Vladimir Krasnogolovy, Author at Gridinsoft Blog

Google vice president says “black hat” is not a neutral term

Journalists from ZDNet noticed that during the weekend there was a hot discussion in the information security community due to the “lack of neutrality” of the term black hat. The discussion began with a series of tweets by David Kleidermacher, vice president of Google engineering, responsible for the security of Android and the Google Play… Continue reading Google vice president says “black hat” is not a neutral term

Attackers hack Roblox accounts and urge to vote for Trump

According to the ZDNet publication, unknown attackers hack Roblox accounts and leave a message “Ask your parents to vote for Trump this year! #MAGA2020 ” in about 1800 users’ profiles on Roblox.com. Judging by the complaints of the victims, which can be found on Reddit, on Twitter and so on, the first attacks began last… Continue reading Attackers hack Roblox accounts and urge to vote for Trump

The researcher found that every 142nd password is “123456”

Ata Hakçıl, a Turkish student and independent researcher, has done a great job examining over a billion different usernames and passwords. The researcher found that every 142nd password is “123456”. He collected such a huge dump for analysis from open sources: all this data was once “leaked” to the network after various information security incidents.… Continue reading The researcher found that every 142nd password is “123456”

US cyber command warned about dangerous vulnerability in PAN-OS

The US cyber command warned that in PAN-OS was discovered a dangerous vulnerability and that soon government hack groups are likely to start using it. PAN-OS is an operating system running on firewalls and corporate VPN devices, manufactured by Palo Alto Networks. The cause for concern is really serious: the CVE-2020-2021 vulnerability is one of… Continue reading US cyber command warned about dangerous vulnerability in PAN-OS

Check Point: hackers exploit BLM theme for attacks

Check Point analysts reported that hackers are actively exploiting the BLM (Black Lives Matter) theme for attacks and noted increase in the activity of cybercriminals, connecting it with weakening of the isolation regime. In June, the average number of attacks per week increased by 18% compared to May of this year. It is noted that… Continue reading Check Point: hackers exploit BLM theme for attacks

Lucifer malware uses many exploits, is engaged in mining and DDoS attacks

Palo Alto Networks experts have prepared a report on Lucifer malware, which uses many exploits and, according to experts, “wreaks havoc” on Windows hosts. It is noted that the authors of the malware themselves named their brainchild Satan DDoS, but information security experts call it Lucifer to distinguish it from the Satan cryptographer. The Lucifer… Continue reading Lucifer malware uses many exploits, is engaged in mining and DDoS attacks

Evil Corp returns to criminal activity with WastedLocker ransomware

Fox-IT experts talked about the latest activity of the famous hacker group Evil Corp. According to analysts, the group came back to life in January of this year and conducted several malicious campaigns, and then completely resumed activity with new tools – such as the WastedLocker ransomware. Let me remind you that the Evil Corp… Continue reading Evil Corp returns to criminal activity with WastedLocker ransomware

Hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA

Microsoft analysts have discovered a malicious campaign, in which hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA before they gain access to malicious content in an Excel document. This file contains macros that install on the victims’ machines GraceWire Trojan, which steals confidential information (for example, passwords). Responsibility for this campaign is put on the hacking group… Continue reading Hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA

AMD plans to fix SMM Callout bugs in its processors by the end of June

AMD reports that firmware updates will be released for three bugs called SMM Callout by the end of June 2020. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to establish control over the AMD CPU UEFI firmware and, in fact, gain control over the entire computer. It is reported that are affected Accelerated Processing Unit (APU, formerly AMD Fusion)… Continue reading AMD plans to fix SMM Callout bugs in its processors by the end of June

eBay employees organized persecution and intimidation of a family of bloggers

Six former eBay employees became involved in a strange trial. According to the investigation, eBay employees organized the persecution and intimidation of a couple of bloggers from the city of Natick, Massachusetts. The auction employees literally terrorized the spouses that published unflattering articles about eBay, sending them live cockroaches and funeral wreaths, sending threatening messages,… Continue reading eBay employees organized persecution and intimidation of a family of bloggers