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APT-27 like Newcore RAT, Virut exploiting MySQL for targeted attacks on enterprise

Credit to Author: Vallabh Chole| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 06:01:42 +0000

In today’s world data is everything, and to store and process this large amount of data, everyone started using computing devices. So, application server’s which are used for storing this precious data on computing devices include MYSQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, etc. But unfortunately, no one is conscious about its security. In…

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CVE-2019-11815: Experts discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel

Credit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 07:02:35 +0000

Red Hat engineers and experts discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, which is basically a flaw while implementation of RDS (Remote desktop Protocol) over TCP. This flaw has affected Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and SUSE and security advisories have been issued for all. This flaw could enable an…

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Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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Skimmer acts as payment service provider via rogue iframe

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 15:38:42 +0000

Even e-commerce sites that do not take payment information themselves can be abused by crooks. In this post, we show how a web skimmer is able to inject an artificial iframe into the checkout page to prompt users for their credit card information. Victims will only realize something’s not right when they are redirected to the real (and external) payment form.

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What is Emotet?

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:38:17 +0000

Emotet malware was first identified in 2014 as Banking trojan. Emotet has evolved from banking trojan to threat distributor till now. It has hit many organizations very badly in 2018 with its functionalities like spamming and spreading. Further with its widespread rich/existence at many organizations, it became threat distributor. Since…

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Threat spotlight: CrySIS, aka Dharma ransomware, causing a crisis for businesses

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:02:13 +0000

CrySIS, aka Dharma, is a ransomware family making waves over the last two months, often being used in targeted attacks through RDP access. What other tricks are up its sleeve?

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