Duke APT group adds low-profile SeaDuke Trojan to their malware arsenal
“Not much is known about the cyber espionage group that wields the so-called “Dukes”: backdoors and information stealers that all have “Duke” in …
TeslaCrypt 2.0 makes it impossible to decrypt affected files
“Kaspersky Lab has detected curious behavior in a new threat from the TeslaCrypt ransomware encryptor family. In version 2.0 of the Trojan notorious for infecting …
High severity Internet Explorer 11 vulnerability identified after Hacking Team breach
After analyzing the leaked data from last week’s attack on Hacking Team, Vectra researchers discovered a previously unknown high severity vulnerability in Internet …
Adobe patches Hacking Team Flash zero-days, update immediately!
Adobe has released new versions of Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Acrobat and Reader, all of which fix critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to …
Firefox blocks Flash plugin by default until zero-days are fixed
For the last few years, many security experts have been urging users to evaluate whether they actually need to use Adobe Flash.The platform, once practically unavoidable, now …
65,000+ Land Rovers recalled due to software bug
Jaguar Land Rover has announced that owners of Range Rover and Range Rover Sport vehicles manufactured since 2013 will have to visit car dealers and get their car’s …
Germany’s new cyber-security law aimed at securing critical infrastructure
German institutions and businesses that fall in the “critical infrastructure” category will have to implement new information security measures, as defined by the …
The most damaging ramifications of DDoS attacks
More than half of IT security professionals (52 percent) said loss of customer trust and confidence were the most damaging consequences of DDoS attacks for their businesses, …
CFOs are not confident about their level of security
CFOs’ long-term outlook for the North American economy remains strong despite their weakening confidence in their own companies’ prospects, according to Deloitte. Lower …
The soaring cost of malware containment
“Organizations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts per week, however, only 22% of these are considered reliable, according to a new report from The Ponemon …
More of Hacking Team’s capabilities and questionable actions revealed
The Hacking Team data leak has shown us with whom the company does business with, and their employees’ and management’s unguarded opinions about various …
Flawed Android backup mechanism can lead to injected malicious apps
A flaw (CVE-2014-7952) in Android’s backup/restore mechanism can be exploited by knowledgeable developers to “respawn” malicious apps on phones, and make …