Ninety-nine percent of post-intrusion cyberattack activities leverage standard networking, IT administration and other tools as opposed to malware.
Tag Archives: Hacks
LizardStresser IoT Botnet Part of 400Gbps DDoS Attacks
LizardStresser botnet hijacks 1,300 internet-accessible video cameras, enlisting them as pawns in 400Gbps DDoS attacks targeting Brazilian banks and several U.S. gaming firms.
Conficker Used in New Wave of Hospital IoT Device Attacks
Conficker returns from obsolescence to help hijack medical devices and steal patient records.
Medical Study Blasts Hospitals’ Security Practices
An academic study sheds light on how medical professionals are often forced to find analog workarounds to combat unwieldy security solutions, putting patient care at risk.
Necurs Botnet is Back, Updated With Smarter Locky Variant
After a mysterious three weeks off the grid, Necurs has returned to spewing massive volumes of email containing improved versions of the potent Locky ransomware and Dridex banking Trojan.
Ransomware A Two-Year Nightmare in the Making
The last two years have seen an astounding growth in the number of people encountering ransomware.
GoToMyPC Suffers Major Password Reuse Attack
Citrix Systems is forcing all its GoToMyPC remote desktop access service customers to reset their passwords because of a “very sophisticated attack” that targeted the service over the weekend.
xDedic Scope May Be Larger Than Originally Thought
New data shared with Kaspersky Lab could enlarge the scope of the xDedic marketplace of hacked servers.
Breached Credentials Used to Access Github Repositories
Password reuse strikes GitHub users, some of whom will have to reset their credentials after unauthorized attempts were made to access a large number of GitHub accounts.
Inside the xDedic Hacked Server Marketplace
The xDedic market provides hackers with an affordable place to buy access to hacked servers in order to quickly mount better attacks.