Cerber 5.0.1 ransomware spreading via Google and Tor
What is cerber?
Cerber is a ransomware-type malware that infiltrates the system and encrypts various file types including .jpg, .doc, .raw, .avi, etc. Cerber adds a .cerber extension to each encrypted file. Following successful infiltration, Cerber demands a ransom payment...
Ransomware attack hit San Francisco train system
A ransomware attack took ticket machines for San Francisco's light rail transit system offline all day Saturday during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, but rather than shutting down, the agency decided instead to let users...
ImageGate attack – Malware through poisoned .JPG
ImageGate attack : Security people from Check Point Software Technologies identified a new malware campaign through Facebook. Crooks leverage an image obfuscation trick, dubbed ImageGate, to spread the Locky ransomware via Facebook. Experts highlighted that the image obfuscation trick is able...
Final countdown for SHA-1 SSL certificates
SHA-1 SSL certificates which are more popular and an sucessor of MD5 algorithm are now in the final days of what was once one of the most widespread types of SSL certificates:SHA-1.
Now, due to the ever present requirement to strengthen...
Dos attack with openssl CVE-2016-6304,CVE-2016-6305,CVE-2016-6306
What is Openssl?
OpenSSL is a an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It ensures secure communications against attackers from Eavesdropping and MITM attacks.
Openssl library...
