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Have you heard of the Data Transfer Project (DTP)? It is a recently announced open-source, service-to-service project created by Google, in partnership with Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter. The project is in fact a data portability platform intended mainly for consumers…
A new botnet has been detected by security researchers at NewSky security, with their discovery being confirmed by researchers from Qihoo 360 Netlab, Rapid7, and Greynoise. The botnet in question has compromised more than 18,000 routers in a single day,…
Cisco has released more fixes for a range of critical and high severity vulnerabilities found in several groups of products – Policy Suite, SD-WAN, and Nexus. Let’s have a closer look at the Policy Suite flaws. Vulnerabilities in Cisco Policy…
Microsoft is initiating a bug bounty program that is focused on customer security. The program is called Identity Bounty Program and it will offer bounties ranging from $500 to $100,000 for unveiling security vulnerability in the company’s identity services. What…
Blackgear is a previously detected cyber espionage campaign that dates back to 2008. The malware has been known to target organizations in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with the targets primarily being public sector agencies and high-tech companies. According to…
It is a trend that is not going away – cybercriminals will always be attempting to circumvent security defenses with the assistance of increasingly sophisticated techniques. This leads us to the so-called fileless malware where the effectiveness of an attack…
Yet another vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-0369, in Cisco software has been patched. Rated severe, the flaw is described as an IPv4 Fragmentation vulnerability which could lead to a denial of service if used with three other medium severity bugs. CVE-2018-0369…
GitHub has been known to support JavaScript and Ruby by providing security alerts, and now the same becomes valid for Python. In other words, GitHub has updated its security alerts feature by adding support for Python projects. This relatively new…
A highly targeted malware campaign targeting iPhone users in India has been unearthed by Cisco Talos security researchers. The campaign has been active since August 2015 and is spying on 13 specific iPhones. The attackers who were most likely operating…
After all the noise and headache, Facebook is finally (about to be) fined – in the U.K at least, where the company has to pay £500,000 ($664,000). The decision comes after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded the social…
Not too long ago ransomware was “dethroned” as the number one cyber threat. However, new statistics reveal that the encryption menace has returned in an increasing number of attacks. The overall volume of malware has grown as well, shows a…
It was just reported that a bug filed on Ubuntu Launchpad (dubbed Local authorization bypass by using suspend mode) about a month ago has been confirmed by several users. The bug allows an individual with physical access to a machine…
Another set of patches has been rolled by Microsoft in the form of July 2018 Patch Tuesday. The patch batch contains a total of 54 vulnerabilities of which 17 are rated critical. 15 of those critical CVEs belong to Microsoft’s…
A new malware campaign leveraging stolen digital certificates has been discovered by security researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET. The researchers spotted the malware campaign when some of their systems marked several files as suspicious. Related Story: Malware Trends 2018: How…
A new research has revealed some troubling information about several popular smartphone apps that are covertly taking screenshots of users’ activity. More specifically, researchers from Northeastern University in the US analysed over 17,000 of the most popular apps on the…
Nowadays there is hardly a person not using a smartphone. Smartphones and mobile devices as a whole have become our best friends that accompany everywhere and help us in a variety of tasks. However, it turns out that more than…
No one is safe against hacking. However, users and organizations based in certain countries appear to be more vulnerable to cyberattacks than others, as is the case with the United States. It appears that the U.S. is the nation which…
If you have downloaded software, mostly freeware, you have definitely experienced adware, or the unexpected, intrusive pop-up advertisements that come out uninvited on your screen. PUPs are annoying and that’s a fact no one can deny, but they can also…
A new type of attack could allow a malicious actor with a mid-range thermal camera to capture keys pressed on a standard keyboard. The discovery has been made by three University of California professors. In other words, our fingers’ thermal…
Have you heard of the so-called “download bomb” bug which occurs when hundreds or even thousands of downloads are initiated? The result of this technique is that the affected browser stops functioning properly as it typically freezes on a specific…
