Security

A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 could allow attackers to corrupt an NTFS-formatted HD using a one-line command. A single line file can be hidden inside a Windows shortcut, zip archive, batch files or various other vectors to cause hard disk errors, instantly damaging the file system index. An information …

Specialists of cybersecurity company ESET have uncovered a cybercriminal campaign, in which hackers attack the energy and metallurgical industries in Colombia. However, this is not the only targe of cybercriminals and they carry out cyberattacks on government and private organizations in Colombia. ESET researchers began tracking a malicious campaign named …

Security professionals continue to investigate the massive supply chain attack on SolarWinds and its customers. Kaspersky Lab experts have linked the Sunburst backdoor with the Kazuar malware. Although Kaspersky Lab does not formally participate in the investigation of this incident (and indeed, Russian hackers were accused of the largest attack …

Recently Linus Torvalds expressed strong views against Intel. Linus Torvalds criticized Intel for considering that consumers don’t need ECC protected memory. Let me remind you that the abbreviation ECC stands for Error-Correcting Code, that is, this ECC memory is “error correction memory”. Such protected memory is used today in most …

Internet blocking in 2020 cost Belarus $336.4 million. In the rating of countries affected by the blocking of the Internet, Belarus took the second place – right after India. Disconnecting the Internet in 2020 cost Belarus $336.4 million. Such data is provided in a study by Top10VPN. Major deliberate Internet …

Researchers from Cyble, a company specializing in the study of cyberthreats, have found data on the darkweb that is directly related to the vaccine against the coronavirus infection COVID-19. Experts believe that all of the leaked data was stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Such incidents once again highlight …

Japanese giant Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which operates in the heavy equipment manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and defence industries, reported about an attack and possible data leakage as third parties gained unauthorized access to the company’s server from several of its overseas offices. “As a result of a thorough investigation, the company …

ESET experts reported that an extraordinary attack on the supply chain was carried out by unknown hackers in Vietnam. Unknown hackers have embedded malware into applications distributed by the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA) – this government organization issues digital certificates that can be used for creating electronic signatures. As …

In May 2020, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative researchers reported about five unpatched 0-day vulnerabilities in Windows, four of which were at high risk. The three vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2020-0916, CVE-2020-0986, and CVE-2020-0915 scored 7 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability rating scale. In fact, these three problems allowed …

Sansec experts noticed that the dropper of an unnamed hack group that is infecting MageCart online stores with malware (web skimmers) contains a list of addresses of hacked stores. Criminals used the dropper to deploy RAT malware on compromised sites. With the help of this malware, the criminals achieved a …