Month: September 2016

FenixLocker Virus Decrypt .Centrumfr@india.com!! Files http://ift.tt/2cxPQBX A dangerous ransomware virus was encountered by malware researchers last week, dubbed FenixLocker and using the .centrumfr@india.com!! file extension which it adds to files encrypted with AES encryption algorithm. Not only this, but the virus is also reported to leave… Read more The post FenixLocker Virus Decrypt . Threat…

The Necurs Botnet http://ift.tt/2d5yCB6 Necurs, thought to be one of the world’s largest botnets, returned online in June this year, and once again began to terrorize victims who got in its path. Necurs is responsible for millions in dollar losses linked to Locky ransomware and Dridex… Read more → Threat Intel via CERT-EU : EMM…

Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Eight Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player http://ift.tt/2cW9Yzc Palo Alto Networks was recently credited with the discovery of eight new vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player. Researcher Tao Yan discovered critical vulnerabilities CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4281, CVE-2016-4282, CVE-2016-4283, CVE-2016-4284, and CVE-2016-4285 affecting Adobe Flash Player. Descriptions of each, as well as…

Armada Collective Back with Ransom Linked DDos Assaults http://ift.tt/2dahgil Armada Collective a group which carried out DDoS extortion attacks is back after a year continuing to threaten people running websites by sending them extortion e-mails. Scaring one particular website owner by saying he would receive one 10-300 Gbps sized distributed denial-of-service assault, the…. Threat Intel…

Blizzard hit with DDoS attack disrupting play for gamers – ZDNet http://ift.tt/2coBV3m (Image: File photo) Blizzard Entertainment was hit with a denial-of-service attack on Sunday that knocked its Battle.net servers offline.   “We are currently monitoring a DDOS attack against network providers which is affecting latency/connections to our games,” Blizzard wrote in a tweet. Battle.net…

The HDDCryptor Ransomware Able To Lock Victims` Hard-Drives http://ift.tt/2cMoUOB A new piece of ransomware, named HDDCryptor (or also Mamba), has been spotted to target not only specific file types and folders but it also locks the entire hard drive’s MBR (Master Boot Record) and prevents the machine from booting up after encrypting the files. Threat…

FBI overpaid $999,900 to crack San Bernardino iPhone 5c password http://ift.tt/2cJdVH2 University of Cambridge senior research associate Sergei Skorobogatov has laid waste to United States Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) assertions about iPhone security by demonstrating password bypassing using a $100 NAND mirroring rig. FBI director James Comey made the claim during the agency’s bid…

Untangling the Ripper ATM Malware http://ift.tt/2cBwdL1 Last August , security researchers released a blog discussing a new ATM malware family called Ripper which they believe was involved in the recent ATM attacks in Thailand.  Large numbers of ATMs were also temporarily shut down as a precautionary measure. That analysis gave an overview of the techniques used by the malware, the fact that…

Mozilla will fix the cross-platform RCE flaw that threatened Tor anonymity http://ift.tt/2cvXk8y Mozilla plans to fix the cross-platform RCE flaw that threatened Tor anonymity. The flaw affects certificate pinning protections implemented by Mozilla. Mozilla plans to release a Firefox update to address the cross-platform remote code-execution vulnerability recently patched in the Tor browser. The tor is inviting…