A week in security (August 27 – September 2)
A round-up of the security news from August 27 – September 2, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript. Categories: Security world Week in security Tags: emaileu ...
Explained: regular expression (regex)
What is regular expression (regex) and what makes it vulnerable to attack? Learn how to use regex safely and avoid ReDoS attacks in the process. Categories: Business Technology Tags: ddosJavaScriptnode.jsredosregexsearchservervulnerability (Read more...) ...
Reversing malware in a custom format: Hidden Bee elements
When we recently analyzed payloads related to Hidden Bee (dropped by the Underminer EK), we noticed something unusual. After reversing the malware, we discovered that its authors actually created their own executable ...
Fileless malware: getting the lowdown on this insidious threat
In this series of articles, we provide an in-depth discussion of fileless malware and their related attacks. In part one, we cover a brief overview of the problems with and general features ...
Official Cardi B website plagued by spammers
Over the past few days, fans of singer Cardi B noticed her website was slowly filling up with spam. We take a look at what happened. Categories: Cybercrime Privacy Tags: blog commentscardi ...
Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating
Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. FakeGift does exactly what its name implies: gives its users fake gifts that can be redeemed for...absolutely ...
A week in security (August 20 – 26)
A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues ...
Green card scams: preying on the desperate
Most online scams depend on two things: a legitimate entity that has a complicated or broken process, and a desperate target population. With immigration, you get both, which results in an environment ...
Can search extensions keep your searches private?
A lot of search extensions have been marketed over the year claiming to protect online privacy. Are they worth installing? We take a look at what these plugins actually have to offer ...
Badgelife: A Defcon 26 retrospective
Another year, another Defcon. In this retrospective, we take a look at the crown jewel of Defcon swag: badges. Reminisce with us about the coolest badges ever made and traded. Categories: Conferences ...
