Hacking News

  Scientists have developed a new anti-hacker tool, called High-fidelity Adaptive Deception & Emulation System (HADES), which rather than blocking an intruder, deploys an alternative reality — feeding hacker with false data. Read more

Security researchers from Malwarebytes have discovered a new technique that enables website owners or attackers that have hacked websites to keep mining for Cryptocurrency even if you close the browser window. Read more

Hackers are testing a new variation of the Ursnif Trojan aimed at Australian bank customers that utilizes novel code injection techniques.Since the summer of 2017, IBM X-Force researchers report that Ursnif (or Gozi) samples have been tested in wild by a new malware developer. The samples are a noteworthy upgrade from previous versions. Read more

The French data protection agency has issued a formal notice to a biz peddling allegedly insecure toys, just in time for Christmas. The mass-marketed toys in question Genesis Toys’ My Friend Cayla doll and i-Que robot are Bluetooth-enabled so they can capture and analyse children’s speech through an app on ideally their parents’ mobile phones.

Samsung has filed a patent for a smartphone palm scanner that would help users remember a forgotten password. Many smartphones already use fingerprints as a faster method of unlocking the device than a password, but Samsung’s invention explores palm biometrics in a slightly different application. Read more

The U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has offered some advice on how antivirus software should be updated in industrial environments, but the recommended method is not very practical and experts warn that organizations should not rely only on antiviruses to protect critical systems. Read more

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement agencies in Europe managed to dismantle the Andromeda botnet last week. Also called Gamarue, Andromeda malware has been around since 2011 and used to ensnare the infected computers into a botnet. Read more

PayPal informed customers on Friday that personal information for 1.6 million individuals may have been obtained by hackers who breached the systems of its subsidiary TIO Networks. Read more

A memo from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns that China-based Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI), one of the world’s largest drone manufacturers, has been providing information on critical infrastructure and law enforcement to the Chinese government. Read more

Google is introducing significant changes to how it enforces its Unwanted Software Policy, which should result in better privacy and transparency for the world’s two billion Android users. Read more