Security News

Coinbase phishing hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via OAuth app
2020-10-19 15:37

A new phishing campaign uses a Coinbase-themed email to install an Office 365 consent app that gives attackers access to a victim's email. Over the past year, hackers have increasingly used Microsoft Office 365 OAuth apps, otherwise known as consent apps, as part of their attacks.

Revamped Qbot Trojan Packs New Punch: Hijacks Email Threads
2020-08-27 11:14

One new Qbot feature hijacks a victim's Outlook-based email thread and uses it to infect other PCs. The 12-year-old malware resurface in January 2020, according to F5 researchers, who issued a report in June detailing new Qbot evasive features to avoid detection. Most of the victims of the new Qbot campaigns have been in the United States, where 29 percent of Qbot attacks have been detected, followed by India, Israel and Italy, according to Check Point.

'Cookiethief' Android Malware Hijacks Facebook Accounts
2020-03-13 12:50

A recently discovered Android Trojan was designed to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts by stealing cookies from the browser and the social media app. While it's uncertain how the Trojan infects devices - it does not exploit flaws in the Facebook application or the browser - it achieves root by connecting with another backdoor installed on the smartphone, and passes it a shell command.

Microsoft Hijacks Necurs Botnet that Infected 9 Million PCs Worldwide
2020-03-10 12:50

Microsoft today announced that it has successfully disrupted the botnet network of the Necurs malware, which has infected more than 9 million computers globally, and also hijacked the majority of its infrastructure. "We were then able to accurately predict over six million unique domains that would be created in the next 25 months. Microsoft reported these domains to their respective registries in countries around the world so the websites can be blocked and thus prevented from becoming part of the Necurs infrastructure," Microsoft said.

Microsoft Hijacks Necurs Botnet that Infected 9 Million PCs Worldwide
2020-03-10 12:50

Microsoft today announced that it has successfully disrupted the botnet network of the Necurs malware, which has infected more than 9 million computers globally, and also hijacked the majority of its infrastructure. "We were then able to accurately predict over six million unique domains that would be created in the next 25 months. Microsoft reported these domains to their respective registries in countries around the world so the websites can be blocked and thus prevented from becoming part of the Necurs infrastructure," Microsoft said.

New phishing attack hijacks email conversations: How companies can protect employees
2020-01-17 15:00

There are ways to protect your company and employees from this type of attack, according to a new report from Barracuda Networks. Through domain impersonation or spoofing, attackers send emails to employees with phony domain names that appear legitimate or create websites with altered names.

New phishing attack hijacks email conversations: How companies can protect employees
2020-01-17 15:00

There are ways to protect your company and employees from this type of attack, according to a new report from Barracuda Networks. Through domain impersonation or spoofing, attackers send emails to employees with phony domain names that appear legitimate or create websites with altered names.

New Reductor Malware Hijacks HTTPS Traffic
2019-10-03 22:49

Dubbed Reductor, this malware can manipulate HTTPS traffic by tweaking a browser’s random numbers generator.

Malvertising Attack Hijacks 1B+ Sessions With Webkit Exploit
2019-10-01 11:27

The eGobbler threat actor is back with a new malvertising campaign that has hijacked more than 1 billion sessions.

Researcher Hijacks a Microsoft Service Using Loophole in Azure Cloud Platform
2019-04-17 19:33

A cybersecurity professional today demonstrated a long-known unpatched weakness in Microsoft's Azure cloud service by exploiting it to take control over Windows Live Tiles, one of the key features...