- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 28th, 2016
IPv4 Server Hacked in 12 Minutes While IPv6 Server Remained Untouched
Compromised IPv4 servers used for DDoS attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 7th, 2016
Botnets of Embedded Devices Are Brute-Forcing Telnet Ports
Attacks from over 120,000 unique IPs detected in June 2016
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 25th, 2016
PNScan Linux Trojan Resurfaces with New Attacks Targeting Routers in India
Linux.PNScan trojan almost died out by the end of 2015
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 29th, 2016
Apocalypse Ransomware Spreads via Unsecured RDP Connections
Apocalypse coders don't react like gentlemen when an Emsisoft researcher cracks their ransomware, twice
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19th, 2016
Attackers Used Nearly One Million IPs to Brute-Force a Financial Institution
ATO attacks are becoming the norm these days
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 16th, 2016
GitHub Resets Some User Passwords After Brute-Force Attack
Some GitHub users were victims of password reuse
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 24th, 2016
Identity Testing Attacks Are the Latest Trend in Hacking Circles
Crooks use credentials from public data breaches to break into all of the user's accounts that use those credentials
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 20th, 2016
Researcher Wins $5,000 for Finding Two Ways to Brute-Force Instagram Accounts
Clever researcher finds 2, not one, ways to break Instagram
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 8th, 2016
Bucbi Ransomware Makes a Comeback After Two Years
Crooks are brute-forcing RDP servers to spread Bucbi
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 3rd, 2016
Attackers Brute-Force Corporate RDP Servers to Spread Ransomware
Attackers willing to exploit any network weakness
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 11th, 2016
JavaScript-Based Malware Attacks Your Router's DNS Settings
Malware brute-forces your router with hardcoded credentials
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 2nd, 2016
Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Says Hackers Breached User Accounts
Automated attack lets hackers access 5,200 user accounts
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 22nd, 2015
New Ransomware Infects Computers via Windows Remote Desktop Services
There are some ways to go around the malware's file encryption and recover at least some sensitive files
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 9th, 2015
WordPress XML-RPC Service Used to Amplify Brute-Force Attacks
Hackers are hiding hundreds or thousands of username/password combinations in one single XML-RPC request
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 3rd, 2015
Linux-Targeting Malware Sets Up Proxies on Infected Machines
Duo of Linux trojans used to launch SSH brute-force attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2015
Brute-Forcing URL Shorteners Can Expose Sensitive Corporate Information UPDATE
Security researcher finds a way to exploit the carelessness of employees who pass sensitive files through URL shorteners
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 16th, 2015
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