Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks

The Hacker News Daily Updates Bash Command Line Pro Tips As someone that has used the Bash shell almost daily for over 15 years, Jason Cannon has accumulated several command line "tricks" that have saved him time and frustration. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Apr 11, 2017 Unpatched Microsoft Word Flaw is Being Used to Spread Dridex Banking Trojan If you are a regular reader of The Hacker News, you might be aware of an ongoing cyber attack — detected in the wild by McAfee and FireEye — that silently installs malware on fully-patched computers by exploiting an unpatched Microsoft Word vulnerability in all current versions of Microsoft Office. ... Read More U.S. Takes Down Kelihos Botnet After Its Russian Operator Arrested in Spain A Russian computer hacker arrested over the weekend in Barcelona was apparently detained for his role in a massive computer botnet, and not for last year's US presidential election hack as reported by the Russian media. Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 32-years-old Russian computer programmer, suspected ... Read More Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Since March, as part of its "Vault 7" series, Wikileaks has published over 8,761 documents and other ... Read More Hacker Caused Panic in Dallas by Turning ON Every Emergency Siren at Once We have seen hackers flooding 911 emergency service with rogue requests to knock the service offline for an entire state, but some hacking incidents are worse than others. One such incident took place in Dallas on Friday night when hacker triggered a network of 156 emergency warning sirens for ... Read More Suspected Kelihos Botnet Operator Arrested in Spain Update (Tuesday, April 11): The arrest of a Russian man in Spain was apparently for his role in Kelihos botnet responsible for sending hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide. A Russian computer hacker and alleged spam kingpin was arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday reportedly over ... Read More Bash Command Line Pro Tips As someone that has used the Bash shell almost daily for over 15 years, Jason Cannon has accumulated several command line "tricks" that have saved him time and frustration. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India