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image credit What is Locky Ransomware ? The name of this ransomware is LOCKY. What is Locky ? it actually denotes one of the today’s prevalent ransomware families. It was discovered in the mid-February 2016. This file-encrypting epidemic proved to be sophisticated enough to fly under the radar of conventional anti-malware defense. However, Locky is one of the most preferred malicious software used by hackers.  Who Discovered ? Bart Blaze, a very well known reputed security researcher first discovered this type of ransomware attack which is being conducted via Facebook Messenger. Later, Peter Kurse, another security researcher with extensive experience in investigating cyber-crimes confirmed the news to reporters. Bart Blaze wrote in his personal blog :  “As always, be wary when someone sends you just an ‘image’ – especially when it is not how he or she would usually behave”.  And Facebook has released the following statement in response to the discovery...

  image credit 1. Widespread DDoS Attacks The main target of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are the Financial institutions (which companies that have online financial transactions). DDoS Attacks keep their servers & online base services down for several hours or days and causes a huge loss of these victim companies. image credit 2. Cyber Terrorist Attacks Cyber Terrorist Attacks could infiltrate the highest levels of security in government servers & computers, disrupt government operations, bring down the entire Internet, close down the power grid, cause nuclear arms to launch, and so much more. image credit 3. A New Breed of Ransomware Is Looming Ahead Nowadays Ransomware is a very real threat to not only companies but also every individuals around the world. Ransomware is a malware which attacks your PC & then encrypts all your personal & important files. To get your files decrypt back it demands virtual currencies such as Bitcoin....

  image credit   An anti-virus development firm  Enigma Software Inc  has recently published a list of most malware affected cities in the United States of America.   Be careful while travelling these cities and using the public wifi, cyber cafe, public computer or using your flash drives or memory chips on such computer. There is a higher possibility to be get infected in these following cities, so, be extra careful - Tampa  : The infection rate is 506% higher than the national average. Saint Louis  : The infection rate is 392% higher than the national average. Orlando  : The infection rate is 375% higher than the national average. Denver  : The infection rate is 333% higher than the national average. Atlanta  : The infection rate is 327% higher than the national average. Newark  : The infection rate is 241% higher than the national average. Salt Lake City  : The infection rate is 223% higher than the nation...

image credit Several months ago I published this warning post for all social media users to avoid SpyNote RAT malware. I repeated it to warn again -- Zscaler, a famous IT Security researchers company has recently identified some fake malicious apps which are uploaded by cyber criminals. These malicious apps are infected with an infamous SpyNote RAT (Remote Access Trojan). It’s a good news that at present time, SpyNote doesn’t exist in Google Play Store. But, researchers at Zscaler have identified several fake third-party apps which are infected with SpyNote. The names of these fake infected apps as identified by Zscaler are: Netflix  Whatsapp  YouTube  Video Downloader  Google Update  Instagram  Hack Wifi  AirDroid  WifiHacker  Facebook  Photoshop  SkyTV  Hotstar  Trump Dash  PokemonGo  Among the above-mentioned apps, Zscaler researchers have kept their emphases on fake Netflix app being infected...

image credit Now-a-days computer and internet is an essential part of our daily life. Everything is now connected to computers through internet. But, in the last couple of years this internet world are being faced numerous cyber attacks & threats. Only a few days ago WannaCry ransomware was spread out in the form of epidemic. Thousands of computers were infected by it.  All of this goes to show computer users have to worry about a lot of potential problems these days.  Now, another very anxious news is that - "Watching a movie with external subtitles has become a threat right now". More specifically, researchers  came across a vulnerability of how video players load and parse subtitle  files. This exploit can lead to computers being taken over by third  parties.   image credit Playing a downloaded or copied movie with external subtitles has now turned into an risky habit. All the more particularly, video player software parses and loads s...

image credit Now-a-days, the word "WannaCry" is very familiar to all of us. This ransomware exploited the vulnerabilities in  Microsoft’s Windows operating system (except Windows 10) to hack more than 75,000 computers in more than 150 countries & counting last Friday. Microsoft has recently released the security patches for all versions of Winows including XP to prevent this ransomware. Also numerous security researchers are continuously working to develop a permanent solution. Although a temporary solution called "WannaCry KillSwitch" is already discovered by a british security researcher Marcus Hutchins. He slows down the spreads of WannaCry by registering a domain name "wannacry". Heimdal Security, a cyber security software company has recently reported that another ransomware called Uiwix, has emerged, which is exploiting the vulnerabilities found in Windows SMB v1 and SMB v2. Wannacry is doing in the same method to spread. Is Uiwix simi...

image credit In this week a research group of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection system, recognized a few attacks being carried out against a software update system whose name has not been revealed.  However, it is confirmed that the compromised software is a well-known editing application. And the vendor of this software also experienced attacks. The research team said that after successfully compromised  the software update system, the attackers were able to  gain remote access to targeted computers with which they executed malwares in the system.  How was the attack carried out ? This Microsoft's researcher team stated that the attackers utilized PowerShell scripts consolidated with the Meterpreter reverse shell, which allowed them to silently invade the target and without letting users know that his or her system was being hacked. Likewise, similar methods have been utilized previously to to carry out some high-profile attacks. Altair Tec...