WordPress ClickCease Click Fraud Protection plugin <= 3.2.7 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Cross Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered by Elliot Patchstack Alliance in WordPress Plugin ClickCease Click Fraud Protection versions = 3.2.7...

Mirai Masterminds Helping FBI Snuff Out Cybercrime

The three masterminds behind Mirai – the infamous botnet known for taking down internet services in a 2016 DDoS attack – will work with the FBI in future cybercrime investigations as part of their sentencing for creating and operating the botnet. The three hackers, Paras Jha 22, of New Jersey,...

Three Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating IoT-based Mirai DDoS Botnet

The U.S. federal officials have arrested three hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court...

Spam Campaign Continuing to Serve Up Malicious .js Files

A malicious spam campaign that’s been doling out zipped Javascript .js files remains an issue, the SANS Internet Storm Center warns. The campaign was spotted earlier this year, but Brad Duncan, a handler for the site and researcher with Rackspace’s information security operations center, claims...