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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Monday, April 6, 2026

Ransomware’s New Playbook: How Qilin and Warlock Are Systematically Killing EDR from the Kernel Up

It rarely starts with alarms. There’s no flashing warning, no obvious breach—just a valid login, often tied to a stolen credential, slipping quietly through the front door. From there, the attackers don’t rush. They don’t need to. In today’s ransomware landscape, groups like Qilin have learned that patience—and precision—delivers far greater impact than speed.

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Europe Back in the Crosshairs: TA416 Revives PlugX Campaigns with OAuth Phishing Twist

After nearly two years of relative silence across the region, a China-aligned cyber espionage group has re-emerged with precision, patience, and a quietly evolving toolkit—once again setting its sights on European governments and diplomatic networks, but this time with more refined tradecraft, stealthier delivery chains, and a renewed focus shaped by global geopolitical tensions.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Axios Breach: Supply Chain Attack Delivers Cross-Platform RAT to Millions of Developers

A sophisticated supply chain attack targeting the widely used Axios npm package has introduced a cross-platform Remote Access Trojan (RAT) affecting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.

Monday, March 30, 2026

ClickFix Campaign Delivers Stealthy “DeepLoad” Malware to Hijack Browser Sessions

A newly uncovered cyber campaign is drawing attention across the security community for its effective blend of social engineering, fileless execution, and stealth persistence. Researchers at ReliaQuest have identified a previously undocumented malware loader, dubbed DeepLoad, that is being distributed via the increasingly popular “ClickFix” tactic—an approach that relies on user interaction rather than software exploits to gain initial access.

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Iran‑Linked Hackers Leak FBI Director’s Emails and Strike U.S. Firm

Threat actors tied to Iran recently breached the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel and leaked private emails and photos online, marking a high‑profile intrusion that captured global attention.

Friday, March 27, 2026

TikTok Business Account Takeover via AitM Phishing and CAPTCHA Evasion

A recent campaign leverages adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing infrastructure to compromise TikTok for Business accounts by combining credential interception with anti-analysis controls.

The attack flow begins with social engineering designed to drive user interaction. Victims are directed to attacker-controlled infrastructure that impersonates either TikTok for Business authentication flows or recruitment-style portals mimicking legitimate corporate workflows. These pretexts increase engagement rates and reduce suspicion, particularly when combined with contextual elements such as scheduling interfaces or onboarding narratives.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Protect Your Data from NSA

Recently  there has been a lot of news about how the NSA has been spying on everyone in america and also those from outside america. This was granted to them in the power of the patriot act. So how do you protect your self.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Cyber Lockers Good or Bad? (Poll)

Cyber Lockers are becoming a very popular way to store files and share them online. Companies like mediafire, megaupload, UbuntuOne, Google's Drive, and more. These companies are making millions on users that want to have easy access to their files online and be able to share files with friends, family, and coworkers.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Amazon is Closing the Gap

Amazon is closing the gap between it and the likes of netflix. Recently Amazon has been adding to its Amazon Instant watch collection. They recently added the Paramount Pictures to their collection of films that they offer to watch by streaming to your tv, kindle fire, computer, or ps3.

United States Economy Is Bad

Plain and simple the United States economy is doing bad. The President is trying to put an upbeat spin on things but in all reality it is really in the hole. The evidence is all around you just ask your neighbors if they feel they are doing better now than they did a 2 or so years ago.

Monday, April 9, 2012

How the MPAA/RIAA is Taking Away Your Free Speech

The MPAA is at it again trying to push the judicial system to change laws. The MPAA is trying to change the DMCA law and have it re interpreted by a judge to mean that even if you follow the law and take down infringing material that users put on your website. If you don't take steps in the future to stop it then you should be held liable for what your users do. What the MPAA is trying to do is force search engines and social networking site to literally proactively filter peoples free speech because their may be a key word that is associated with a copy righted movie or song.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

600k+ Macs in a Botnet to Steal Info

A recent CNet article that caught my eye. It is smart even on macs and linux boxes to have a anti virus software. As they generally keep up to date faster than apple or other OS providers.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Playstation 3 Now able to stream Amazon Instant watch


If your a Amazon Prime member and you own a PS3 then you in luck. Amazon has now made their service available on the Playstation network. Just the same as hulu or netflix. So now you can stream to your tv with out worrying about other devices hooking up to your tv.