Visa, MasterCard, and Symantec among dozens affected by “suspicious” BGP mishap. On Wednesday, large chunks of network traffic belonging to MasterCard, Visa, and more than two dozen other financial servicesRead More →
One of the more interesting classes of security vulnerabilities are those affecting interoperability technology. This is because these vulnerabilities typically affect any application using the technology, regardless of what theRead More →
WikiLeaks released details on what it said is a Central Intelligence Agency document tracking program called Scribbles, part of the agency’s effort to keep tabs on documents leaked to whistleblowers andRead More →
Security expert Chris Vickery reported a data breach at online trading firm AMP that exposed customer credit reports, and Social Security numbers. The popular security expert Chris Vickery has discoveredRead More →
A hacker (or hacker group) known as The Dark Overlord (TDO) has leaked the first ten episodes of season 5 of the “Orange Is The New Black” show after twoRead More →
Mobile applications that open ports on Android smartphones are opening those phones to remote hacking, claims a team of researchers from the University of Michigan. Open ports are a well-knownRead More →
I was recently invited to take part in some research by BBC Click, alongside Professor Alan Woodward, to analyse a device that had quite a lot of people all excited.Read More →
Kali Linux 2017.1 rolling release was announced, the popular distro comes with a set of significant updates and features. The popular Kali Linux distribution has a new weapon in its hackingRead More →
A severe security flaw in the implementation of the SNMP protocol allows an attacker to take over at least 78 cable modem models, according to a team of researchers. TheRead More →
People often assume that if you’re running OSX, you’re relatively safe from malware. But this is becoming less and less true, as evidenced by a new strain of malware encounteredRead More →
‘We stand ready to work with the FCC, Congress and the industry on an approach that provides strong consumer protections while also allowing companies the flexibility and certainty to innovate,Read More →
Lawsuit: After a sexual harassment claim, Fox News planted spyware on ex-host’s computer. Comparing their actions to the plot this season on the Showtime series Homeland, an attorney for formerRead More →
Security experts from security firm Redsocks published an interesting report on how to crack APT28 traffic in a few seconds. Introduction APT28 is a hacking group involved in many recentRead More →
An unknown security researcher has published details on a vulnerability named “Antbleed,” which the author claims is a remote backdoor affecting Bitcoin mining equipment sold by Bitmain, the largest vendorRead More →
There are over 85,000 RDP servers available for sale or rent via xDedic, a marketplace for selling or renting hacked servers that was exposed in June 2016. Many believed xDedicRead More →
Among all the Linux samples that we receive every day, we noticed one sample detected only by Dr.Web – their detection name was Linux.LuaBot. We deemed this to be suspiciousRead More →
Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps allowed hackers to steal vehicles, the car maker fixed them. Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps could beRead More →
If you’re on a red team or have been on the receiving end of a pen-test report from one, then you’ve almost certainly encountered reports of Windows servers vulnerable toRead More →
Internet-connected devices in your home or office will be vulnerable to botnets and other attacks, if you don’t change the original login credentials. The number of internet-connected devices has risenRead More →
Security researchers from Neseso are sounding the alarm on a vulnerability they’ve discovered in Samsung smart TVs that Samsung declined to fix. The security flaw affects Wi-Fi Direct, a Wi-FiRead More →
