Security News

GhostDNS: New DNS Changer Botnet Hijacked Over 100,000 Routers
2018-10-01 13:03

Chinese cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread, ongoing malware campaign that has already hijacked over 100,000 home routers and modified their DNS settings to hack users with...

Woman hijacked CCTV cameras days before Trump inauguration
2018-09-25 10:13

The ransomware attack on DC's outdoor surveillance cameras came just a few days before the 2017 inauguration of President Trump.

Someone Hijacked MEGA Chrome Extension to Steal Users' Passwords
2018-09-05 09:18

Warning! If you are using Chrome browser extension from the MEGA file storage service, uninstall it right now. The official Chrome extension for the MEGA.nz cloud storage service had been...

Thousands of MikroTik Routers Hijacked for Eavesdropping
2018-09-04 18:34

Using a known vulnerability, the threat actor is listening to a variety of ports.

TSMC chip fab tools hit by virus, payment biz BGP hijacked, CCleaner gets weird – and more
2018-08-04 10:03

What else is gong on in infosec this week... Roundup This week we took a close look at Google security keys, bid adieu to Facebook's head security honcho, and had a few email credentials...

Most LokiBot samples in the wild are "hijacked" versions of the original malware
2018-07-06 13:18

Hacker himself got hacked. It turns out that most samples of the LokiBot malware being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample, a security researcher has learned....

Major OS Players Misinterpret Intel Docs, and Now Kernels Can Be Hijacked
2018-05-10 15:37

Apple, Microsoft, Red Hat and others have built an uncannily similar privilege escalation flaw into their Intel-based products.

Every major OS maker misread Intel's docs. Now their kernels can be hijacked or crashed
2018-05-09 06:53

Grab those patches while Chipzilla updates its manuals Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and some implementations of Xen have a design flaw that could allow attackers to, at best, crash Intel and...

LoJack security code hijacked by Fancy Bear to rat on tis prey
2018-05-02 19:57

Computer recovery code plays double agent on users LoJack software, designed to rat on computer thieves, appears to be serving a double purpose by also working with a Russian state-sponsored hacking team.…

Has Your Company's Infrastructure Been Hijacked by Bitcoin Miners?
2018-05-01 11:37

Crypto-mining Malware Exposes Organizations to a Host of Monetary and Reputational Risks read more