Security News > 2017

The Changing Face of Carbanak (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 20:35

Carbanak has moved away from its exclusive focus on financial services, branching out to attacks against hospitality and retail.

Spora ransomware could become the new Locky (Help Net Security)
2017-01-19 20:33

A recent decrease of Locky ransomware infections has been tied with the lack of activity of the Necurs botnet, which is used to deliver the malware directly to potential victims’ email accounts....

ProtonMail Gets Own Tor-Accessible .Onion Hidden Service (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 19:25

Encrypted email service ProtonMail announced early Thursday that it had added its own Tor hidden service.

Necurs Botnet Limps Back into Action After Lull (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 19:07

Researchers say the Necurs spam botnet is limping back into action with two new campaigns that could be the telltale signs of a future full-scale attack.

Massive Oracle Critical Patch Update fixes 270 vulnerabilities (Help Net Security)
2017-01-19 17:22

Oracle has released the first Critical Patch Update scheduled for 2017, and it’s massive. It fixes 270 vulnerabilities across multiple products, and over 100 of them are remotely exploitable by...

Apple’s malware problem is accelerating (Help Net Security)
2017-01-19 16:07

For a long time, one of the most common reasons for buying an Apple computer over a Windows-based one was that the former was less susceptible to viruses and other malware. However, the perceived...

Facebook, Researcher at Odds Over Messenger Issue (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 15:46

Facebook dismisses a researcher who says multimedia content sent via Facebook Messenger can be intercepted by a third party under certain conditions.

Kali Linux certification, first official Kali book on the horizon (Help Net Security)
2017-01-19 15:00

The Kali Linux distribution celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The hugely popular open source project, maintained by Offensive Security, announced today that its new Kali Linux Certified...

Android Scoring System Roots Out Malicious, Harmful Apps (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 15:00

Google this week explained how it weighs potentially harmful Android apps using the Verify Apps malware scanner and a scoring system it calls Dead or Insecure.

Use a smartwatch to verify handwritten signatures and detect forgeries? Sure! (Help Net Security)
2017-01-19 14:03

A new system that uses smartwatch devices and software to verify handwritten signatures and detect even the most skilled forgeries has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)...