Alisa Esage G (Page 109)

Working as a cyber security solutions architect, Alisa focuses on application and network security. Before joining us she held a cyber security researcher positions within a variety of cyber security start-ups. She also experience in different industry domains like finance, healthcare and consumer products.

Real World FSociety Malware Is Giving Mr. Robot a Bad Name

On: January 4, 2017

In: Malware

In the past few weeks, more or less talented malware authors have resorted to naming their newly launched threats using the “FSociety” brand, made famous by the Mr. Robot TVRead More →

Critical RCE vulnerabilities affect SwiftMailer, PhpMailer and ZendMail

On: January 3, 2017

In: Vulnerabilities

The security expert Dawid Golunski from Legal Hackers has reported critical RCE flaws in the popular PHP libraries SwiftMailer, PhpMailer and ZendMail. Recently the security expert Dawid Golunski from LegalRead More →

Snowden document suggests NSA could have proof of Russian hack

On: January 3, 2017

In: Incidents

Looks like the NSA has a history of positively identifying Russian hacks. The FBI, CIA and President Barack Obama all agree that Russia hacked the DNC and asserted its willRead More →

Attacks on Phones of Bitcoin Moguls Continue with Recent KeepKey Security Breach

On: January 3, 2017

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

On the last day of 2016, KeepKey, a vendor of Bitcoin hardware wallets, has notified users of a security breach that inadvertently exposed some of its customers’ details. According toRead More →

MongoDB Databases Held Up for Ransom by Mysterious Attacker

On: January 3, 2017

In: Incidents, Malware

An attacker going by the name of Harak1r1 is hijacking unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing their content, and asking for a Bitcoin ransom to return the data. These attacks have beenRead More →

How to protect your company against a potential encryption backdoor policy

On: January 3, 2017

In: Malware

The election of Donald Trump has alarmed privacy advocates who worry that the self-described “law-and-order” president will take a more heavy-handed approach towards issues of security and privacy. Of particularRead More →

Digging Into a Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7255

On: January 2, 2017

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

The Windows kernel privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2016-7255 has received a lot of media attention. On November’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a fix for this vulnerability as part of bulletin MS16-135.Read More →

How to use AnDoSid hacking App on your Android smartphone

On: January 2, 2017

In: Mobile Security

How to use AnDoSid DDoS Tool for testing your Network on your Android smartphone If you are a hacker or a pentester, you may be familiar with AnDoSid which isRead More →

#33C3- Changing travelers flight bookings is really too easy for hackers

On: January 2, 2017

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Changing travelers flight bookings is too easy. Absolutely astounding the Karsten Nohl research on the insecurity of traveler flight information. The current travel booking systems is deeply insecure, it lacksRead More →

Google Fixes User Tracking Issue in Pixel Smartphones

On: January 2, 2017

In: Mobile Security

Google engineers have addressed a serious user privacy bug that affected only versions of the Android operating system installed on the company’s latest line of Pixel smartphones. According to GoogleRead More →

Beware! A Single Malicious Text Message Can Crash Any iPhone (Video)

On: January 2, 2017

In: Mobile Security

A single malware-laden message can crash your iPhone and disable messages App permanently. If you own an iPhone you should read this article carefully and avoid clicking on messages with suspiciousRead More →

Facebook Live wants users at any cost—even porn, piracy, and polling

On: December 31, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware

Facebook has started nudging people to not only create live videos, but consume them too. An update automatically pushes more live video to your smartphone screen. A bunch of peopleRead More →

Google Releases Two Chrome Extensions for XSS Discovery and Mitigation

On: December 31, 2016

In: Vulnerabilities

Google says it paid over $1.2 million just for XSS bugs. Google released two new tools called CSP Evaluator and CSP Mitigator that help security researchers identify weaknesses that areRead More →

Researcher found a severe flaw in the MONyog monitoring tool

On: December 31, 2016

In: Vulnerabilities

A security expert discovered a vulnerability in the MONyog tool that could be exploited by a normal user to elevate his privilege access. The security researcher and penetration tester Mutail MohamedRead More →

White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election

On: December 31, 2016

In: Incidents

US issued JAR billed itself as an indictment that would prove Russian involvement. Talk about disappointments. The US government’s much-anticipated analysis of Russian-sponsored hacking operations provides almost none of theRead More →

Another Misguided Teen Arrested for DDoSing High School Network

On: December 31, 2016

In: Incidents

Police in Shelton, Connecticut have arrested a teenager for launching DDoS attacks on his/her former high school’s network. According to a Shelton Police press release, the yet unnamed teenager wasRead More →

Best Hacking Tools Of 2017 For Windows, Linux, And OS X

On: December 30, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Technology, Vulnerabilities

Short Bytes: Fossbytes has prepared a useful list of the best hacking tools of 2017 based upon industry reviews, your feedback, and its own experience. This list has been verfiedRead More →

Microsoft Tests New ‘Green Screen of Death’ on Latest Windows 10 Builds

On: December 30, 2016

In: Technology

Windows 10 Insider builds will now feature a Green Screen of Death (GSOD) instead of the classic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error page we have all become accustomed to.Read More →

Unpatched Vulnerability Affecting PHP 7 Servers

On: December 30, 2016

In: Vulnerabilities

PHP 7 is affected by an unpatched vulnerability that opens servers running the latest branch of the PHP programming language to attacks. The vulnerability, yet unpatched is part of aRead More →

Steganography Is Very Popular with Exploit Kits All of a Sudden

On: December 30, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Steganography, the technique of embedding hidden messages inside public files, has become very popular with exploit kit operators in 2016. Several security firms have detected multiple updates to exploit kitsRead More →

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