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Thunderclap Vulnerabilities Bypass Protection against DMA Attacks

A new set of security vulnerabilities affecting all major operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD) has been discovered. The vulnerabilities, known as Thunderclap, could allow attackers to bypass protection mechanisms meant to guard against DMA (Direct Memory Access) attacks.…

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Hackers Make $3.25 Billion a Year from Exploiting Social Media Platforms

A new study carried out by Bromium and Dr. Mike McGuire says that cybercrime through social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram) is generating at least $3.25 billion in global revenue annually. The report is based on three key factors: “how…

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NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Needs Patching after Disclosure of 8 Issues

Eight security issues were discovered (and patched) in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver software, with one of the vulnerabilities affecting both Linux and Windows systems. The vulnerabilities could lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service attacks, and…

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CVE-2019-9019: British Airways Entertainment System Vulnerable

There’s hardly a day without a new vulnerability. CVE-2019-9019 is a security flaw in the British Airways Entertainment System which affects Boeing 777-36N (ER) and perhaps other aircraft, too. The vulnerability’s type is privilege escalation that is located in the…

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Behind the Mask of Hackers: the Motives and the Statistics

Protect your company, now. Nobody is safe from it. Anybody and any business can be hacked. It doesn’t matter if it’s big or small, as technology continues to advance, hackers become savvier. They expose vulnerabilities of the systems we already…

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Adobe Releases Second Patch for CVE-2019-7089 After First One Failed

CVE-2019-7089 is a critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader which was patched this month alongside other 42 critical flaws. The vulnerability is a sensitive data leak issue which can lead to information disclosure in case of successful exploit. It turns…

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CVE-2019-6340: A New Highly Critical Flaw in Drupal

A new highly critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2019-6340, was just discovered in Drupal, and luckily it’s already fixed in the latest version of the content management system. If you are running Drupal 7, no core update is required, but you…

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Formjacking Affected 4,800 Websites per Month in 2018

Cybercriminals are constantly looking for ways to monetize their malicious campaigns as quickly as possible. Targeting retail websites has proven quite profitable, and it’s no surprise that this type of attack, shortly known as formjacking, has been prevalent in 2018.…

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What Are 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes and 14 Eyes Countries and Why You Should Care?

Global online and offline surveillance seems to have become a permanent part of life. And ironically, we can’t seem to raise voice against it or take any other countermeasure accordingly. Or, can we? Before we proceed to the counter-tactics to…

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Android App with Facebook API Copied and Insecurely Stored User Data

A recent report carried out by Nightwatch Cybersecurity indicates that a third-party Android app with Facebook API access was copying user data into storage outside of Facebook. Moreover, the data was stored insecurely in two locations. Android App with Facebook…

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Rietspoof Malware Uses Facebook Messenger and Skype to Infect

Rietspoof is a new type of malware that is currently being distributed in the wild via Facebook Messenger and Skype. The malware was discovered by Avast, and is being described as a multi-stage threat that combines file formats to create…

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CracksNow Uploader Banned from Torrent Sites for Spreading GandCrab

There are multiple complaints from users of torrent sites that their downloaded files contained the GandCrab ransomware and other malware, TorrentFreak recently reported. More specifically, files shared by CracksNow, a popular uploader of software cracks and keygens, have been infected.…

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Facebook CSRF Bug Leads to Account Takeovers with a Single Click

Would you believe it if we told you that clicking on a single malicious link could hack your Facebook account? The scenario is entirely possible due to a recently uncovered critical cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. The Facebook CSRF flaw…

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CVE-2017-18362 Flaw in Kaseya Plugin Exploited to Deliver GandCrab

Hackers have used a two-year-old vulnerability in a software package used by remote IT support firms to gain a foothold on vulnerable networks and deploy the GandCrab ransomware on those companies’ customer workstations. The infamous GandCrab ransomware has been distributed…

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Major Security Breach Found in Hospital and Supermarket Refrigeration Systems

Imagine a busy night at the emergency room. Several vehicles involved have been involved in an accident, and one little girl has been brought in by ambulance after suffering a loss of blood. Naturally, blood transfusions are a common occurrence…

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Shlayer macOS Malware Disables Gatekeeper and Downloads Adware

Another piece of Mac malware has been discovered. More specifically, security researchers came across a new variant of the so-called Shlayer malware, which has been targeting macOS users. Shlayer is a multi-stage malware, and in its latest version it has…

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VFEmail Service Provider U.S. Data Destroyed for Good, Backups Included

If you’re a user of the VFEmail secure email provider, you most certainly have seen the following alert posted on the website: www.vfemail.net and mail.vfemail.net are currently unavailable in their prior form. We have suffered catastrophic destruction at the hands…

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CVE-2019-7304: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Snapd

Another Linux vulnerability has been discovered impacting Snapd, the package installed by default in Ubuntu and used in other distros like Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, Fedora and Solus. The vulnerability could enable a local attacker to obtain administrator privileges. This…

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