Ransomware attacks most often occur at night and on weekends
According to a report published by the American company FireEye, 76% of all ransomware attacks in the corporate sector occur in the off-hours: 49% of them are recorded at night…
Snoop attack steals data from Intel processors
Amazon Web Services (AWS) software engineer Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered another vulnerability in Intel processors that allows stealing data from the internal memory of the CPU. Discovered by Wieczorkiewicz attack was…
Microsoft stopped RDCMan development due to a bug
Microsoft has stopped development of the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) application after it has been identified as vulnerability. As the name suggests, this application allows remotely connecting to other…
Two new malware can steal cookies from Android apps
IS experts discovered two new malware for Android (recognized as the most vulnerable OS over the past year), called Cookiethief and Youzicheng. They are can steal cookies stored in browsers…
Modern RAM is still vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks
Recently, I wrote all about the vulnerabilities of Intel and AMD processors, and in the meantime, a group of researchers from universities in the Netherlands and Switzerland published a report…
Intel processors need hardware fixes due to new LVI attack
Security experts discovered a new attack on Intel processors called Load Value Injection (LVI). This claim is not an attempt to to balance yesterday's news about vulnerabilities in the processors…
Information security experts said that AMD processors are vulnerable to two attacks
A joint group of specialists from the National Center for Scientific Research of France and the Graz Technical University published a report on new attack vectors for AMD processors. Researchers…
More than 40% of Android users are at risk of cyberattacks
According to a study by Which company, more than 40% of active Android users around the world use OS version 6.0 or earlier. Therefore, they will not receive security updates…
Researchers found about 700 problematic Microsoft subdomains
Vullnerability researchers found about 700 problematic Microsoft subdomains and captured one of them for demonstration. Michel Gaschet, an information security specialist, reported about the problem back in February, and has…
Malicious Ledger Live extension for Chrome steals Ledger wallet data
Harry Denley, Director of Security in MyCrypto discovered the malicious Ledger Live extension for Chrome, which is actively advertised on Google and stealing Ledger wallet data. It masks itself as…
Chinese coronavirus detection app transmits data to the police
Last month, Chinese authorities released the Alipay Health Code coronavirus detection application, which allowed users checking whether they need to be quarantined due to contact with people infected with coronavirus.…
Cyberattack with the use of ransomware forced Epiq Global to shut down its systems
Epiq Global, a large international law firm, has become the victim of a cyberattack with the use of ransomware. The company has shut down systems in 80 of its offices…