Microsoft Excel Files Increasingly Used To Spread Malware
2017-03-09
Over the last few years we have received a number of emails with attached Word files that spread malware. Now it seems that it is becoming more and more popularRead More →
Apache Struts Jakarta Multipart Parser Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
2017-03-09
Struts is an open source project of the Apache Foundation Jakarta project team, which uses MVC mode to help Java developers use J2EE to develop Web applications. At present, StrutsRead More →
Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in DNA sequencing web-application
2017-03-09
Shorebreak Security penetration testers discovered seven serious vulnerabilities in the dnaLIMS web application during the course of a blackbox penetration test for a customer. Shorebreak notified the vendor, who appears toRead More →
Verifone Investigates Gas Station Hack Attacks
2017-03-08
Breach Affected About 24 U.S. Gas Station Stores, Payment-Terminal Maker Says. Major payment-terminal maker VeriFone Systems says that attackers managed to access its corporate network in January. But the San Jose,Read More →
Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay
2017-03-08
A version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been found to be infected with what we detect as Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay. Facebook Lite is a more compact version of the popularRead More →
Submit UEFI Ransomware: Full Disclosure at Black Hat Asia
2017-03-08
Last month at the RSA 2017 conference, we ran a live demo of Cylance’s UEFI Ransomware proof of concept at our ‘Hacking Exposed Next-Gen’ talk. In the demo, we targetedRead More →
Spies do spying, part 97: Shock horror as CIA turn phones, TVs, computers into surveillance bugs
2017-03-08
Nothing to fear, citizens. Keep consuming. Keep smiling. WikiLeaks has dumped online what appears to be a trove of CIA documents outlining the American murder-snoops’ ability to spy on people.Read More →
Wikileaks publishes docs from what it says is trove of CIA hacking tools
2017-03-07
Docs claim CIA can defeat WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram encryption, among other apps. This morning, Wikileaks posted the first of what the organization’s spokesperson says is a multi-part series of documentsRead More →
WordPress webmasters urged to upgrade to version 4.73 to patch six security holes
2017-03-07
Another day, another important security update for WordPress. Oh boy. If you administer your own self-hosted WordPress website then your must update the software as soon as possible, following theRead More →
Poachers Hack GPS Trackers, Extract Metadata from Public Photos to Hunt Animals
2017-03-07
A report published in the Conservation Biology magazine cites several incidents gathered from all over the world in the past years, where technologies introduced to simplify the work of animalRead More →
