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Skimmer acts as payment service provider via rogue iframe

May 21, 2019 admin credit card, cybercrime, E-commerce, hacked website, hacking, iframe, Magecart, Magento, malware, phishing, skimmer

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 15:38:42 +0000

Even e-commerce sites that do not take payment information themselves can be abused by crooks. In this post, we show how a web skimmer is able to inject an artificial iframe into the checkout page to prompt users for their credit card information. Victims will only realize something’s not right when they are redirected to the real (and external) payment form.

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Microsoft pushes patch to prevent ‘WannaCry’ level vulnerability

May 15, 2019 admin cybercrime, exploit, Exploits, patching, RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, Vulnerability, WannaCry, Windows 7, Windows 8, windows server 2003, windows server 2008, Windows XP, worm

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:57:16 +0000

This month marks two years since the infamous WannaCry attack. Now a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability has been discovered that could be used in a similar large-scale attack—though Microsoft has released a patch. Have you updated yet?

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Tags: exploit patching rdp remote desktop protocol vulnerability WannaCry windows 7 windows 8 windows server 2003 windows server 2008 windows xp worm

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WhatsApp fix goes live after targeted attack on human rights lawyer

May 14, 2019 admin attack, cybercrime, Mobile, spyware, targeted, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 16:46:21 +0000

A fix was rolled out for a WhatsApp vulnerability, which was used to inject spyware into mobile devices and target a human rights lawyer.

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Tags: attack Mobile spyware targeted whatsapp

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Cryptojacking in the post-Coinhive era

May 2, 2019 admin coinhive, coinimp, Cryptojacking, cryptoloot, cybercrime, drive-by cryptomining, webminepool

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Cryptojacking captured everyone’s attention in 2017 and 2018. With Coinhive no longer in business, has this threat been completely snuffed out?

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Mysterious database exposed personal information of 80 million US households

May 1, 2019 admin cybercrime, database, exposed, privacy, records

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 15:51:12 +0000

A large database accessible online containing a huge amount of records has been found by researchers. The question is: who does it belong to, and what is it for?

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Sophisticated threats plague ailing healthcare industry

April 30, 2019 admin 2019 data security incident response report, cybercrime, decatur county general hospital breach, EternalBlue, filess malware, healthcare, healthcare cybersecurity, healthcare malware, Healthcare security, hipaa, malware, Ransom.WannaCrypt, ransomware, riskware, riskware.mictray, riskware.tool.hck, rootkit.fileless.mtgen, spyware, spyware.agent, spyware.emotet, spyware.trickbot, trickbot, trojan.bitcoinminer, trojan.emotet, trojan.fakems, Trojan.TrickBot, trojans, WannaCry, worm.parite, worm.qakbot, worms

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up.

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Tags: 2019 data security incident response report decatur county general hospital breach EternalBlue filess malware healthcare healthcare cybersecurity healthcare malware healthcare security HIPAA Ransom.WannaCrypt ransomware riskware riskware.mictray riskware.tool.hck rootkit.fileless.mtgen spyware spyware.agent spyware.emotet spyware.trickbot trickbot trojan.bitcoinminer trojan.emotet trojan.fakems Trojan.TrickBot Trojans WannaCry worm.parite worm.qakbot worms