Computer users have been warned against a mass compromise of WordPress sites that may lead to infection by the Cridex malware, which can steal their banking data. Trend Micro cited recent alerts that cybercriminals are behind a mass compromise of WordPress sites that lead to Cridex infection. “To lure users…
Entire Cryptome whistleblowing site hacked by Blackhole exploit kit
The Cryptome.org whistleblowing website was hit by a serious web hijack last week that for several days borrowed thousands of its pages to serve malware, the organisation has admitted. Starting on 8 February, attackers were able to hide malicious scripts pointing to malware on every one of the site’s 6,000…
Cryptome.org hacked into serving up Blackhole exploit kit
Secret publishing site Cryptome.org was infected over the past weekend exposing thousands of users to the Blackhole exploit kit. Find out what happened and some advice for webmasters to keep their sites clean and safe. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Blackhole Exploit Kit attack on WampServer & WordPress sites
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Sophos tackles new BlackHole RAT malware variant for OS X
Back in February of this year a malware utility called BlackHole, or MusMinim by security company Sophos, was found for OS X. BlackHole is a backdoor server program RAT (Remote Access Tool) that runs on an infected system and allows a remote user to interact with the system by sending…
Mysql.com hacked, serving BlackHole exploit malware
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