Advanced Malware targeting Internet of the Things and Routers

Anything connected to the Internet could be hacked and so is the Internet of Things (IoTs).



The market fragmentation of IoTs or Internet-connected devices is a security nightmare, due to poor security measures implemented by their vendors.



Now, the researchers at security firm ESET have discovered a piece of Malware that is targeting embedded devices such as routers, and other

Warning — Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

Are you also the one who downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th? You may have been Infected!



Linux Mint is one of the best and popular Linux distros available today, but if you have downloaded and installed the operating system recently you might have done so using a malicious ISO image.



Here's why:



Last night, Some unknown hacker or group of hackers had managed to hack into the

Vigilante Hackers Aim to Hijack 200,000 Routers to Make Them More Secure

The same "Vigilante-style Hacker," who previously hacked more than 10,000 routers to make them more secure, has once again made headlines by compromising more than 70,000 home routers and apparently forcing their owners to make them secure against flaws and weak passwords.



Just like the infamous hacking group Lizard Squad, the group of white hat hackers, dubbed the White Team, is building

Linux Ransomware targeting Servers and Threatening Webmasters to Pay

Since past few years, Ransomware has emerged as one of the catastrophic malware programs that lets hacker encrypts all the contents of a victim's hard drive or/and server and demands ransom (typically to be paid in Bitcoin) in exchange for a key to decrypt it.



Until now cyber criminals were targeting computers, smartphones and tablets, but now it appears they are creating ransomware that

Incredible! Someone Just Hacked 10,000 Routers to Make them More Secure

Has anyone ever heard about a "Vigilante-style Hacker," who hacks every possible system to make them more Secure?



No. It's not funny, neither a movie story:



Reportedly, someone is hacking thousands unprotected Wi-Fi routers everywhere and apparently forcing owners to make them more Secure.



Security firm Symantec has discovered a new malware, dubbed "Linux.Wifatch" a.k.a "Ifwatch,"

New Botnet Hunts for Linux — Launching 20 DDoS Attacks/Day at 150Gbps

A network of compromised Linux servers has grown so powerful that it can blow large websites off the Internet by launching crippling Distributed Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks of over 150 gigabits per second (Gbps).



The distributed denial-of-service network, dubbed XOR DDoS Botnet, targets over 20 websites per day, according to an advisory published by content delivery firm Akamai

New GPU-based Linux Rootkit and Keylogger with Excellent Stealth and Computing Power

The world of hacking has become more organized and reliable over recent years and so the techniques of hackers.



Nowadays, attackers use highly sophisticated tactics and often go to extraordinary lengths in order to mount an attack.



And there is something new to the list:



A team of developers has created not one, but two pieces of malware that run on an infected computer’s graphics

Mumblehard Malware Targets Linux and FreeBSD Servers

Thousands of computers and web servers running Linux and FreeBSD operating systems have been infected over past five years with sophisticated malware that turn the machines into spambots.



The new Linux malware, discovered by the security researchers from the antivirus provider Eset, has been dubbed "Mumblehard" because it is Muttering spam from your servers, says Eset 23-page long report (