cellphones, malware, Security technology, spyware, theft
A film student put spyware on a smartphone and then allowed it to be stolen. He made a movie of the results. Powered by WPeMatico
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malware, marketing, ransomware, Security technology
A new ransomware, Popcorn Time, gives users the option of infecting others in lieu of paying the ransom. Related: a good general article on ransomware. EDITED TO ADD: Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico
adware, exploits, malware, Security technology, steganography
There’s new malware toolkit that uses steganography to hide in images: For the past two months, a new exploit kit has been serving malicious code hidden in the pixels of banner ads via a malvertising campaign that has been active on several high profile websites. Discovered by security researchers from ESET, this new exploit kit … Read More “WWW Malware Hides in Images” »
eavesdropping, malware, Security technology, spyware
Surprising no one who has been following this sort of thing, headphones can be used as microphones. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, aes, authentication, cryptography, encryption, internetofthings, malware, Security technology, sidechannelattacks
This is exactly the sort of Internet-of-Things attack that has me worried: “IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction” by Eyal Ronen, Colin OFlynn, Adi Shamir and Achi-Or Weingarten. Abstract: Within the next few years, billions of IoT devices will densely populate our cities. In this paper we describe a new type of threat … Read More “Self-Propagating Smart Light Bulb Worm” »
academicpapers, intel, malware, mitigation, Security technology, sidechannelattacks
Researchers discover a clever attack that bypasses the address space layout randomization (ALSR) on Intel’s CPUs. Here’s the paper. It discusses several possible mitigation techniques. Powered by WPeMatico
malware, Security technology
A new malware tries to detect if it’s running in a virtual machine or sandboxed test environment by looking for signs of normal use and not executing if they’re not there. From a news article: A typical test environment consists of a fresh Windows computer image loaded into a VM environment. The OS image usually … Read More “Malware Tries to Detect Test Environment” »
hardware, malware, Security technology, usb
It costs less than $60. For just a few bucks, you can pick up a USB stick that destroys almost anything that it’s plugged into. Laptops, PCs, televisions, photo booths — you name it. Once a proof-of-concept, the pocket-sized USB stick now fits in any security tester’s repertoire of tools and hacks, says the Hong … Read More “USB Kill Stick” »
cyberweapons, eavesdropping, leaks, malware, maninthemiddleattacks, Security technology, spyware
We have leak from yet another cyberweapons arms manufacturer: the Italian company RCS Labs. Vice Motherboard reports on a surveillance video demo: The video shows an RCS Lab employee performing a live demo of the company’s spyware to an unidentified man, including a tutorial on how to use the spyware’s control software to perform a … Read More “Leaked Product Demo from RCS Labs” »
advancedpersistentthreats, airgaps, cyberespionage, dns, malware, Security technology
Both Kaspersky and Symantec have uncovered another piece of malware that seems to be a government design: The malware — known alternatively as “ProjectSauron” by researchers from Kaspersky Lab and “Remsec” by their counterparts from Symantec — has been active since at least 2011 and has been discovered on 30 or so targets. Its ability … Read More “Yet Another Government-Sponsored Malware” »