New SMB Zero-Day Exploit?

Third-party security researchers reported that they found a vulnerability in both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2. The said bug exists in the handling of Server Message Block (SMB) packets and can allow malicious users to remotely crash systems if a malformed packet is received by the target system. The crash does [...]

Twitter DM Spam Collects Mobile Numbers

Cybercriminals are using compromised Twitter accounts to spam out information-gathering websites to unknowing users. The attack starts with compromised Twitter accounts. The accounts are used to send out Direct Messages to the followers of the users who own the compromised accounts.

The Direct Message—which is basically the Twitter counterpart of a private message—contains a [...]