Support Requests on Twitter

Scammers Hijack Customer Support Requests on Twitter

Clever trick sends users to dangerous phishing sites

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 11th, 2016
Trend of Hacked Instagram Accounts Promoting Adult Links Gets Worse and Worse

Trend of Hacked Instagram Accounts Promoting Adult Links Gets Worse and Worse

Attackers are no taking over real accounts for good

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 10th, 2016
Chrome, Firefox, and IE Browser Hijacker Distributed via Legitimate Software

Chrome, Firefox, and IE Browser Hijacker Distributed via Legitimate Software

Intel McAfee warns users about Lavians software

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 10th, 2016
Powerful Android Adware Makes Its Way Into the Google Play Store

Powerful Android Adware Makes Its Way Into the Google Play Store

Apps are still available for download at the time of writing

 
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