Shellbot Botnet Targets Linux, Android Devices
An IRC bot built using Pearl is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Linux servers, but can also affect Windows systems and Android devices, Trend Micro warns. Dubbed Shellbot, the malware is being distributed by a threat group called Outlaw, which recently compromised FTP servers of a Japanese art institution and a Bangladeshi government […]
Symantec Acquires Appthority, Javelin Networks
Symantec on Monday announced the acquisition of mobile application security firm Appthority and Active Directory protection company Javelin Networks. With the acquisition of Appthority, Symantec wants to provide customers the technology needed to analyze mobile applications for malicious capabilities and unwanted behavior, including vulnerabilities, exposure of sensitive data, and privacy risks. According to Symantec, the […]
New Side-Channel Vulnerability Leaks Sensitive Data From Intel Chips
A newly revealed side-channel attack can leak encrypted data from Intel microprocessors that use a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) architecture. Dubbed PortSmash and tracked as CVE-2018-5407, the vulnerability affects all CPUs that rely on SMT, including Intel’s Hyper-Threading architectures. By exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could extract sensitive data such as encryption keys from a computer’s […]
