Wifite : Hacking Wifi The Easy Way
While the aircrack-ng suite is a well known name in the wireless hacking , the same can’t be said about Wifite. Living in the shade of the greatness of established aircrack-ng suite, Wifite has finally made a mark in a field where aircrack-ng failed. It made wifi hacking everyone’s piece of cake.
Researchers Uncover Infrastructure Behind Chthonic, Nymaim Trojans
While analyzing malware that uses PowerShell for infection, Palo Alto Networks managed to uncover the infrastructure behind recent attacks that leveraged the Chthonic and Nymaim Trojans, along with other threats. The analysis kicked off from one malicious sample, but resulted in security researchers from Palo Alto Networks being able to identify 707 IPs and 2,611 domains supposedly…
The Wrong Way to Pick a Security Vendor
For a number of years, we’ve worked with and supported our Managed Service Provider (MSP) partners at Trend Micro and I’ve seen and heard a lot in that time. Over time, we’ve noticed a few trends when it comes to MSPs choosing a security vendor to partner with, and in an effort to save you…
UK Introduces Data Protection Bill to Replace GDPR After Brexit
The UK government has announced its plans for a new Data Protection Bill. This was foreshadowed in the Queen’s Speech of 21 June when she announced, “A new law will ensure that the United Kingdom retains its world-class regime protecting personal data.” This law is, in effect, the European General Data Protection Regulation designed to…
China’s Web Users Fear Losing Tools to Bypass ‘Great Firewall’
Enterprising internet users in China fear the tools they use to tunnel through the country’s “Great Firewall” may soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip on the web. Tens of millions of people are estimated to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass Chinese internet restrictions — getting access to blocked websites such as Facebook…
It’s time for security leaders to challenge dogma
What are the key elements of a good security program? Why did you answer that way? Seems a lot of security is ‘handed-down’ knowledge. We pride data and evidence-driven decisions while suggesting security is too hard to measure and pin down. Curious, no?
The 5 biggest ransomware attacks of the last 5 years
While the last few years have seen a remarkable uptick in this particularly nasty genre of attack software, ransomware isn’t new. Malware that holds data for ransom has been around for years. In 1991, a biologist spread PC Cyborg, the first ever ransomware, by sending floppy disks via surface mail to other AIDS researchers, for…
Five new threats to your mobile device security
A decade ago, mobile malware was considered a new and unlikely threat. Many mobile device users even considered themselves immune from such threats. Fast forward to 2017, and more than 1.5 million new incidents of mobile malware have been detected by McAfee Labs in the first quarter of the year alone – for a total…
Def Con hackers showed how easily voting machines can be hacked
At Def Con’s hacker voting machine village, where 30 pieces of election equipment sat waiting, hackers were given a deliciously wicked goal. John Hopkins computer scientist Matt Blaze said, “We encourage you to do stuff that if you did on election day they would probably arrest you.” And they did. Most of the voting machines…
Phishers’ techniques and behaviours, and what to do if you’ve been phished
Once a user has been phished, how long does it takes for the phishers to misuse the stolen credentials? To discover the answer to that question and many others, Imperva researchers went undercover by creating 90 personal online accounts, including email and file sharing accounts with Google and Dropbox. Once the so-called honey pot accounts…