TheCybercrime Code Act 2016is not the result of some sinister ploy by the Government to shut out our right to freedom of speech (which in any case, is a qualified Constitutional right) or opinions on corruption. It is a law that has been a long time coming and should have been enacted ...
The most evident illustration pertains to the act of theft. As per the provisions of the Jordanian Penal Code, it is stipulated that the object subject to theft must possess a tangible and physical nature. Therefore, acts of theft targeting electronic currency, data, or information are not ...
Making matters worse, and reminiscent of historical cases where malware source code was intentionally leaked on the Internet, Mirai’s creator leaked its code on a hacking-related discussion board, ultimately unleashing it in the wild where other attackers ca...
Malwareis a broad term that comprised a wide range of cyberattacks such asTrojans, viruses, and worms. Malware can simply be described as code written to steal data or destroy things on a computer. How malware causes harm can assist us to classify the type of virus that we are dealing wi...
Coles-Kemp and Theoharidou (2010) Authentication systems, download control and mobile code protection, web access controls, access removal for ex-employees, removal of administrative rights, restricted use of devices (i.e., USB tokens, wireless access), need-to know access to information IDS, ...
It might be surprising that DDoS providers could advertise on the Clear Web. After all, DDoS-ing another website is illegal everywhere. In the United States, one violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act if one “knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command,...
New research: Most IoT devices can be hacked into botnets(TechRepublic) An Internet of Things 'crime harvest' is coming unless security problems are fixed That VPNFilter botnet the FBI wanted us to help kill? It's still alive(CNET)
Predicting that malware authors will add "evasion techniques" to malware source code is... kind of lazy... but we're not the experts here.When NewSky Security, McAfee, RiskIQ, and FireEye all predict that "evasion techniques" will be popular in 2019, they're not just mailing a prediction...
The Justice Department said that the three men’s involvement with the original Mirai variant ended in the fall of 2016 when Jha postedthe source code forMirai on a criminal forum. Since then, other criminal actors have used Mirai variants in avariety of other attacks. ...
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