Operation Windigo: Linux malware campaign that infected 500,000 Computers Worldwide

Operation Windigo: Linux malware campaign that infected 500,000 Computers Worldwide

March 18, 2014Mohit Kumar
In late 2013, Security Researchers identified thousands of Linux systems around the world infected with the OpenSSH b ackdoor trojan and  c...
NSA allegedly hacked Belgian Cryptography Expert with spoofed LinkedIn Profile

NSA allegedly hacked Belgian Cryptography Expert with spoofed LinkedIn Profile

February 03, 2014Mohit Kumar
Cryptographer Professor Jean-Jacques Quisquater has become the part of a targeted attack by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its B...
Facebook Hacker received $33,500 reward for Remote code execution vulnerability

Facebook Hacker received $33,500 reward for Remote code execution vulnerability

January 23, 2014Mohit Kumar
Facebook has paid out its largest Bug Bounty ever of $33,500 to a Brazilian security researcher for discovering and reporting a critical Re...
Abusing Network Time Protocol (NTP) to perform massive Reflection DDoS attack

Abusing Network Time Protocol (NTP) to perform massive Reflection DDoS attack

January 02, 2014Mohit Kumar
In 2013, we have seen a significant increase in the use of a specific distributed denial of service (DDoS) methodology known as Distributed ...
Security Risks of FTP and Benefits of Managed File Transfer

Security Risks of FTP and Benefits of Managed File Transfer

December 10, 2013Mohit Kumar
File transfer services such as FTP or HTTP has been the most common way of file transfer for business requirements. Typically what a file tr...
Java based Cross platform malware targeting Apache Tomcat servers in the wild

Java based Cross platform malware targeting Apache Tomcat servers in the wild

November 21, 2013Mohit Kumar
Takashi Katsuki, a researcher at Antivirus firm Symantec has discovered a new cyber attack ongoing in the wild, targeting an open-source We...
Two-year-old vulnerability in JBoss Application Servers enables Remote Shell for Hackers

Two-year-old vulnerability in JBoss Application Servers enables Remote Shell for Hackers

November 21, 2013Mohit Kumar
Cyber security of many organizations being attacked at an extremely high rate this month, well another alarming cyber crime report become p...
DDoS Attacks : A Serious unstoppable menace for IT security communities

DDoS Attacks : A Serious unstoppable menace for IT security communities

October 18, 2013Mohit Kumar
It should be the busiest day of the year for your business, but your website has just disappeared off the Internet and orders have dried up....
World's Largest Web Hosting company 'LeaseWeb' Hacked by KDMS Team

World's Largest Web Hosting company 'LeaseWeb' Hacked by KDMS Team

October 05, 2013Mohit Kumar
LeaseWeb , one of the World's largest hosting provider has been defaced by Palestinian hackers, named as KDMS Team . LeaseWeb was also...