Information security training experts from MindPoint Group, an information security firm, have hijacked over 2,000 subdomains from legitimate websites while researching possible vulnerabilities in Amazon’s CloudFront CDN service. Experts foundRead More →
Panera didn’t fix flaw for 8 months; 37 million records were allegedly exposed. Eight months ago, Panera Bread was notified of a security flaw that was leaking customer information toRead More →
A Windows-based keylogger and information stealer that falsely poses as Kaspersky antivirus software and spreads via infected USB devices was discovered by information security training researchers. The malware, labeled Fauxpersky, is alsoRead More →
Hackers could be exploited a vulnerability in the iOS Camera App to redirect users to a malicious website, the issue affects the built-in QR code reader. According to information security training researchers,Read More →
Invoke-DOSfuscation is a PowerShell v2.0+ compatible cmd.exe command obfuscation framework. (White paper: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/03/dosfuscation-exploring-obfuscation-and-detection-techniques.html) Over the past several years we witnessed a myriad of obfuscation and evasion techniques employed by several threatRead More →
Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is known for being blunt and direct at Facebook’s meetings. His Twitter description calls him “co-inventor of News Feed, Messenger, Groups, and more.” InRead More →
A Russian man on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges he hacked three U.S. technology companies, potentially compromising personal details of more than 100 million users, including on LinkedIn, afterRead More →
“Small number of systems” suffer “limited malware intrusion” Boeing appears to be the most recent target of the WannaCry ransomware, but the company says that it detected only what it callsRead More →
The group impersonated tax authorities to dupe victims into handing over their account details. 20 suspected fraudsters have been arrested in connection with a banking fraud scheme which resulted inRead More →
The email service at the Northern Ireland Parliament, Stormont has been hit by a brute force attack allowing unknown attackers to access email accounts of several members, according to information securityRead More →
Maybe check your data archive to see if Facebook’s algorithms know who you called. [Update, March 25, 2018, 20:24 Eastern Time]: Facebook has responded to this and other reports regardingRead More →
“Hacktivist” logged into a social media account from an IP address at GRU HQ in Moscow. Soon after the June 2016 announcement by CrowdStrike that the Democratic National Committee’s network had beenRead More →
A ransomware attack possibly of SamSam may be responsible for outages in the City of Atlanta’s computer systems. The city information security training experts issued a statement confirming that computers are “currentlyRead More →
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold the exposed databases for ransom. Hackers leaked 36 million records ofRead More →
Legitimate and large-scale cryptocurrency mining operations often invest in dedicated hardware and electric consumption to make a profit. This doesn’t escape the attention of cybercriminals: Malicious cryptocurrency mining was so pervasive last year thatRead More →
FBI called in as some city services are interrupted, employees told to turn off PCs. The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack.Read More →
You have always been warned not to share remote access to your computer with untrusted people for any reason; it’s a basic information security advice and common sense. A criticalRead More →
Puerto Rico’s power utility, PREPA, said on Monday it has been hacked over the weekend, but customer information was not compromised. The computer infrastructure of PREPA, as the Puerto RicoRead More →
A travel website Orbitz.com owned by Expedia Inc. has suffered a massive data breach in which personal and financial details of over 800,000 registered customers may have been stolen byRead More →
Arizona officials saw opportunity when Uber and other companies began testing driverless cars a few years ago. Promising to keep oversight light, they invited the companies to test their roboticRead More →
