A couple of years ago, video game developer company Rockstar Games, in partnership with cybersecurity platform HackerOne, launched a vulnerability bounty program to look for security flaws and possible hackingRead More →
Recently there have been reported through social media some cases of strange, seemingly fraudulent phone calls that have caught the attention of the cybersecurity community. According to the testimonies, inRead More →
According to reports from digital forensics experts, the dangerous hacker group known as Platinum has announced the release of Titanium, a new backdoor Trojan that includes advanced features to controlRead More →
According to vulnerability testing specialists, a compression library included by default in multiple Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Arch Linux and FreeBSD among others) is affected by a serious vulnerabilityRead More →
Increasingly, cybersecurity incidents are affecting thousands, or even millions, of members of the gamer community. According to experts in ethical hacking, this weekend many fans of the popular Epic GamesRead More →
The week is just beginning and new security incidents affecting major technology companies have already being reported. According to web application security specialists, SmarterASP.NET, an ASP.NET hosting service provider, wasRead More →
According to information security specialists, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suffered a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of thousands of city drivers; the incident wouldRead More →
A serious incident has compromised the computer systems of a US school district. According to digital forensics specialists, a ransomware attack has infected about 30,000 computers belonging to the LasRead More →
Again, the city of Tokyo, Japan is home to the Pwn2Own ethical hacking event, organized by the Zero Day Initiative and, this time, the Fluoracetate hacker team has swept theRead More →
Although people buy video camera doorbells from Ring manufacturer hoping to increase the security of their homes, a flaw in the software of these devices could expose its users toRead More →
A team of web application security specialists from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, has discovered a critical vulnerability in some new programmable logic controller (PLC) models manufactured by Siemens. AccordingRead More →
We must not forget that even specialized companies can suffer cybersecurity incidents. According to digital forensics experts, an employee of Japan-based security firm TrendMicro was discovered stealing information from theRead More →
Data breach incidents can be catastrophic for any organization, resulting in large fines, loss of user or customer trust, and public image damage. However, a recent research conducted by informationRead More →
Marriott International hotel chain has alerted its associates about a cyber security incident that could negatively impact the security of some associate’s data (specifically their social security numbers), after anRead More →
According to information security specialists, about one hundred web application developers may have had inadequate access to the data of millions of Facebook users, as the company made a mistakeRead More →
US President Donald Trump always resorts to the term ‘fake news’ to refer to news reports that are not favorable to him, and despite criticism for his constant attacks onRead More →
Ransomware remains one of the main cybersecurity threats for any individual or company. Vulnerability testing specialists report a serious ransomware infection that has crippled all computer operations in Nunavut, aRead More →
WordPress is probably the most popular content management system (CMS) today, so it’s no wonder it’s also the subject of multiple cybersecurity threats. According to cybersecurity experts, the most seriousRead More →
A team of ethical hacking specialists has developed a free tool to remove the encryption implemented by the ransomware variant known as Paradise, which provides victims of this infection anRead More →
