Twitter announced a critical security bug that has been identified in the service and is now prompting users to change their passwords. The problem lies in the way the account login passwords are stored in the internal database. Change Your…
Two magnetic tapes containing transaction details for 12 million accounts that belong to Australia’s Commonwealth Bank are missing. This incident is perhaps the largest data loss in Australia. Curiously, the incident stayed under the radar for two years – until…
2017 was a year of increasing menace for ransomware, its first real breakthrough year found it on the front-pages of mainstream media as well as highbrow IT publications. The rapid ascension of WannaCry, GoldenEye, NotPetya led to heightened apprehension and…
A security expert from Argentina has shed light on a new hacking tool called GetDvR that exploits the CVE-2018-9995 vulnerability against IoT devices. It is able to extract account credentials of DVR devices thereby accessing the devices and their video…
Check Point researchers recently decided to review the Linux kernel, and more specifically they looked into drivers trying to roll their own usage of the mmap() function. CVE-2018-8781 Official Description: The udl_fb_mmap function in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c at the Linux kernel version…
Facebook has been widely accused of being negligent and abusive in terms of the privacy of its users. However, it is not the only social network that has been caught at the crime scene. Apparently, Twitter has recently confirmed to…
Security researchers at Kromtech recently came across a MongoDB database that contained the personal details of more than 25,000 users who invested in the Bezop (BEZ) token. The database contained plenty of personal details including full names, home addresses, email…
Security researchers just discovered a new phishing attack that is responsible for the distribution of over 550 million emails since Q1 2018. The campaign was first detected in the beginning of January when it was observed targeting users on a…
This article is about a recent ransomware threat that has hit thousands of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 4 interfaces or HPE iLO 4 for short. These interfaces provide access to HP Enterprise servers and their remote control. The ransomware threat…
The world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service, Webstresser.org, is now down thanks to a coordinated international operation. The DDoS provider was shut down on Wednesday after a thorough investigation carried out by UK’s National Crime Agency and the Dutch National Police and…
Drupalgeddon continues with one more remote code execution bug has been discovered in content management system. Identified as CVE-2018-7602, the highly critical vulnerability affects Drupal versions 7.x and 8.x. Affected users should immediately upgrade to Drupal v7.59 and 8.5.3. The…
Cryptomining malware has dethroned ransomware as the number one cyber threat, and as such, it is evolving rapidly. That being said, a Python-based Monero miner using stolen NSA exploits and disabling security features has been discovered by security researchers. Related…
Security researchers at AdGuard recently revealed some interesting findings regarding the use of fake ad block extensions. There is evidence that some twenty million Chrome users have been tricked into downloading and installing rogue browser extensions concealed as ad blocking…
New Microsoft statistics reveal that the Windows operating system was continuously targeted by tech-support scams in 2017. More precisely, Microsoft recently reported that it received 153,000 reports from users who were targeted by tech-support scammers via the phone or the…
Not enough users are acquainted with the risks associated with their routers, and there’s a research that proves it. Broadband Genie researchers surveyed 2,205 people across the U.K. whether they had performed any router security hygiene like changing Wi-Fi passwords…
A critical security bug has been discovered in LinkedIn, more specifically in a social button. The exploit of the bug could have led to harvesting of LinkedIn users’ information, including information that wasn’t public. The discovery was made by Jack…
Another critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2018-0112 has been fixed Cisco WebEx videoconferencing software solution. Customers download and use the WebEx client application to attend meetings on Cisco WebEx Centers The bug could be leveraged by attackers to intercept conference call…
Security researchers discovered a new threat known as Dardesh that poses as a legitimate app and is currently available on the Google Play Store. The malware instance is described as a chat app and has managed to fool many users…
The first quarter of 2018 has already passed, and security researchers were able to draw some important conclusions. It appears that during the first three months of this year, ransomware was finally dethroned. The new most prevalent cybersecurity threat is…
strong>Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog, banned today over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google’s cloud infrastructure. Roskomnadzor Bans More Than 1.8 Million IP Addresses Belonging to Amazon and Google It has been reported that Roskomnadzor, Russian Federal Service…
