NSA Information Assurance Director Debora Plunkett made a remarkable accusation on CBS 60 Minutes: the NSA had spotted and foiled a plot to unleash a supervirus capable of bricking computers. “The attack would have been disguised as a request for a sof…
Disqus May Not Have Been Hacked; But It Was Certainly Exploited
Earlier this week a politically motivated group of Swedish investigative journalists linked some supposedly anonymous right-wing comments posted via Disqus to their actual authors. While several of the authors freely admitted to the posts, it also led …
100% of Top Paid Android Apps Have Been Hacked
Word that mobile malware is rather pervasive has been making the rounds for months, but a new report has found that a shocking 100% of the Top 100 paid Android apps and 56% of the Top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked. Averaged together, users h…
64-bit, Tor-enabled Zeus Variant Spotted in the Wild
Perhaps it was inevitable, but a 64-bit version of the Zeus banking trojan has been spotted in the wild – and it now comes enhanced with Tor.
Sweden’s Intelligence Agency has Access to NSA’s XKeyscore system
Sweden has sometimes been called the ‘Sixth Eye’ – referring to the English-speaking Five Eyes SIGINT alliance – suggesting a close working relationship between Sweden’s FRA and the NSA and GCHQ. New documents suggest that it has access to the XKeyscor…
Sweden’s Intelligence Agency has Access to NSA’s XKeyscore system
Sweden has sometimes been called the ‘Sixth Eye’ – referring to the English-speaking Five Eyes SIGINT alliance – suggesting a close working relationship between Sweden’s FRA and the NSA and GCHQ. New documents suggest that it has access to the XKeyscor…
Hacked WordPress Site Hosts Thousands of Links to Pharmacy Scams
The issue of hacked WordPress sites continues to persist, as evidenced by one victimized URL being used to host links to thousands if not millions or billions of shady pharmaceutical sites without the knowledge of the owners.
Patch Tuesday: December 2013
Eleven Microsoft bulletins including ten critical vulnerabilities – some of which are already being actively exploited – affecting all supported versions of Windows, Office, SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync make for a busy last month of a busy year (106 …
Obamacare-baited Malware Scam Mashes Up iPhones, Video Players
The old adage of “if it’s too good to be true that it usually is,” continues to hold water. An elaborate social engineering lure using the Affordable Care Act as bait is unfolding, with the end goal of serving up an executable file containing malware.
Cyber-espionage Campaign Ahead of G20 Summit Compromised Several European Ministries
Ahead of the G20 summit in Russia in late summer, a group of perpetrators (who may be Chinese) carried out a targeted attack on diplomatic missions, including ministries of foreign affairs (MFA), using the crisis in Syria as social engineering bait.