Address Space Layout Randomization, simply known as ASLR, is a memory protection technique. Almost all the Operating Systems use ASLR to guard themselves from different malicious attacks such as Buffer-Overflow. It randomizes the locations where programs run in a device’s memory. It makes it difficult for attackers to execute malicious payloads in specific spots of memory when trying to exploit the system. For years, this…
There is a general thinking among the IT professionals that Linux based devices do not get affected by malware or virus. Well this is not true! A recent report, published by a Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, showed that a cyber-criminal group has turned several thousand Linux-based devices into their proxy servers to do their dirty woks anonymously. A Trojan virus named “Linux.Proxy.10” has been…
Lately, a new phishing attack campaign has been going on especially targeting Gmail users. Cyber criminals has become so sophisticated with this attack that, it is good enough to fool even most tech-savvy people. It’s not a new threat, has been going on over for a year but in the recent weeks its activity increased rapidly. I will try to give a quick summary about…