Introduction In March 2020, Google patched a critical vulnerability affecting many MediaTek based devices [1]. This vulnerability had been known by MediaTek since April 2019 (10 months before being fixed), and allows a local attacker without privileges to read and write system memory, leading to privilege escalation. There is even […]
Daily archives: March 24, 2020
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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a public service announcement warning citizens to watch out for email-based fraud and malware schemes that take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the scams to look out for are emails purporting to contain helpful information from the Centers for Disease […]
Scammers and malware authors are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis in full swing. We have seen a number of spam campaigns using COVID-19 as a lure to trick people into installing a variety of malware, but especially data stealers. As more of us work from home, the need to […]
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we concluded our series on child identity theft. We also looked into threat actors and campaigns that ride the COVID-19 train, namely the criminal group APT36 and threat actors purporting to be the World Health Organization (WHO) but instead spreading malware. Lastly, we have tips […]
In 2019, the Rostelecom Solar JSOC Monitoring and Response Center for Cyberthreats detected and repelled over 1.1 million external attacks on organizations’ information resources. At the same time, as always, more than 430 thousand cyberattacks were detected in Moscow. More than 128 thousand cyberattacks were recorded over the year in […]
In order to ruin the users’ stay at home during their work from home period brought about by COVID-19, the hackers have hit gaming giant “Blizzard” with a colossal DDoS attack causing worldwide service disruption. The attack, as per reports was carried out on March 18th around 2:20 AM (GMT) […]
Canada’s hospitals and clinics are suffering massive cyber threats as the cyberattacks targeting the Canadian healthcare industry saw a sudden rise in number. Researchers reported that the health-care sector is the most targeted sector in Canada amounting to a total of 48% of all security breaches in the country. Digital […]
While most homes have at least one smart television nowadays, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that there are some that have dumb TVs stashed away in the basement or the office or a child’s bedroom. But how do you go about getting those TVs connected so you can […]
Chromecast and Roku are some of the top names in streaming devices these days. However, Chromecast and Roku are very different. They work differently and support different formats. If you’re looking to be able to cast from your phone or computer to your TV, the Chromecast is your best bet. […]
When it comes to quality VR, there are two schools of thought. One is that it doesn’t matter how much it costs, it should be high-quality technology that delivers an exceptional experience. The other is that it should be affordable and accessible to the masses, with ‘good enough’ technology that […]
Starkiller is a Frontend for Powershell Empire. It is an Electron application written in VueJS. If you’d like to contribute please follow the Contribution guide. Getting Started To run Starkiller, you can download the installers for Mac, Linux, and Windows on the Releases page. For more info on running AppImage […]
FinalRecon is a fast and simple python script for web reconnaissance. It follows a modular structure so in future new modules can be added with ease. FeaturesFinalRecon provides detailed information such as : Header Information Whois SSL Certificate Information Crawler DNS Enumeration A, AAAA, ANY, CNAME, MX, NS, SOA, TXT […]