December 2015 - DigitalMunition

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

Linode Hit by DDoS Attacks

December 31st, 2015 📅

Cloud hosting company Linode has suffered a series of service interruptions due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched against its

Malware

Android Malware Uses Built-in Firewall to Block Security Apps

December 31st, 2015 📅

Even if some malware families never get to cause worldwide damage, it’s sometimes interesting to read about new techniques that

Privacy

Microsoft is Collecting Your Encryption Keys, Here’s How to Delete it

December 31st, 2015 📅

It is possible to prevent encryption keys from reaching Microsoft’s Servers – Learn how: It is a known fact that

Hacking News

Anonymous to release documents to prove Steven Avery is framed by police in a murder case

December 31st, 2015 📅

Anonymous gets involved in Steven Avery case, claiming police corruption It is well known that the online hacktivist group, Anonymous

Cryptography

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Tor Project To Launch Bug Bounty Program

December 31st, 2015 📅

Tor would soon be launching a bounty program which would reward any person who finds a vulnerability in one of

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

DHS: Drug Traffickers are hacking surveillance drones on the border

December 31st, 2015 📅

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement confirmed that Drug Traffickers are hacking surveillance drones on the

Pentest Tools

jSQL Injection v0.73 – Java Tool For Automatic SQL Database Injection.

December 31st, 2015 📅

jSQL Injection is a lightweight application used to find database information from a distant server. jSQL is free, open source

Malware

ProxyBack Malware Converts Your PC Into Proxy

December 30th, 2015 📅

PALO ALTO NETWORKS RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED A UNIQUE MALWARE THAT INFECTS HOME PCS AND TRANSFORMS THEM INTO INTERNET PROXIES USING

Malware

Android Malware Poses As Google App To Ditch Security Apps

December 30th, 2015 📅

Recently, security researchers at Symantec Corp identified a malware family that attacks Android devices located in China and blocks security

Pentest Tools

CenoCipher – Easy-To-Use, End-To-End Encrypted Communications Tool

December 30th, 2015 📅

CenoCipher is a free, open-source, easy-to-use tool for exchanging secure encrypted communications over the internet. It uses strong cryptography to

security

Pixelated acronym DDoS made from cubes, mosaic pattern

DDoS mitigation may leave your site vulnerable

December 30th, 2015 📅

The last thing upper management wants this time of the year is to receive an anonymous email or fax demanding

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

Post-Hack 4 Million New Members Added Says Ashley Madison

December 30th, 2015 📅

Ashley Madison says it added 4 million members after hacking scandal The data breach in August has exposed personal information

Pentest Tools

the LaZagne project – Password Recovery Tool For Windows & Linux

December 29th, 2015 📅

The LaZagne project is an open source password recovery tool used to retrieve passwords stored on a local computer. Each

Hacking News

North Korea’s Linux (Red Star OS) is a nut hard to crack

December 29th, 2015 📅

North Korea is known as an authoritarian state but researchers have found their technological systems to be following the same

Malware

Holidays Offer Scam on Facebook Drops Malware on User PCs

December 29th, 2015 📅

Crooks are targeting English and Portuguese speaking Facebook users with “Holidays special offers malware scam.” It’s that time of the

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

Top 15 Cyber Attacks and Security Breaches in 2015

December 29th, 2015 📅

With 2016, just a few days away, let’s have a flashback of the top 15 security incidents that took place

Hacking News

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Former Yandex employee was selling search engine source code for $40,000

December 29th, 2015 📅

Ex-Yandex worker tried selling the stolen search engine source code for just $40,000 Dmitriy Korobov, a former employee of Russia’s

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

Database with 191 Million US voters’ personal data exposed online

December 29th, 2015 📅

The security expert Chris Vickery has discovered a misconfigured archive exposes the personal details of 191 million U.S. voters. A

Vulnerabilties

Vulnerable Joomla! Installation under active attack

December 28th, 2015 📅

Attackers quickly take advantage of CVE-2015-8562 remote code execution vulnerability in popular content management system. A Core Remote Code Execution

Cyber Attack | Data Breach

Hackers DDoS Coinbase, website down

December 28th, 2015 📅

Coinbase website DDoSed by hacker group ▼Advertisement A hacker group consisting of two hackers, @L7Crew and @An0CBR claimed to have brought down the Bitcoin