Even newborn babies seem to know the word ransomware these days — it appears in newspapers, magazines, infosec reports, and pretty much everywhere else with alarming regularity. And we may have dubbed 2016 the Year of Ransomware, but it turned out to be nothing in comparison with 2017. After a relatively quiet 2018 show more ...
Cyberattacks are becoming easier to conduct while conversely security is getting increasingly difficult, according to Kevin Curran, senior IEEE member and professor of cybersecurity, Ulster University.
NZXT CAM contains several vulnerabilities that, If exploited, could allow a malicious user to elevate their privileges and disclose sensitive information on the victim machine.
The US-CERT Vulnerability Database has confirmed 17,447 vulnerabilities were recorded in 2020, marking the fourth consecutive year with a record number of security flaws published.
As 5G networks are being gradually rolled out in major cities globally, an analysis of its network architecture has revealed a number of potential weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers.
Ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs in 2020, forcing insurers to become more selective and even scale back on the cover they offer, a report from a leading insurer showed.
An adversary could send the victim various requests to trigger two vulnerabilities that could later allow them to shut down access to the device and disclose sensitive information.
Avast said it discovered the extensions last month and found evidence that some had been active since at least December 2018, when users started reporting issues with being redirected to other sites.
A report by ReversingLabs today has revealed that the operators behind the espionage campaign likely managed to compromise the software build and code signing infrastructure as early as October 2019.
The US FBI says it is aware of incidents where the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang has resorted to cold-calling companies in order to intimidate and coerce victims into paying ransom demands.
As anyone can upload a Gem to the RubyGems repository, it allows threat actors to upload malicious packages to the repository in the hopes that another developer will integrate it into their program.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff called on Congress to undertake “urgent work” to defend critical networks in the wake of a massive cyber-espionage attack on the U.S. government.
A carefully coordinated cyberattack on Lithuania that occurred last week has been described by the republic's defense minister as one of the "most complex" security incidents in recent history.
In the wake of the SolarWinds breach, the National Security Council has activated an emergency cybersecurity process that is intended to help the government plan its response and recovery efforts.
A malicious domain used to control potentially thousands of compromised computer systems was commandeered by security experts and used as 'killswitch' to turn the cybercrime operation against itself.
In a significant decision, India on Wednesday introduced its first and biggest framework to protect itself from cyber attacks, data theft, and other vulnerabilities threatening its national security.
A new scam using an IRS form as its mechanism has been found targeting users of Google's G Suite, with as many as 50,000 executives and "important" employees affected so far.
POS malware planted on payment processing devices has enabled threat actors to steal payment card data from terminals at retail stores, hotels, restaurants and other establishments since at least 2008
The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPS) of the attackers behind the JsOutprox remote access trojan (RAT) indicate that these are experienced and sophisticated threat actors.
In one recent and confronting story, an educational establishment in Scotland was confronted with an extortion demand for a surprisingly specific sum of money matching their bank balance.
Meyhod itself is simple compared to the Magecart web payment skimmers we've recently analyzed, such as the new variant of the Grelos skimmer and the Ant and Cockroach skimmer.
There’s no shortage of cyber threats facing retailers and shoppers this holiday season, as the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks surge with more consumers shopping online than ever.
The vulnerabilities were discovered by Wolfgang Ettlinger, a researcher at Austria-based cybersecurity consultancy SEC Consult, and they were reported to Trend Micro in the summer of 2019.
LogicGate announced that it secured $8.75 million in growth capital from Greenspring Associates and Silicon Valley Bank to fuel international expansion and new product offerings.
Security vulnerabilities in the direct file transfer applications of popular smartphone makers allow attackers to send malicious files to mobile devices, a security researcher has found.
The malware derives its name from GitHub, and Pastebin - which are used for propagation - and 12 different exploits for previously-known vulnerabilities.
Brute-force attacks typically are aimed at computers and devices on organizational networks to capture email addresses, passwords, passphrases, usernames, and PINs.
