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Cryptomining Malware Uninstalls Cloud Security Products

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريCloud Security, Malware January 15, 2019Comments are Disabled

New samples of cryptomining malware performs a never-before-seen function: uninstalling cloud security products. Researchers say they have discovered a unique malware family capable of gaining admin rights on targeted systems by uninstalling cloud-security products. Instances of the malicious activity are tied to coin-mining malware targeting Linux servers. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, which published the report …

Google Patches ‘High Severity’ Bug

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريMalware October 30, 2017No Comments

UPDATE Google is urging users to update their Chrome desktop browsers to avoid security issues related to a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Google issued the alert Thursday and said an update for most browsers has been released. “The stable channel has been updated to 62.0.3202.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux which will roll out …

BadRabbit Hitting Russia!

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريMalware October 27, 2017No Comments

A ransomware attack has put a halt to business inside a handful of Russian media outlets and a number of major organizations in the Ukraine, including Kiev’s public transportation system and the country’s Odessa airport. The attacks are known as Bad Rabbit and harken back to the ExPetr/NotPetya attacks of this summer which also concentrated …

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Porn Site Becomes Hub for Malvertising Campaigns

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريMalware October 9, 2017November 28, 2022No Comments

Pornhub, a top-20 ranked U.S. website according to Alexa, was serving up large-scale malvertising attacks exposing millions of visitors to click-fraud. Behind the attacks is the KovCoreG Group, best known for distributing Kovter click-fraud malware. The campaigns, spotted by researchers at Proofpoint, also impacted a number of other major websites that used the TrafficJunky advertising …

Latin American ATM Thieves Turning to Hacking

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريMalware October 5, 2017November 28, 2022No Comments

MADRID—ATM jackpotting is hardly a novelty act in Latin America where criminals are more than ever connecting with hackers to figure out how to more efficiently steal money from an automated teller than, say, by using a stick of dynamite. No, it’s not uncommon to hear about thefts in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and elsewhere …