Phil Muncaster Two major security vendors are working quickly to fix problems in their products after security researchers publicly disclosed vulnerabilities over the past few days. Google researcher, Tavis Ormandy, tweeted right…
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Hackers Eschew Malware to Keep Attacks Hidden
Phil Muncaster Over half of the targeted threats investigated by Dell SecureWorks over the past year have been carried out not with backdoor malware but compromised credentials and the victim…
Credentials stored in Ashley Madison's source code might have helped attackers
Credentials stored in Ashley Madison’s source code might have helped attackers The company’s developers were careless with sensitive credentials and secret keys, a security consultant found. By Lucian Constantin If…
Guilty plea for Latvian malware maker
Guilty plea for Latvian malware maker A Latvian man has pleaded guilty to creating malware that stole millions of dollars from online bank accounts. Deniss Calovskis admitted in a New…
142+ Million Legit Websites Could Deliver Ransomware
142+ Million Legit Websites Could Deliver Ransomware Tara Seals The web is seeing an increase in malicious scripts injected into legitimate websites, which redirect internet users to the Neutrino exploit…
'SandBlast' A Different Spin On Sandboxing
‘SandBlast’ A Different Spin On Sandboxing Hackers are finding ways to bypass sandboxes and sneak in their malware, so some vendors are creating new approaches to counter them. Rutrell Yasin…