Tampa Bay Times hit by Ryuk, new variant of stealer aimed at gov’t, finance
On the heels of a Ryuk ransomware attack on the Tampa Bay Times, researchers reported a new variant of the...
Year: 2020
Three Magecart operatives arrested in Indonesia
Several members of a group allegedly behind hundreds of Magecart-style attacks were arrested last month in Indonesia as the result...
A week in security (January 20 – 26)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on a Ryuk ransomware attack on The Tampa Bay Times, a newspaper in...
Understand how SIM Swapping can easily be used to hack your accounts!
We've all heard about sim swapping, SIM splitting, simjacking or sim hijacking- the recent trend with cybercriminals and now a...
Researchers And Army Join Hands to Protect the Military’s AI Systems
As an initiative to provide protection to the military's artificial intelligence systems from cyber-attacks, researchers from Delhi University and the...
Malware Attack! Oregon County’s Network Smashed By a Ransomware?
Per local news and reports, allegedly, a cyber-attack shook the Tillamook County of Oregon, USA when it rendered the local...
CredNinja – A Multithreaded Tool Designed To Identify If Credentials Are Valid, Invalid, Or Local Admin Valid Credentials Within A Network At-Scale Via SMB, Plus Now With A User Hunter
This tool is intended for penetration testers who want to perform an engagement quickly and efficiently. While this tool can...
Mimir – Smart OSINT Collection Of Common IOC Types
Smart OSINT collection of common IOC types.OverviewThis application is designed to assist security analysts and researchers with the collection and...
How to Analyze Your Log Data Using the Log Search API in InsightIDR
InsightIDR’s Log Search interface allows you to easily query and visualize your log data from within the product, but sometimes...
Alexander Baranov says Russia has nothing to do with the cyberattack on the friendly Austrian Foreign Ministry
The hacker attack that the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs underwent prompted European countries to take active measures to defend...
U.N Officials not using WhatsApp over Security Reasons
"The United Nations officials are not using WhatsApp for purposes of communication as it is unsafe and vulnerable to hacking,"...
Socialscan – Check Email Address And Username Availability On Online Platforms With 100% Accuracy
socialscan offers accurate and fast checks for email address and username usage on online platforms.Given an email address or username,...
Aircrack-ng 1.6 – Complete Suite Of Tools To Assess WiFi Network Security
Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.It focuses on different areas of WiFi security:Monitoring: Packet...
Internet Explorer Targeted by North Korean Hackers: How to Stay Safe?
In a recent cybersecurity issue, some hackers from North Korea are attacking Internet Explorer by exploiting a vulnerability, which is...
Modified TrickBot Trojan can now Steal Windows Active Directory Credentials
TrickBot trojan, a strain of malware that has been around affecting users since 2016 - is now evolved to steal...
Memhunter – Live Hunting Of Code Injection Techniques
Memhunter is an endpoint sensor tool that is specialized in detecing resident malware, improving the threat hunter analysis process and...
AgentSmith-HIDS – Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
Technically, AgentSmith-HIDS is not a Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) due to lack of rule engine and detection function. However,...
Tampa Bay Times hit with Ryuk ransomware attack
Florida newspaper The Tampa Bay Times suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack Thursday, making it the latest major victim of the...
UK to develop a system to track cryptocurrencies
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the UK Government has submitted a tender for the development of a system for...
Simple Tips to Prevent your WhatsApp Account from Hackers
WhatsApp (now owned by Facebook), a popular social networking app, as we all know, is very easy to setup. But...
Experts predicted an increase in the number of DDoS attacks in 2020
In Russia, the number of DDoS attacks will increase due to the introduction of 5G technology, said Anton Fishman, head...
Hershell – Multiplatform Reverse Shell Generator
Simple TCP reverse shell written in Go.It uses TLS to secure the communications, and provide a certificate public key fingerprint...
Check-LocalAdminHash – A PowerShell Tool That Attempts To Authenticate To Multiple Hosts Over Either WMI Or SMB Using A Password Hash To Determine If The Provided Credential Is A Local Administrator
Check-LocalAdminHash is a PowerShell tool that attempts to authenticate to multiple hosts over either WMI or SMB using a password...
Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US
In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12...
