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Microleaves, a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, exposed their entire user database and the location of tens of millions of PCs running the proxy software. Microleaves claims its proxy software is installed with user consent. But research suggests Microleaves has a lengthy history of being supplied with new proxies by affiliates incentivized to install the software any which way they can -- such as by secretly bundling it with other software.

By Owais Sultan By creating a decentralized network of trusted devices that are incentivized to continuously validate each other to ensure… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: With $11.5M In Funding, Naoris Protocol Will Use Blockchain & Decentralization To Plug Web3 Security Gaps

The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies DDoS attacks today. This is a dangerous warning that the possibility of a sophisticated DDoS attack and a prolonged service outage will prevent businesses from growing.

An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking users into downloading SmokeLoader that masquerades as software cracks, paving the way for the deployment of Amadey, researchers from the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. Amadey, a

By Deeba Ahmed According to researcher “ProxyLife” on Twitter, QBot malware, aka QakBot, has been exploiting the Windows 7 Calculator app… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: QBot Malware Exploiting Windows Calculator to Compromise Devices

The firmware threat offers ultimate stealth and persistence — and may be distributed via tainted firmware components in a supply chain play, researchers theorize.

Several threat actors used Amadey Bot previously to steal information and distribute malware such as the GandCrab ransomware and the FlawedAmmy RAT.

An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a new kind of sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit called CosmicStrand. "The rootkit is located in the firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards, and we noticed that all these images are related to designs using the H81 chipset," Kaspersky researchers said in a new report published today. "This suggests that a common

By Deeba Ahmed If exploited, the flaw could have allowed an attacker to hijack the device’s camera and microphone to spy… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flaws in Enabot Ebo Air Home Security Robot Allowed Attackers to Spy on Users

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between July 15 and July 22. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats. As a reminder, the information provided for the following threats in this post is non-exhaustive and current as of the date of publication. Additionally, please keep in mind that IOC searching is only one part of threat hunting. Spotting a single IOC does not necessarily indicate maliciousness. Detection and coverage for the following threats is subject to updates, pending additional threat or vulnerability analysis. For the most current information, please refer to your Firepower Management Center, Snort.org, or ClamAV.net. For each threat described below, this blog post only lists 2...