• Corebot: a highly modular information theft software

    IBM has discovered a new type of data theft malware called Corebot. It is a highly modular malware, and some security detection systems will recognize CoreBot as Dynamer! Ac or Eldorado. It specializes in stealing system, email credentials, and software keys, and even downloading and executing other malicious programs. Once the attacker collects the above sensitive information, it will be sold to criminal organizations. Relatively speaking, information theft malware, remote access tool (RAT) and ransomware can attract the attention of security researchers .. read the whole passage
    Author: qxz_xp | Published: September 3, 2015 | Classification: Industry News , Hacker attack and defense | 2 comments
  • Hacking Team RCSAndroid Trojans

    Caution for Android devices: versions 4.0-4.3 can be fixed by RCSAndroid. The remote control trojan RCSAndroid on the Android platform is one of the most professional and complex malicious programs exposed in Android. Since the Hacking Team's information disclosure, the security field has been covered by some vulnerabilities, exps and other messages every day. Of course, there is still more information to be mined. Now, it's finally Android's turn. Unfortunately, it's very bad news: a new remote access trojan (RAT). RCSAndroid has ten "super abilities" Trend Technology .. read the whole passage
    Author: qxz_xp | Published: July 25, 2015 | Classification: Industry News , Hacker attack and defense | 1 comment
  • Junior high school educated coal miners learn to be "hackers" to invade Tencent online games

    Shenzhen Longgang Police announced a case of computer information system destruction, and found that the "hacker" who invaded the company's server was a criminal suspect who had only junior high school education and learned to be a "god" of the network by himself, and the "hacker" was only a coal miner when he developed the plug-in. On the 14th, the Shenzhen Longgang police announced a case of computer information system destruction. According to the police, a leisure online game server independently developed and operated by a computer company in Shenzhen was abnormal. After inspection, it was found that someone had used an illegal "junior plug-in" in the game to enter the company's server .. read the whole passage
    Author: qxz_xp | Published: April 16, 2015 | Classification: Industry News , Hacker attack and defense | 1 comment
  • US police can't pay ransom to hackers with Bitcoin

    Recently, a funny thing happened in Lincolnshire, Maine, the United States. Four police stations using the same network and a computer in the sheriff's office were infected with a virus. The hacker locked every file in the computer, making it impossible to access and open the file normally. The police had several days to prepare to pay the ransom. If they did not pay the ransom, the password would be destroyed automatically, Those documents can no longer be opened. Police technicians gave up their efforts after trying to crack for a few days and decided to pay the hacker the requested $300 ratio .. read the whole passage
    Author: qxz_xp | Published: April 14, 2015 | Classification: Industry News , Hacker attack and defense | No comment