Once it required a level of technical skill, practice and hardware resources to carry out successful cyber attack that would make (illicit) money. Now researchers have discovered and easy to use framework that enables any would be hacker to craft sophisticated attacks, deploy them, steal information and monetise them: New …
Chaos
Black Lotus Labs has discovered a new strain a malware, they are calling it Chaos. The new is very telling – the malware is infecting a wide range of devices and servers, Linux, Windows, small office routers etc. One of the servers infected was hosting an instance of GitHub, bringing …
‘Metador’ a new cyber security threat
Bleeping Computers is reporting on the discovery of a new cyber-criminal gang, Metador, who have apparently been infiltrating ISPs, telecos and universities for the last two years: New hacking group ‘Metador’ lurking in ISP networks for months (bleepingcomputer.com) The group have been involved in some complex operations using Windows and …
Linux malware not your problem – but it is.
Technical cyber security defences are getting better – there is no doubt about that – just keep the security software updated and do not let anyone argue with the advice and actions the anti-virus or advanced threat protection gives or makes. However as technical defences improve the threat actors find …
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Another Google Chrome zero-day patch released
I have just spotted this – it is Saturday – but I thought I would put it quickly, up as many people depend on Google Chrome for shopping, banking etc: Google Chrome emergency update fixes new zero-day used in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) This impacts the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, is …
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