Every year, the Chaos Communication Congress summons hackers from around the globe, this time again in Hamburg. The four days between Christmas and New year are packed with talks, workshops and events all over the location at the CCH. Read Full Article
While intercepting traffic from a number of infected machines that showed signs of Remote Admin Tool malware known as HawkEye, we stumbled upon an interesting domain. It was registered to a command and control server (C2) which held stolen keylog data from HawkEye RAT victims, but was also being used as a one-stop-shop for purchasing hacking goods. Read Full Article
Yet another year has flown past and, as far as notable infosec happenings are concerned, this is one for the history books. Drama, intrigue and exploits have plagued 2016 and, as we take stock of some of the more noteworthy stories, we once again cast our gaze forward to glean the shapes of the 2017 threat landscape. Read Full Article
Last week we reported on the xDedic underground marketplace. The day after, an anonymous source posted the links pointed to a series of pastes on the Pastebin, which in turn contained long lists of IP addresses. The author of the comment mentioned that the list of pastes is related to hacked servers from the xDedic marketplace. Read Full Article
Over the last two years, deep in the slums of the Internet, a different kind of underground market has flourished. The short, cryptic name perhaps doesn’t say much about it: xDedic. However, on this obscure marketplace anyone can purchase more than 70,000 hacked servers from all around the Internet. Read Full Article
Be careful when selecting apps and when it comes to your much-loved devices. Read Full Article
As the year comes to an end, we have an opportunity to take stock of how the industry has evolved and to cast our predictions for the coming years. The outlook for our rapidly evolving field of study is quite thought-provoking and will continue to present us with interesting challenges. Read Full Article
A cutting-edge IT security conference, was held from 18th -19th December. It was the second round, following its first occurrence in February 2014. Read Full Article
Next year Kaspersky Lab experts anticipate high-stakes targeted cyber-attacks pinpointing the banks. We expect fraudsters will try to develop new malware that can take cash directly from ATMs. 2015 is also likely to bring even more privacy concerns, security worries about Apple devices and renewed fears about connected devices. Read Full Article
The biggest security news of the week is the leaked photos of many celebrities. Many people, especially the involved celebrities, wondered how such a hack could take place. Read Full Article