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Kaspersky have identified backdoor malware being sent out from ASUS servers via it’s trusted automatic software update tool. The malware was inserted via a compromised server used to send out the software updates.
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More that 500,000 routers in over 50 counties have been infected with malware that originated from Russian sources, say the FBI.
With only a month to go until the new Data Privacy regulations come into force, we;ve taken a look at the Cyber Security Breaches report released from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Read more
Two vulnerabilities have been identified and made public that exploit the flaws identified in Intel processors. Read more
You have probably heard on the news that millions of computers around the world have been infected with a piece of ransomware, have you checked if your home and business PC’s are protected? Read more
Several new exploits have been identified recently that are designed to attach your home or business router from inside, and install code to allow hackers to open a backdoor to your network and your data.
The exploits are designed to get into a network either by infecting devices that go outside of your firewall, such as mobiles, tablets and laptops, or by tricking the user into downloading a malicious file. Once inside the network, the malware gets to work on your firewall, attempting to inject code into the firewall that will allow external code to be added to innocent web pages. So you might be viewing the BBC site for example, and the code adds advertising and other unwanted scripts to the page as it passes through your firewall, meaning the page you see if very different from the one served up by the BBC servers. Read more
It seems like only yesterday we were all being told about the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, and how to avoid affected sites until they had been fixed, then there was the Shellshock or Bashdoor vulnerability that meant the servers running your favourite websites were being broken into, you may even have heard of the Poodle attack that could allow an attacker to break into your SSL 3 connection, and now Freak, exploring another SSL vulnerability, albeit one that this time was practically imposed on you. Read more