With the introduction of contactless cards into the financial sector came swift, convenient, and secure payments. However, like any useful innovation, the adoption of contactless payment has seen its fair share of controversy. Perhaps, the most prominent of these disagreements…
A new critical security vulnerability that affects cable modems using Broadcom chips was just discovered. Dubbed Cable Haunt and identified as CVE-2019-19494, the vulnerability puts at risk some 200 million cable modems in Europe alone, the researchers who discovered it…
The Citrix flaw, CVE-2019-19781, was first identified in December 2019. The vulnerable products include the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway). Despite Citrix having shared mitigations to prevent attacks, proof-of-concent codes were released to the…
A recently discovered vulnerability in the Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway), and the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) could expose 80,000 companies to hacks. UPDATE. According to the latest information, there are working exploits against the CVE-2019-19781 flaw which allow…
Cybersecurity researcher known as Lynx has discovered a huge database on the public internet served from a computer with a Chinese IP address. The database contains the personal details of 56.25 million US residents. The details are very sensitive including…
Cannabis farming has become one of the contributory industries in the field of alternative medicine. Machines and equipment have helped in the production of such a plant for progressive consumption. In this article, the role of cannabis machine learning will…
If you haven’t patched your Firefox browser today, you should do it immediately as there is an active zero-day exploit indexed as CVE-2019-17026. An emergency patch was just released shortly after Mozilla shipped version 72 of its Firefox browser. According…
Regarding the recent assassination of the Iranian general Soleimani, many security experts and users have turned their attention onto the prospective Iran or Iran-related hacking groups. The country is known to have a lot of experienced computer experts, including malicious…
Windows 7 users are perhaps aware that official support for the operating system will end on January 14th, 2020. This event would put anyone who still hasn’t switched to Windows 10 to a greater risk of ransomware and malware attacks,…
A security research group has uncovered a dangerous hacking group known as Bronze President. Apparently the criminals are responsible for an extensive cyber espionage campaign targeting networks located in Asia. They are using a combination of custom code and publicly…
The CoyBot Android Trojan which is a well-known threat in Brazil continues with its attacks against end users The first campaigns were first detected in October 2018 and since then other campaigns have been occasionally reappeared. The latest activity has…
Have you ever used a search engine called HappyHotel? There is one reason to use this particular search engine, and it is finding a “love hotel” in Japan. If you’ve used HappyHotel’s services, you should know that it has suffered…
As a society, we’ve never been so interconnected before. The internet provides a useful tool for communication and has made our lives easier in many respects. Now you practically run all your affairs online – from banking to running a…
The Spelevo Exploit Kit as one of the dangerous weapons handled by hackers has been found to create numerous adult sites and infect them with malware automatically. The hackers will distribute the threats via organized phishing strategies. A distinctive feature…
The Smominru botnet which is a well-known weapon used by criminal organizations has been revealed to conduct a massive campaign with the aim of infecting the victims with cryptocurrency miners. The payload files which carry the infections are JPEG images…
Software-as-a-service has become a commonplace practice for businesses globally over the last few years, with a reported 78% increase of SaaS spending in just the one year between 2017 and 2018. Despite this clear growth in cloud computing, leading businesses…
Emotet hackers are rapidly sending out phishing email messages with the intention of scamming the recipients into believing that they are receiving Christmas party menus. In the messages there are attached files that will lead to malware infections. Various types…
The “Gangnam Industrial Style” is a well-planned attack against high-profile enterprise networks, most of them located in South Korea. The reports indicate that an experienced hacking group is leveraging the intrusion attempts against industrial, engineering and manufacturing companies, as well…
Remote Desktop poses an interesting dichotomy to businesses. On one hand, it provides a simple way to maximize office efficiency. It can boost profit margins and save money with a simple investment in the right technology. It can boost employee…
The Momentum botnet is one of the most attack entities online at the moment. This is a large network of contaminated Linux and IoT hosts that can be used for large-scale sabotage campaigns. An unknown hacking group is behind its…
