Security News

Researchers Disrupt Angler Exploit Kit Ecosystem, Derail $30M Ransomware Campaign (Threatpost)
2015-10-06 19:00

Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to the kit that purportedly netted a hacker behind it more than $60 million...

Canceled Talk Re-Ignites Controversy Over Legitimate Security Research (Threatpost)
2015-10-06 17:02

Citing vendor pressure, a researcher pulled a talk at HITB GSEC Singapore on the security of IP-enabled surveillance cameras.

Cisco disrupts major ransomware campaign that brought in $30M annually (Help Net Security)
2015-10-06 15:21

Cisco researchers, with the help of Level 3 Threat Research Labs and OpenDNS, have managed to strike a considerable blow against ransomware peddlers that used the Angler exploit kit to deliver the mal...

Targeted Attack Exposes OWA Weakness (Threatpost)
2015-10-06 14:54

A targeted attack has been uncovered in which hackers were able to burrow onto the corporate network and steal thousands of username-password combinations via Outlook Web Access.

IP camera manufacturers force researcher to pull conference talk (Help Net Security)
2015-10-06 14:03

A researcher has been forced to cancel his presentation on the vulnerabilities found on major surveillance cameras and how they can be exploited "due to legal threats from the manufacturers affected."...