Ax Sharma

Ax Sharma is a UK-based security researcher, journalist and TV subject matter expert experienced in malware analysis and cybercrime investigations. His areas of interest include open source software security and threat intel analysis. Frequently featured by leading media outlets like the BBC, Channel 5, Fortune, WIRED, The Register, among others, Ax is an active community member of the OWASP Foundation and the British Association of Journalists (BAJ).

5 virtual events to attend for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020

Ax Sharma October 8, 2020 0

In the U.S., Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is observed in the month of October. This is the time to...

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Office 365 phishing page evades detection using Google captcha

Ax Sharma October 5, 2020 0

A newly discovered phishing campaign makes the recipient solve captchas in an effort to both add some legitimacy to itself...

Slack is down and lagging for users across the world

Ax Sharma October 5, 2020 0

Slack, the widely popular workplace messaging app has stopped working for multiple users across the globe or at least experiencing...

Gravatar API lets you scrape millions of user profiles

Ax Sharma October 4, 2020 0

Yesterday, I reported on BleepingComputer how Gravatar API makes it easy for web scrapers and bots to automatically enumerate Gravatar...

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Telegram app used by malware to infiltrate online stores

Ax Sharma October 4, 2020 0

An ongoing trend observed by cybersecurity analysts and malware researchers reveals Telegram messaging service is being abused by malware authors...

NodeJS malware caught exfiltrating IPs, username, and device information on GitHub

Ax Sharma October 2, 2020 0

Multiple NodeJS packages laden with malicious code have been spotted on npm registry. These "typosquatting" packages served no purpose other...

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Can a Windows wallpaper really hijack your Microsoft account password?

Ax Sharma September 22, 2020 0

This month security researcher bohops demonstrated a credential harvesting trick that uses Windows theme files. Setting a Windows wallpaper location to a...