‘Vendetta’ hackers are posing as Taiwan’s CDC in data-theft campaign The hackers are part of a group known as Vendetta that has only surfaced in the last two months. Jun 15, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Pexels) A Chinese security firm says DarkHotel hackers are behind an espionage campaign, but researchers want more details Did an APT group with roots in South Korea use VPN services to spy on the Chinese government? Apr 6, 2020 By Jeff Stone
Blind Eagle, a new APT group, poses as Colombia’s Cyber Police to steal business secrets The group is carrying out attacks against Colombian government agencies, financial companies and corporations with a presence in Colombia. Feb 21, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Ethereum logo / CC2.0 Chinese researchers warn blockchain company EOS about ‘epic’ vulnerability in soon-to-launch platform The vulnerability reportedly could have compromised the whole EOS blockchain framework. May 29, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
Scammers are filling ad networks with malicious ads that appear in Android apps. (Maurizio Pesce / Flickr / CC-BY-2.0) Google awards record $112,500 bug bounty for Android exploit chain The bugs impacted the Pixel, Google's own flagship mobile device which is widely touted as the most secure Android phone on the market. Jan 19, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
A heat map from Check Point shows concentrations of the botnet’s appearances. (Check Point) Hacker exploits router zero-day vulnerability in efforts to build Mirai-like botnet Just like the original Mirai attacks, this version traces back to the notorious HackForums. Dec 29, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill