Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise. CVE-2019-0803 Windows flaw exploited to deliver PowerShell Backdoor. Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading. Code execution – Evernote.

Computers and Electronics 60

Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches Advertising 60

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. During the 2019 holiday season, the Barracuda research team analyzed 4,200 Android apps related to shopping, Santa, and games.

Malware 104

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 104

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

31, 2019, Rezvesz said his company recently was the subject of an international search warrant executed jointly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar. 2017 analysis of the RAT.

Advertising 226

Advertising Malware Marketing Software 226

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Late last year, we became aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Other malware.

Phishing 110

Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 110

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! 2008 — Heartland Payment Systems — 134 million credit cards are exposed through SQL injection to install spyware on Heartland’s data systems.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135