Russian hackers targeting US Senate email accounts: Report
A hacking group allegedly associated with the Russian government is actively targeting the US Senate's internal email system since June 2017, a cyber security firm claimed on Saturday.
January 13, 2018 4:44 PM
According to cybersecurity firm ThreatConnect, a group with the same name “Fancy Bear” had used the same website and the same format to publish documents in 2016 that had been hacked from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in response to that agency’s finding that hundreds of Russian athletes had taken banned substances.
Last year, Trend Micro reported that “Fancy Bear” group was behind the “massive and coordinated” attack on the campaign of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron. It is the same group that is blamed for attacking the Democratic party shortly before the US election. A Russian hacker claimed in December that he can prove he hacked the DNC networks on the orders of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
A Single-Character Message Can Crash Any Apple iPhone, iPad Or Mac Thursday, February 15, 2018 A single indian tamil word crash all iPhone device Only a single character can crash your iPhone and block access to the Messaging app in iOS as well as popular apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Outlook for iOS, and Gmail. First spotted by Italian Blog Mobile World, a potentially new severe bug affects not only iPhones but also a wide range of Apple devices, including iPads, Macs and even Watch OS devices running the latest versions of their operating software. Like previous 'text bomb' bug, the new flaw can easily be exploited by anyone, requiring users to send only a single character from Telugu—a native Indian language spoken by about 70 million people in the country. Once the recipient receives a simple message containing the symbol or typed that symbol into the text editor, the character immediately instigates crashes on iPhones, iPads, Macs,
New Saturn Ransomware Actively Infecting Victims A new ransomware was discovered this week by MalwareHunterTeam called Saturn. This ransomware will encrypt the files on a computer and then append the .saturn extension to the file's name. The Saturn Ransomware is being actively distributed, but at this time it is unknown what distribution methods are being used. Unfortunately, this ransomware is not decryptable at this time, but it is currently being researched for weaknesses. In the mean time, if you wish to discuss or receive help, you can use our dedicated Saturn Ransomware Help & Support topic . How Saturn Ransomware encrypts a computer When Saturn Ransomware is installed it will check to see if the victim is running in a virtual environment. If it detects that it is running under a virtual machine, it will exit the process. If it does not detect a virtual machine, Saturn will execute the following commands to delete shadow volume copies, disable Windows sta
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