Security Vulnerabilities in US Weapons Systems

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: "Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities" summary here. The upshot won't be a surprise to any of my regular readers: they're vulnerable. From the summary: Automation and connectivi...

Lucy Gang Debuts with Unusual Android MaaS Package

There’s a fresh bloom in the malware-as-a-service garden: Researchers have uncovered a new Russian-speaking threat actor hawking a proprietary cyber-weapon dubbed “Black Rose Lucy.” The offering is a malware-as-a-service MaaS bundle with two parts, consisting of a controlling web interface which...

Reverse Engineering the Cuban Sonic Weapon

Interesting analysis and speculation...

Wannacry depth of analysis: the first stage tasksche-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

WannaCry ransomware is a 2017 of the most popular ransomware, which uses a Microsoft vulnerability in the global range attacks make the world more than 100 countries, hundreds of thousands of users by the impact. Has a global range of network security education for all. As a security industry...

Misuse of Language: 'Cyber'

Threatpost Op-Ed is a regular feature where experts contribute essays and commentary on what’s happening in security and privacy. Today’s contributors are Dave Dittrich and Katherine Carpenter. The terms “cyber war” and “cyber weapon” are thrown around casually, often with little thought to their...

Jungle Heat: Weapon of Revenge - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Jungle Heat: Weapon of Revenge published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Simulator Biatlon Weapon - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Unsafe deleting vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Simulator Biatlon Weapon published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Simulator Gun Weapon - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Unsafe deleting vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Simulator Gun Weapon published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Guide For Weapon Mods - Base64 encoded String, Exported ContentProvider, Hardcoded secrets vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Guide For Weapon Mods published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

First Ever Anti-Drone Weapon that Shoots Down UAVs with Radio Waves

While the US military continues to build more advanced unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs, popularly known as Drones, the US company Battelle has developed a shoulder-mounted rifle to deal with unwanted drones flying around. Dubbed DroneDefender, the revolutionary weapon specifically designed to targe...

German Missile System Hacked; 'Unexplained' Commands Executed Remotely

Now this is a shockingly dangerous threat when hackers are taking over weapons and missiles. This time I am not talking about weapon systems being hackable, but being HACKED! A German Patriot anti-aircraft missile system stationed on Turkish-Syrian border was reportedly hacked and taken over by a...

Facebook domain hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

On the 10th Anniversary of Social networking website Facebook, the hacker group 'Syrian Electronic Army' claimed that they managed to hack into the administrator account of the Facebook's Domain Registrar - MarkMonitor. The hacking group changed the Facebook Domain's contact information to a Syri...

Growing market of zero-day vulnerability exploits pose real threat to Cyber Security

NSS Labs issued the report titled "The Known Unknowns" to explain the dynamics behind the market of zero-day exploits. Last week I discussed about the necessity to define a model for "cyber conflict" to qualify the principal issues related to the use of cyber tools and cyber weapons in an...

Stuxnet also infected the internal network of a Russian nuclear plant

We have a lot of information on Stuxnet virus, a powerful malware that for the first time has shown to governments the capabilities and efficiency of a cyber weapon. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kasperky security firm revealed that Stuxnet had badly infected the internal network of a Russian nuclear...

Stuxnet also infected the internal network of a Russian nuclear plant

We have a lot of information on Stuxnet virus, a powerful malware that for the first time has shown to governments the capabilities and efficiency of a cyber weapon. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kasperky security firm revealed that Stuxnet had badly infected the internal network of a Russian nuclear...

Chinese hackers access major U.S. weapon system Designs

According to report published by for the Defense Department and government and defense industry officials, Chinese hackers have gained access to the designs of many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems. The compromised U.S. designs included those for combat aircraft and ships, ...

Stuxnet 0.5 : Symantec study reveals Stuxnet was dated 2005

Today social media are spreading a shocking news, authors of Stuxnet virus that hit Iranian nuclear program in 2010 according a new research proposed by Symantec security company started in 2005 and contrary to successive instance of the malware he was designed to manipulate the nuclear facility'...

Researchers Find Stuxnet Older Than Previously Believed

Researchers on Tuesday said they have proof the Stuxnet worm used to cripple Iran’s nuclear program has been in the wild two years longer than first believed. There’s also now evidence the military-grade malware’s origins date back to 2005, and possibly earlier. According to an 18-page report,...

Stuxnet 0.5 : Symantec study reveals Stuxnet was dated 2005

Today social media are spreading a shocking news, authors of Stuxnet virus that hit Iranian nuclear program in 2010 according a new research proposed by Symantec security company started in 2005 and contrary to successive instance of the malware he was designed to manipulate the nuclear facility’...

miniFlame - A New cyber espionage malware discovered

Kaspersky has discovered new malware dubbed 'miniFlame', cyber espionage software directly linked to Flame. This new nation-state espionage malware that has ties to two previous espionage tools known as Flame and Gauss, and that appears to be a "high-precision, surgical attack tool" targeting...