Proofpoint researchers discovered that the Magnitude exploit kit (EK) [1] was successfully exploiting Adobe Flash version 20.0.0.306. Because the Magnitude EK in question did not direct any exploits to FlashRead More →
Short Bytes: Sarah Jamie Lewis is an independent security researcher who has devised a tool called OnionScan to locate the loopholes in dark web sites. This will allow system admins toRead More →
Facebook’s CAPTCHA system too, over 70% accuracy achieved. A trio of security researchers have devised a new automated attack that can break the CAPTCHA systems employed by Google and Facebook. TheRead More →
This is kind of a big deal because the mess is in 14.04 LTS, expiry date 2019. Ubuntu has patched four Linux kernel vulnerabilities that allowed for arbitrary code execution andRead More →
Rupture framework used to upgrade three-year-old BREACH framework and hack Facebook and Gmail 500 times faster. Security researchers have expanded and improved a three-year-old cyber-attack that could steal information from websitesRead More →
Brian Farell told feds: “You’re not going to find much of a bigger fish than me.” Last week, a federal judge in Washington formally accepted the guilty plea of Brian Farrell, theRead More →
Technology vendor Cisco is pushing out security updates to customers to address a critical vulnerability found in its recently introduced line of FirePower firewall products. The vulnerability, according to Cisco, allowsRead More →
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’sRead More →
The fix? No patch, just destroy all extensions. Black Hat Asia The most popular Firefox extensions with millions of active users are open to attacks that can quietly compromise machines andRead More →
The Rokku Ransomware is a new infection currently being spread in email attachments. When infected, a victim’s data files will be encrypted and then ransomed back for .24 bitcoins or approximatelyRead More →