Based on incidents reported to Beazley’s in-house breach response team, BBR Services, ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year compared to 2019.
Microsoft's GitHub plans to stop accepting account passwords as a way to authenticate Git operations, starting August 13, 2021, following a test period without passwords two-weeks earlier.
Business email compromise attacks have surged over the past year-and-a-half, while scams designed to part users with their money remain a persistent phishing threat, according to Barracuda Networks.
Identity theft experts are warning Facebook users to be on the lookout for a “Christmas bonus” scam which appears to be endorsed by their own friends on the social network.
Data protection firm BigID announced on Wednesday that it has raised $70 million in a Series D funding round, bringing the valuation of the company to more than $1 billion.
Researchers disclosed a new supply-chain attack targeting the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA) that compromised its digital signature toolkit to install a backdoor on victim systems.
Experts determined that the database also includes information of CCP members who worked at foreign consulates in Shanghai, as well as at the Chinese branches of different international firms.
As far as its genetic makeup goes, so to speak, Phobos ransomware is a heavily similar strain to the infamous Dharma variant. Experts regard the former as a highly similar version of the latter.
This Metasploit module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Solaris PAM library's username parsing code, as used by the SunSSH daemon when the keyboard-interactive authentication method is specified. Tested against SunSSH 1.1.5 on Solaris 10u11 1/13 (x86) in VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, and VMware Player. Bare metal untested. Your addresses may vary.
The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing. ZAP provides show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 4672-1 - Rene Freingruber discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted password protected ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial show more ...
Library Management System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5623-01 - OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. Issues addressed include a null pointer vulnerability.
Flexmonster Pivot Table and Charts version 2.7.17 suffers from multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities.
Nxlog Community Edition version 2.10.2150 denial of service proof of concept exploit.
Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (IWSVA) versions below 6.5 SP2 EN Patch 4 Build 1919 suffers from bypass, command execution, cross site request forgery, cross site scripting, and server-side request forgery vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5625-01 - Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 is a standalone server, based on the Keycloak project, that provides authentication and standards-based single sign-on capabilities for web and mobile applications. This release of Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat show more ...
PHPJabbers Appointment Scheduler version 2.3 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Online Health Care System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5624-01 - Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.6.0. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Employee Record System version 1.0 suffers from multiple persistent cross site scripting vulnerabilities.
Online Tours and Travels Management System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5622-01 - Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.6.0. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5620-01 - PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. Issues addressed include an improper authorization vulnerability.
Victor CMS version 1.0 suffers from multiple authenticated remote SQL injection vulnerabilities. SQL injection was originally discovered in this version in May of 2020 by BKpatron.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5619-01 - PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. Issues addressed include bypass and improper authorization vulnerabilities.
Alumni Management System version 1.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5618-01 - Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.6.0. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5611-01 - The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only show more ...
Content Management System version 1.0 suffers from multiple remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Content Management System version 1.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-5607-01 - The fapolicyd software framework introduces a form of file access control based on a user-defined policy. The application file access control feature provides one of the most efficient ways to prevent running untrusted and possibly malicious applications on the system. Bug Fix: show more ...
Linksys RE6500 version 1.0.11.001 unauthenticated remote code execution exploit.
One of the many features of an Active Directory Password Policy is the maximum password age. Traditional Active Directory environments have long using password aging as a means to bolster password security. Native password aging in the default Active Directory Password Policy is relatively limited in configuration settings. Let's take a look at a few best practices that have changed in regards
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new supply-chain attack targeting the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA) that compromised the agency's digital signature toolkit to install a backdoor on victim systems. Uncovered by Slovak internet security company ESET early this month, the "SignSight" attack involved modifying software installers hosted on the CA's website ("ca.gov.vn
Watch out for Santas wearing hoodies! A rogue employee takes down WebEx for thousands of people, and Apple forces apps to show a privacy health warning. All this and much much more is discussed in the final episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast for 2020, with computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.
