Malware
Shallow Defense In Depth
Are More Security Controls Really Making You More Secure? The average enterprise uses 75 security products just to secure their network. Organizations mistakenly believe that layered security controls help them achieve a defense-in-depth strategy that will keep their systems safe. They think that when an attack breaches one control, another one will certainly fend off […]
Top 5 Security events of 2018
The first half of 2018 was hit with some notable security events just days into the new year. And, unfortunately, these vulnerabilities are just getting started and are expected to get stronger and pose an even bigger threat. Here are the top five threats that we’ve seen in the first half of 2018: 1.      Meltdown […]
Bitdefender issues Cyber Threat warning on Zacinlo Malware
Romanian Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has issued a cyber threat warning on the spread of Zacinlo Malware. Experts from the said security firm suggest that the adware has the potential to get deep into the operating systems including Windows 10 and has the ability to flood the users with invisible ads. Zacinlo is said to be […]
Hackers using Amazon Fire Sticks to secretly mine bitcoins
Hackers are seen targeting users of Fire Sticks with Bitcoin mining malware called ADB.miner. And as per a source from AFTVnews, the malware is seen hitting Amazon’s Fire TV users and that of Fire Stick. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that the malware called ADB.miner attaches itself to devices that run the Android operating system as […]
The Long Life of Zero Day and Its Implication
A zero day is an attack that exploits a previously unknown security vulnerability. The creation and distribution of zero days by cybercriminals is on the rise with 45 new ones already discovered in Q1 2018. According to a recent report from RAND Corporation called Zero Days, Thousands of Nights: The Life and Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits, […]
ZTE phones have pre-installed malware says the report
As Homeland Security on the orders from US President Donald Trump is investigating the issue of whether ZTE phones/ devices are being used by the manufacturer for cyber espionage activities, a new report emerged early this week claims that the phones of the said manufacture come with pre-installed malware which transmits data stored on the […]
Russian hackers infect 500,000 routers to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine
Cisco Systems Inc on Wednesday issued a warning that says hackers from Russia have infected over 500,000 routers including storage devices in order to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine. The Networking giant stressed on the fact that the attack will be of Denial of service attack genre and will be mainly targeting Ukraine’s […]
We are completely misinterpreting Ransomware
Ransomware is a kind of malware which locks down computer files from access until a ransom is paid in Bitcoins or in other cryptocurrency variants such as Monero. As it is proving profitable, hackers are seen deploying it left and right. “Coming to the malware influence on human minds, it’s huge and is being considered as […]
How to defend against healthcare ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks on businesses operating in the healthcare sector have become a security nightmare for many companies in the past two years. The reason, hackers find the healthcare data extremely lucrative as they can sell the siphoned data on the dark web for exuberant amounts or can also lock the database from further access and […]
Kaspersky lab detects sophisticated Cyber Espionage Android campaign
Kaspersky Lab which launched an Advanced Cybersecurity Platform early this week has announced that it has detected a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign that goes by the name ZooPark. The campaign is said to be targeted at Android phone users in Middle Eastern countries and is said to be backed by a state-sponsored attacking hacker’s group […]
