For many companies, the mass transition of staff to remote working created a need for new tools. Years of fine-tuning employee interaction mechanisms went down the drain overnight as IT departments scrambled to deploy market-ready collaboration solutions. These solutions aroused no less interest among cybercriminals, show more ...
The idea behind the heatmap is to automate the early bug discovery process and make it easier for enterprises to identify hotspots where functionality is most affected and quickly mitigate it.
Two critical flaws in Magento – Adobe’s e-commerce platform that is commonly targeted by attackers like the Magecart threat group – could enable arbitrary code execution on affected systems.
The K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center has recorded more than 1,000 cyber incidents involving K-12 institutions in the United States since 2016, including ransomware and denial-of-service attacks.
The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) warns that users should apply the latest patches for Microsoft software to ensure they won’t fall victim to exploitation attempts.
Almost 800,000 internet-accessible SonicWall VPN appliances will need to be updated and patched for a major new vulnerability that was disclosed on Wednesday.
A ransomware gang going by the of Egregor has leaked data it claims to have obtained from the internal networks of two of today's largest gaming companies — Ubisoft and Crytek.
The firefighting department said that its database was hacked by unknown people demanding $600,000 in an act of alleged extortion. However, the department contacted police and have not paid the money.
San Francisco, CA-based FOSSA has raised $23.2 million in a Series B funding round from Bain Capital Ventures, Canvas Ventures, and Costanoa Ventures; bringing the total raised to $35 million.
It’s important to realize that the broader healthcare ecosystem spans numerous industries and such entities often have deep connections into healthcare providers’ operations and information systems.
The MuddyWater group uses phishing emails carrying malicious Excel or PDF documents that, when opened, would download and install a malware strain from the hackers' servers.
The growing volume and complexities of cyber threats present a compelling case for adopting threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), according to an analysis by Frost & Sullivan.
Cisco Talos discovered multiple code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities in various functions of the F2FS toolset. F2FS is a filesystem toolset commonly found in embedded devices.
A new report by Deloitte and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers states that state and local governments can benefit by working together against ransomware and other threats.
The updates released by SAP for October 2020 include 15 Security Notes, including one that addresses a critical vulnerability. Six previously released Patch Day Security Notes were updated.
Initiatives that feature transformation delivered securely, with agility and speed at the core, will provide the sort of experience that customers, partners, and employees require.
According to the DOJ, QQAAZZ members operated a large network of bank accounts and money mules that allowed malware gangs to funnel money from hacked accounts to new, clean destinations.
Though most organizations can protect themselves effectively against DDoS attacks, researchers say it’s still important to take these threats seriously and actually invest in strong protections.
On October 14, the Emotet botnet began distributing malicious Word documents meant to download and execute a copy of Emotet. Researchers say Emotet bots received commands to fetch and run Trickbot.
The scheme used pop-up messages that disguised themselves as security alerts from Microsoft or other reputable tech companies to target primarily elderly consumers living in the United States.
Researchers at Bitdefender Labs have created a decryption tool for MaMoCrypt which is an unusual piece of ransomware, a variant of MZRevenge written in Delphi and packed using mpress.
According to Cyble, the leaked data includes personal information like names, phone numbers, user IDs, and date and time of account creation. A sample of the leaked data has been reviewed by ET.
The card details of over three million customers of Dickey's Barbecue Pit, the largest barbecue restaurant chain in the US, have been posted this week on a carding marketplace called Joker's Stash.
Security researchers say that such emails are distributed to implant fear and unnecessary chaos in the public and might also be crafted to target recipients with cryptomining, ransomware, or spyware.
Volume of data breaches reported in the US is on track for its lowest number since 2015, although hundreds of millions have had their details compromised so far in 2020, according to official figures.
The National Center for Research and Development in the European Union awards Security On-Demand research grant to accelerate cyber threat analytics technology development.
Unidentified hackers attacked the servers of Noida-based Haldiram’s Snacks with ransomware, stealing sensitive data and demanding a ransom of around $10,000 to release the information.
Juniper Networks has published 40 security advisories describing vulnerabilities in its Junos OS operating system, which powers the company’s firewalls, and various third-party components.
The ICO fined British Airways 20 million pounds - its biggest penalty to date - for failing to protect data that left more than 400,000 of its customers’ details the subject of a 2018 cyber attack.
As new payment trends emerge, such as the surge in e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic, payment card standards also must change, says Jeremy King of the PCI Security Standards Council.
Azure Defender for IoT, Microsoft's security solution for smart devices and industrial equipment, was announced earlier this month at the Microsoft Ignite 2020 developer conference.
Agari examined thousands of suspected BEC schemes and found that these criminal gangs are now operating in 50 countries, including newer locations that include Eastern Europe and Russia.
Hackers impersonated the North Korean Lazarus group to threaten British foreign exchange company Travelex of launching a DDoS attack on the network unless it pays 20 BTC.
FireEye disclosed financially-motivated hacking group FIN11, which has run some of the longest phishing and malware campaigns earlier, is now distributing ransomware to target pharmaceutical companies.
The online proctoring service disabled access for users after its parent company was hacked. Moreover, the source code for various Verificient apps were leaked last week on Twitter and Telegram.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4546-2 - USN-4546-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these show more ...
Company Visitor Management System (CVMS) version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4584-1 - It was discovered that HtmlUnit incorrectly initialized Rhino engine. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary Java code.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4585-1 - It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special input file. It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its filename properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special filename.
Hotel Management System version 1.0 authenticated remote code execution exploit.
Details for performing a local file inclusion attack on CS-Cart version 1.3.3, a really old version.
Details for achieving remote code execution on CS-Cart version 1.3.3, a really old version.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4589-2 - USN-4589-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. This update provides the corresponding update for docker.io. It was discovered that containerd could be made to expose sensitive information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A remote attacker could use this to trick the user and obtain the user's registry credentials. Various other issues were also addressed.
aaPanel version 6.6.6 suffers from an authenticated privilege escalation vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4589-1 - It was discovered that containerd could be made to expose sensitive information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A remote attacker could use this to trick the user and obtain the user's registry credentials.
Alumni Management System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Employee Management System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Employee Management System version 1.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Google security researchers are warning of a new set of zero-click vulnerabilities in the Linux Bluetooth software stack that can allow a nearby unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on vulnerable devices. According to security engineer Andy Nguyen, the three flaws — collectively called BleedingTooth — reside in the open-source BlueZ protocol stack
Carole and I have been producing a light-hearted look at the world of cybersecurity and privacy just about every week since December 2016. And this week, after millions of downloads, we released our 200th episode! We wanted to celebrate reaching that milestone, and thank the many many people who listen each week, by doing something special... and so last night we met up on YouTube for a livestream party.
British Airways has been fined £20 million (US $26 million) following a data breach which saw its systems hacked and the personal and payment card information of 400,000 customers stolen. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Backdoor Found in Children’s Smartwatch Researchers have discovered that the X4, made by Norwegian smartwatch seller Xplora, contains a backdoor that could allow for information to be stolen. The X4 watch is designed specifically for children with a limited number of capabilities, mostly for show more ...
