Eduard Kovacs

The author of the open source ransomware named “Hidden Tear” claims he has managed to break the encryption of Cryptear.B, a threat built using...

Las Vegas-based casino operator Affinity Gaming has accused Chicago-based IT security firm Trustwave of failing to properly investigate and contain a payment card breach...

A researcher has once again managed to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper security feature, and the patch rolled out by Apple addresses the problem only...

Researchers reported finding several serious vulnerabilities in Intel Security’s McAfee Application Control product, but the vendor has not released patches claiming they are low...

Norwegian authorities have arrested an individual suspected of being the author of MegalodonHTTP, a piece of malware designed to power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets.

Following an investigation into a breach of its payment processing systems, Chicago-based hotel operator Hyatt Hotels has determined that the incident affects 250 hotels...

The developers of OpenSSH, a popular implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, today announced the availability of an update that patches several security...

A piece of file-encrypting ransomware whose source code was released last year by its author for educational purposes has been leveraged by cybercriminals.

An audit has found that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s security operations center is not optimized to protect the agency’s networks, which raises some...

Cisco has released software updates to address several critical and high severity vulnerabilities identified in various networking and security products.

One of the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft on Tuesday with the first round of security bulletins for 2016 was a Silverlight zero-day which Kaspersky...

Mozilla has awarded a researcher $2,500 for responsibly disclosing a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the company’s add-ons website.

The campaign involving the Android banking Trojan dubbed “SlemBunk” is ongoing and continues to evolve, FireEye reported on Wednesday following a detailed analysis of...

A security hole affecting older versions of Fortinet’s FortiOS operating system allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable devices, but the vendor says...

As announced last week, Adobe has released its first series of security updates for 2016 to patch vulnerabilities affecting the company’s Acrobat and Reader...

Europol announced on Tuesday that a couple of individuals suspected of being tied to the DD4BC cybercriminal group have been identified as part of...

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on eBay’s website could have been exploited by malicious actors for phishing attacks, a researcher has demonstrated.

Trend Micro Patches Password Manager Vulnerabilities Reported by Google Researcher Trend Micro has rolled out updates to patch easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities found by a Google Project...

General Motors launched a vulnerability disclosure program last week, but the carmaker is currently not offering any rewards.The carmaker has invited researchers who find...

Role of Malware in Ukrainian Power Outages AnalyzedBased on the available information, ICS security experts believe the malware involved in the recent attacks targeting...