Articles for May 2017

Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hacking Tool


LONDON — An extensive cyberattack struck computers across a wide swath of Europe and Asia on Friday, and strained the public health system in Britain, where doctors were blocked from patient files and emergency rooms were forced to divert patients.

The attack involved ransomware, a kind of malware that encrypts data and locks out the user. According to security experts, it exploited a vulnerability that was discovered and developed by the National Security Agency.

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Real-World SS7 Attack — Hackers Are Stealing Money From Bank Accounts

Security researchers have been warning for years about critical security holes in the Signaling System 7 (SS7) that could allow hackers to listen in private phone calls and read text messages on a potentially vast scale, despite the most advanced encryption used by cellular networks.

Cellular networks, on the other hand, have consistently been ignoring this serious issue, saying that it is a very low risk for most people, as the exploitation of the SS7 flaws requires significant technical and financial investment.

But some unknown hackers have just proved them wrong by recently exploiting the design flaws in the SS7 to drain victims’ bank accounts, according to a report published Wednesday by German-based newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Malware-laden music player app downloaded by thousands of users found in Google Play Store


Security researchers have found a music player app in the Google Play Store, which has already been downloaded by thousands of users, to be riddled with malicious malware. Going by the name “Super Free Music Player”, the app was uploaded to Google Play on 31 March and has already garnered

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