Security News

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...

Heads up: Debian's package manager is APT for root-level malware injection... Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks
2019-01-22 22:11

Disable redirects before applying update The Debian Project has patched a security flaw in its software manager Apt that can be exploited by miscreants to execute commands as root on victims'...

Widespread Malvertising Campaign Hijacks 300 Million Sessions
2018-11-27 17:12

Researchers say the bad actor behind the malvertising campaign is still active.

CEIDPageLock Rootkit Hijacks Web Browsers
2018-08-30 11:35

A new rootkit that has been distributed via the RIG exploit kit over the past few weeks can manipulate web browsers and also contains sophisticated defense mechanisms, Check Point says. read more