Hajime vs. Mirai, A Botnet Battle?
The Hajime worm spreading through unsecured IoT devices seems to be purposely making them more secure. Hajime vs Mirai Last October, the Mirai botnet launched the largest ever distributed ...
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Shadow Brokers Dump More Stolen NSA Tools
On Friday, the hacking group The Shadow Brokers released another batch of files that they say were taken from the NSA. After analyzing the files, security researchers found two key pieces of ...
Dimnie Data-Stealing Malware Targets Developers on GitHub
Phishing emails targeting developers who own repositories on Github offered praise and jobs, but they also included an attached trojan. A malicious .doc file attached to the email contained an ...
McDonald’s Canada Data Breach Affects 95,000
McDonald’s Canada’s career site has exposed the personal data of 95,000 applicants seeking jobs at the restaurant since 2014. McDonald’s Canada announced in a media statement last Friday ...
Pro-ISIS Site Hacked to Spread Malware
The Amaq news agency, the official news site of the Islamic State, was taken offline last Thursday after warning its readers that it had been hacked and that visitors to the site were being prompted ...
Malware Found Pre-Installed on Android Phones Indicates Supply Chain Security Breakdown
Check Point Software Technologies recently detected “severe infection” in multiple models of Android devices and determined that the malware was pre-installed, indicating an issue with supply ...
Stolen CIA Cyberspying Tools Released Publicly, Claims WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks has published what it claims is a vast catalog of cyber espionage and hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to access computers, smartphones, messaging apps, smart ...
Data Breach of Singapore’s Ministry of Defence
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) detected a data breach in their I-net system that allowed the “basic personal data” of 850 national servicemen and MINDEF employees to be ...
Two Hawaii Data Breaches Affecting the Tourist Industry Announced on the Same Day
Two Hawaii Data Breaches Affecting the Tourist Industry Announced on the Same Day Both Roberts Hawaii and Turtle Bay Resort notified their customers of “payment card incidents” involving the ...
Data from New York Airport’s Servers Exposed Online for a Year
Headline: Data from New York Airport’s Servers Exposed Online for a Year Stewart International Airport accidentally leaked sensitive data from its servers for more than a year because an ...