Messages placed directly in or around games is a common hack technique. It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or…
Tag: ddos
Avaddon ransomware campaign prompts warnings from FBI, ACSC
Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued warnings about an ongoing…
Android devices caught in Matryosh botnet
Researchers at Netlab have discovered a new botnet that re-uses the Mirai framework to pull vulnerable Android devices into DDoS attacks….
Lock and Code S1Ep15: Safely using Google Chrome Extensions with Pieter Arntz
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet….
Europol: Ransomware remains top threat in IOCTA report
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report…
4 lessons to be learned from the DOE’s DDoS attack
Analysts, researchers, industry professionals, and pundits alike have all posited the dangers of the next-generation “smart grid,” particularly when it comes…
Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege
By Adam Thomas and Jérôme Segura, with additional contributions from Vasilios Hioueras and S!Ri Since at least late December 2018, many…
The 25th anniversary of the webcam: What did it bring us?
How did the webcam progress from a simple convenience to a worldwide security concern in 25 years? November 2018 can be…
Explained: regular expression (regex)
Regular expression, or “regex” for short, is a mathematical term for the theory used to describe regular languages. But in computing, regexes…
Trojans: What’s the real deal?
The fictional Greeks hiding in their legendary Trojan horse would probably be excited to learn that the default Wiki page for…