Bored hacker looking for fun? We couldn’t possibly suggest you attack the latest vulnerability in ESET’s antivirus software, because it’s too basic to offer any challenge at all. As outlinedRead More →
The vulnerability can lead to attackers grabbing data from website database or user sensitive information. A new SQL Injection vulnerability was discovered in the NextGen Gallery plugin for WordPress, allowingRead More →
A few words about caching and reactions Websites often tend to use web cache functionality (for example over a CDN, a load balancer, or simply a reverse proxy). The purposeRead More →
DNS servers are essential to the normal functioning of the internet as we know and love it, but they tend to go unnoticed by most users. At least, that is, until someRead More →
EHR data are precious commodities in the cyber criminal underground because of the lack of cyber security of healthcare industry. Electronic health record databases are becoming the most precious commoditiesRead More →
Vulnerabilities in word processing and office productivity suites are useful targets for exploitation by threat actors. Users frequently encounter file types used by these software suites in their day toRead More →
After the ransacking of MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Hadoop, and CouchDB servers, attackers are now hijacking hundreds of MySQL databases, deleting their content, and leaving a ransom note behind asking for aRead More →
Google has gone public with details of a second unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft products, this time in Edge and Internet Explorer, after last week they’ve published details about a bugRead More →
A 29-year-old man has been arrested at Luton airport by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in connection with a massive internet attack that disrupted telephone, television and internet servicesRead More →
After being fired, this sys-admin used VPN to hack and plant his own software and cause a $1.1 million loss to his employer Getting a pink slip is a bad newsRead More →
