Category Archives: Security News
Widespread exploit kit, ransomware program, and password stealer mixed into dangerous malware cocktail
Cybercrime group combines Pony, Angler and CryptoWall 4.0 in a single campaign
The attackers first use the Pony computer Trojan to pilfer passwords from compromised computers, including FTP and SSH credentials that webmasters use to administer websites, according to researchers from Heimdal Security.
Millions of smart TVs, phones and routers at risk from old vulnerability
The finding highlights problems around less rigorous patching by manufacturers.
Credit: Trend Micro
No more security fixes for older OpenSSL branches
Support for the 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 branches of OpenSSL will end on Dec. 31
This could spell trouble for some enterprise applications that bundle the 0.9.8 or 1.0.0 versions of OpenSSL and for older systems — embedded devices in particular — where updates are rare.
Ransomware and scammy tech support sites team up for a vicious one-two punch
One holds your files hostage, the other overcharges to fix nonexistent computer problems.
Some websites offering questionable tech support services are also dishing up ransomware, which locks up a users files until they pay a fee to decrypt them.
VPN bug poses privacy threat to BitTorrent downloaders
The bug could be used to unmask a computer’s real IP address
