Operation Avalanche takes down huge malware botnet
Operation Avalanche took many years to come to a successful outcome but this isn’t the last you’ll hear about malware botnets being taken down.
Operation Avalanche took many years to come to a successful outcome but this isn’t the last you’ll hear about malware botnets being taken down.
Two hackers, with criminal pasts, are offering up a large botnet of 400,000 Internet of Things (IoT) infected devices for rent.
There are new warnings out today concerning opening files received through social media, namely Facebook and LinkedIn.
The data of over 134,000 current and former sailors data has been compromised in this latest hack.
“Google’s decision to disclose these vulnerabilities before patches are broadly available and tested is disappointing, and puts customers at increased risk.”
The announcement is expected to be made sometime this week.
“Just like that, I now had access to data throughout the TMobile network without maintaining any sort of formal payments or contract.”
Lookout has discovered a new vulnerability that was found starting in Linux version 3.6, which has been a part of Android since the KitKat days.
Apple says the bug bounty payouts will range from $25,000 to $200,000.
The trick is to then recode the magnetic strip on the new card to tell a credit card terminal there is no chip on the card.
Bitfinex does not believe the hack was internal but nothing is being ruled out at this point.
If you’re a Yahoo user and have been since at least 2012, it’s probably a good time to change your password and set some other protections to your account.
Right now bit.ly says this smishing operation has only garnered around 1700 clicks most of those in the United States
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