Security News

TrickBot Banking Trojan Adds New Browser Manipulation Tools (Threatpost)
2016-11-08 22:16

The banking Trojan TrickBot is evolving fast, according to researchers, and within weeks will expand its victim list and attack scope.

Microsoft Patches Zero Day Disclosed by Google (Threatpost)
2016-11-08 19:57

Microsoft released 14 security bulletins today, six rated critical. Among the fixes is a patch for a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google that was being used in attacks by the...

Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2016-11-08 18:38

Google’s November Android Security Bulletin patched 15 critical vulnerabilities, but only a supplemental patch for the Dirty Cow Linux vulnerability.

Adobe Patches Nine Code Execution Flaws in Flash Player (Threatpost)
2016-11-08 16:17

Adobe again released a security update for Flash Player, patching nine remote code execution vulnerabilities. Adobe Connect for Windows was also updated.

Risk of Election Day Cyberattacks Low According To Experts (Threatpost)
2016-11-07 22:10

Security experts monitoring cyber-chatter for virtual and real-world threats against U.S. Election Day targets don’t believe there will be cyberattack or al-Qaeda terror attack this Tuesday.

Tesco Bank Stops Online Transactions After Money Missing from 20K Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-11-07 19:49

Tesco Bank, a U.K. retail bank, today put a halt to online transactions from current accounts after some customers reported over the weekend money missing from their accounts.

Microsoft Tears off the Band-Aid with EMET (Threatpost)
2016-11-07 18:50

Microsoft extended the end of life deadline on EMET to July 2018, but experts say its usefulness as a mitigation toolkit has been limited for some time.

Clever Gmail Hack Let Attackers Take Over Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-11-07 17:47

Google patched a hole in its Gmail verification system last week that allowed an attacker to hijack a targeted Google Gmail account.

Inside the RIG Exploit Kit (Threatpost)
2016-11-04 21:58

In a deep analysis of RIG, Cisco Talos team outlined the way the exploit kit combines different web technologies such as DoSWF, JavaScript, Flash and VBscript to obfuscate attacks.

Commodity ‘Exaspy’ Spyware Found Targeting High-Level Execs (Threatpost)
2016-11-04 20:53

Researchers warn commodity Android spyware called Exaspy is being used to target high-profile executives.