Posts for category: Asia

Exploit Generator Shows Links Between Chinese APT Malware

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/exploit-generator-shows-links-between-chinese-apt-malware MNkit is a document exploit generator used by many threat actors to leverage a vulnerability in Office ...

Singapore Blocking Internet Access on Government Computers

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/singapore-blocking-internet-access-government-computers It was confirmed that Singapore will be cutting of internet access to a select group of public service ...

Criminals Stole $12.7 Million from ATMs in Japan

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/05/23/criminals-stole-millions-atm-japan/ A group of over 100 people executed over 14,000 fraudulent ATM withdrawals that netted them about 1.44 ...

ISIS Hackers Pose a Growing Threat

Source: https://threatpost.com/unskilled-pro-isis-hackers-a-growing-threat/117726/ Extra ...

DDoS Attacks – Calculate the Cost and Probability

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/04/04/ddos-downtime-calculator/ DDoS mitigation market has seen a growth in revenue. $449.5 million account for earned revenues in 2014 and is ...

TenCent’s QQ Browser Exposes Millions To Security and Privacy Issues

Source:https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/29/security-privacy-issues-qq-browser/ Posted March 29, 2016 Researchers at the Citizen Lab in the of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs ...

Russian Banks Were Hacked For A Total Of $ 25.7 Million USD

Sources: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/45405/cyber-crime/buhtrap-group-attacks.html http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/33565/cyber-crime/carbanak-swipes-300m-banks.html The Buhtrap ...

Attackers Making Use Of PowerShell and Macros for Malicious Activity

Sources: http://www.securityweek.com/powerware-ransomware-abuses-powershell-office-macros http://www.securityweek.com/powersniff-malware-attacks-abuse-macros-powershell Goes over Sandbox and ...

India Amongst Top Countries Experiencing DNS Hijacks

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/India-fifth-largest-country-with-DNS-hijacks/articleshow/51481874.cms Posted March 20, 2016 DNS Hijacking is the manipulation of DNS ...