Two researchers have analyzed images Exif metadata included in the photos used by crooks to advertise their products on black marketplaces in the dark web. Darknets are a privileged environmentRead More →
Very few have write access enabled, though. A recent brute-force scan of FTP servers available online via an IPv4 address revealed that 796,578 boxes can be accessed without the needRead More →
Cisco revealed the existence of another zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-6415, in the Equation Group archive leaked by the Shadow Broker hackers. This summer a group of hackers known as ShadowRead More →
Makers of the mobile encrypted chat app Signal say they have fixed vulnerabilities in the Android version of the messaging app that allowed attackers to corrupt encrypted attachments and remotely crash the application.Read More →
Weakness in certificate pinning protections may open users to MitM attacks. Mozilla officials say they’ll release a Firefox update on Tuesday that fixes the same cross-platform, malicious code-execution vulnerability patched FridayRead More →
Attackers looking for vulnerable Drupal 7.x sites. A security flaw patched on July 13 in core modules built into the Drupal CMS are being exploited in live attacks, according to JohannesRead More →
Research published last week by the Cyber-Security Research Center at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel reveals that it only takes about 6,000 smartphones infected with malware toRead More →
High-pitched sound destroys bank’s data storage drives. Problems during a planned fire drill shut down ING Romania’s entire data center for ten hours on Saturday, in an event that looked likeRead More →
Everyone is a potential victim, even the wannabe hackers that try to exploit Facebook Hacker Tools to hack into friends’ accounts. When dealing with cybercrime everyone, is a potential victim,Read More →
Critical to the success of the 911 emergency phone system, which has saved countless lives since it was first implemented in 1968, is its ability to quickly route calls toRead More →
