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 →
Internet of Things database containing personal information was indexed by Shodan search engine. The database behind an internet-connected cuddly toy exposed the account information of over 800,000 users, while aRead 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 →
The Necurs botnet is evolving and recently the experts at BitSight’s Anubis Labs discovered that it was improved to launch DDoS attacks. The Necurs botnet continues to evolve and recentlyRead 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 →
Google wants everyone to be able to easily encrypt data. Google has always been good about sharing the wealth of information it has, including when it comes to donating itRead More →
A new b -as-a-Service (RaaS) portal named Dot-Ransomware is behind the Unlock26 ransomware discovered this past week. First spotted two days ago, this ransomware operation is quite unique as itRead More →
The tour company Roberts Hawaii is warning its customers about a security breach that may affect people who purchased tours and other services on its website. Did you visit theRead 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 →
In another strange tale from the kinetic-attack-meets-cyberattack department, earlier this week I heard from a loyal reader in Brazil whose wife was recently mugged by three robbers who nabbed her iPhone.Read 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 huge number of Gmail accounts lockout their users and forced them to log in again. What has happened? Is it the result of a massive cyber attack? A hugeRead More →
Latest Android.Lockdroid.E variant uses speech recognition instead of typing for unlock code input. Being a good listener is normally considered an admirable quality in a person; however, it isn’t aRead 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 →
Service used by 5.5 million websites may have leaked passwords and authentication tokens. Cloudflare, a service that helps optimize the security and performance of more than 5.5 million websites, warnedRead More →
The SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) cryptographic hash function is now officially dead and useless, after Google announced today the first ever successful collision attack. SHA1 is a cryptographic hashRead More →
