Category Archives: Security News
UK paper The Independent delivered ransomware instead of news
The Independent has now cleaned up the infection, Trend Micro said
The attack affected the blogs section of The Independent newspaper’s website, Joseph C. Chen, a fraud researcher with Trend Micro, said in a blog post Tuesday.
DDoS attacks increase in number, endanger small organizations
The power of DDoS attacks decreased in recent months, but their number rose significantly
The number of DDoS attacks recorded in the third quarter of this year has grown by 180 percent compared to Q3 2014, exceeding 1,500, Akamai said in the latest edition of its State of the Internet report published Tuesday.
New payment card malware hard to detect and remove
Nemesis, which comes from a suspected Russian group, is a bootkit
The cybercriminal group behind the malware, which FireEye nicknamed “FIN1,” is suspected of being in Russia and has been known to target financial institutions.
Security vulnerabilities found in support software from Lenovo, Toshiba, and Dell
Security flaws pile up in support applications installed by PC manufacturers
Russian spy group adopts new tools to hack defense contractor networks
Pawn Storm uses air-gap defeating malware
Pawn Storm, also known as Sofacy, after its primary malware tool, has been active since at least 2007 and has targeted governmental, security and military organizations from NATO member countries, as well as media organizations, Ukrainian political activists and Kremlin critics.
