Over 12,000 Google Users Hit by Government Hackers in 3rd Quarter of 2019

As part of its active efforts to protect billions of online users, Google identified and warned over 12,000 of its users who were targeted by a government-backed hacking attempt in the third quarter of this year. According to a report published by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, more than 90...

The most magnificent thing about Vulnerabilities and who is behind the magic

What I like the most about software vulnerabilities is how "vulnerability", as a quality of a real object and the computer program is real, literally appears from nothing. Let's say we have a fully updated server. We turn it off, lock it in a safe and forget about it for half a year. Six months...

Kaspersky Opens Antivirus Source Code for Independent Review to Rebuild Trust

Kaspersky Lab — We have nothing to hide! Russia-based Antivirus firm hits back with what it calls a "comprehensive transparency initiative," to allow independent third-party review of its source code and internal processes to win back the trust of customers and infosec community. Kaspersky launch...

Not Just Criminals, But Governments Were Also Using MS Word 0-Day Exploit

Recently we reported about a critical code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word that was being exploited in the wild by cyber criminal groups to distribute malware like Dridex banking trojans and Latentbot. Now, it turns out that the same previously undisclosed vulnerability in Word...

Guccifer 2.0 Leaks Personal Info of Nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

The hacker, who recently claimed responsibility for the high-profile hack of Democratic National Committee DNC, has now taken credit for hacking into the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee DCCC as well. To prove his claims, the hacker, going by the moniker Guccifer 2.0, dumped on Friday...

Twitter State-Sponsored Attack Notification

Update A relatively small number of Twitter users, including a few connected to security and privacy advocacy, have been informed that their accounts have been targeted by state-sponsored hackers. Notifications began appearing in the inboxes of affected users two days ago, with very little concre...

The Internet is Owned--Act Accordingly

PUNTA CANA—Costin Raiu is a cautious man. He measures his words carefully and says exactly what he means, and is not given to hyperbole or exaggeration. Raiu is the driving force behind much of the intricate research into APTs and targeted attacks that Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis...

Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks The Guardian's Twitter Accounts

The Guardian's Twitter accounts have been taken over by pro-Syrian government hackers 'Syrian Electronic Army' , who previously targeted the Associated Press BBC, al-Jazeera, the Qatari government and National Public Radio in the United States, as well as France 24 TV. "We are aware that a number...