Beware of Karl, New Virus Ransomware
Michael Gillespie, the widely known virus researcher recently has found a new malicious software functioning as typical ransomware dubbed Karl. He first found this new name in the DJVU ransomware family. Karl is a highly dangerous computer threat in which the whole operation is focusing on encrypts all common users file formats like documents, spreadsheet, […]
Top Cybersecurity Trends in 2019 and What to Expect in 2020
Norton Security estimates that by 2023 nearly 33 billion records per year will be stolen by cybercriminals. Given the increasing of cybersecurity attacks, organizations are now racing to invest in security tools that are more sensitive and more advance to protect them from any cyber threats. However, without knowing the types of cyber threats that […]
Hacker Strikes LinkedIn DM to Spread Malware
When talking about phishing attacks, most people thinking it is about a malicious link sent by hackers through email or text message that could trick the reader to install the malware causing the revealing of sensitive information. However, recently, an espionage ring is targeting key infrastructure and government services with malware-infected files sent as LinkedIn […]
EvilGnome, A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users
According to a research, malware activity increased 61% from December 2018 to January 2019. Spyware as one of malware types that is hard to detect is no exception. Therefore, as most of businesses are already data-driven, today’s CIO in every industry needs to take cybersecurity more seriously due to the spyware threat that keeps increasing, […]
This Security Flaw in Vim and Neovim Can Give Attackers Control to Your Systems
For businesses that have adopted a Linux-based operating system (OS), the term ‘Vim’ and ‘Neovim’ is no longer a foreign concept. It is the two most popular command-line text editing applications that come pre-installed with the majority of Linux-based operating systems. However, both applications have been found to have a critical flaw that could get […]