Greedy North Korean Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrencies and Point-of-Sale Terminals

The Hacker News Daily Updates Ransomware Simulator Tool How Vulnerable is Your Network Against Ransomware Infections? Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Dec 21, 2017 Hackers Targeting Servers Running Database Services for Mining Cryptocurrency Security researchers have discovered multiple attack campaigns conducted by an established Chinese criminal group that operates worldwide, targeting database servers for mining cryptocurrencies, exfiltrating sensitive data and building a DDoS botnet. The researchers from security firm GuardiCore ... Read More Romanian Police Arrest 5 People for Spreading CTB Locker and Cerber Ransomware Romanian police have arrested five individuals suspected of infecting tens of thousands of computers across Europe and the United States in recent years by spreading two infamous ransomware families—Cerber and CTB Locker. Under Operation Bakovia—a major global police operation conducted by ... Read More Greedy North Korean Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrencies and Point-of-Sale Terminals The North Korean hacking group has turned greedy. Security researchers have uncovered a new widespread malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency users, believed to be originated from Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking group linked to the North Korean government. Active since 2009, Lazarus ... Read More Hidden Backdoor Found In WordPress Captcha Plugin Affects Over 300,000 Sites Buying popular plugins with a large user-base and using it for effortless malicious campaigns have become a new trend for bad actors. One such incident happened recently when the renowned developer BestWebSoft sold a popular Captcha WordPress plugin to an undisclosed buyer, who then modified the ... Read More This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Just last week, researchers from ... Read More Ransomware Simulator Tool How Vulnerable is Your Network Against Ransomware Infections? 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