Using PHP v5 becomes dangerous in 6 weeks
WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and many other popular website CMSs were written in a programming language called PHP. PHP version 5 is about to reach end-of-life and will stop receiving security [...]
Torii Botnet
Security researchers at Avast have discovered a new malware strain that uses comes with a quite rich set of features for exfiltration of (sensitive) information, modular architecture capable of [...]
North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity: HIDDEN COBRA – Joanap Backdoor Trojan and Brambul Server Message Block Worm
Backdoor.Joanap is a malicious program which is developed by cyber criminals to gain illegal income. It uses several stealthy ways to get inside the targeted computer and after successful [...]
VPNFilter Malware targets over half a million networking devices worldwide
A new malware known as VPNFilter capable of targeting a range of routers and NAS devices rendering infected devices unusable and also capable of maintaining a persistent presence on an infected [...]
Resurgence of Zeus
Zeus, ZeuS, or Zbot is a Trojan horse malware package that runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows. While it can be used to carry out many malicious and criminal tasks, it is often used to [...]
North Korea needs Monero and is using you to mine it
Monero is the 13th biggest cryptocurrency by value and has been sold as being more secure than bitcoin. As of the time of writing 1 Monero (XMR) was worth USD 318.16. With rising prices and lack [...]
Remote Desktop Server Owners beware, new HC7 GOTYA Ransomware Installed via Remote Desktop Services
There was a time when most Server Administrations/Network Administrators would just change the port 3389 to any other and/or change default login username to a RDP server and assume its secure. [...]
Return of Not Petya as Bad Rabbit Diskcoder, yes those two are the same!
The first time I read about #BadRabbit, it reminded me of the movie Secret Life of Pets. I wonder if the malware namers thought of the same. After Wannacry and Petya/Not Petya/GoldenEye, its [...]
The Reaper is finally here and he has come for your IoT Devices
One curious thing I have noticed with these Global malicious epidemics is that most of them happen very close to a weekend. Wannacry went viral on a Thursday, GoldenEye on a Friday and with [...]
