Facebook’s WhatsApp recently updated its privacy policy, causing many disgruntled users to switch to rival messengers, among them Telegram. Thanks largely to this exodus, Telegram added 25 million new users in just a few days, pushing its user base over the 500 million mark. That makes this the perfect time to show more ...
At the time of discovery, the unsecured Microsoft Azure Blob contained 12,464 images, PDF documents, and email messages presumably sent by the exposed workers to Nohow International.
A total of 68 high-severity flaws were identified in Cisco’s Small Business RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W routers, but the patches won’t be released because these devices have reached EOL.
Several flaws have been identified in Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol IO-Link Master industrial gateways, including those that can be exploited to gain root access to a device and create backdoors.
The US National Security Agency has published today a guide on the benefits and risks of encrypted DNS protocols, such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), which have become widely used over the past two years.
VComply announced the close of a preemptive $6 million Series A in funding from Counterpart Ventures and Accel, which will help further fuel the company’s go to market operations in the US.
The Boulder, Colorado-based cybersecurity firm LogRhythm announced to acquire MistNet, a cloud-based analytics platform that delivers vast network visibility and accurate threat detection.
Google has removed 164 Android applications from the official Play Store after security researchers caught the apps bombarding users with out-of-context (or out-of-app) ads last year.
Luatix has described ANSSI as a founding member, having been the first organization, along with CERT-EU, to be involved in Luatix’s inaugural security projects, OpenCTI and OpenEx.
According to the company, the round was completed in the third quarter of 2020, saying the additional funding would be used to expand its offerings to telco and smart utility customers.
The Saskatchewan province said the incident occurred on Jan. 7 when an email regarding Hunter Harvest surveys was sent to HAL customers from a third-party agency called Aspira.
In the wake of several recent attacks, the adoption of ransomware tactics points to the fact that these APT groups are aiming for financial gains as these attacks don’t count as espionage targets.
A security flaw in Ring’s Neighbors app, which lets users anonymously alert nearby residents to crime and public-safety issues, was exposing precise locations and home addresses of those who posted.
With broad vulnerabilities across all levels of government and firms, the US must reevaluate its approach to advancing its interests while also protecting itself in this emerging fifth domain of war.
According to a new report from VC firm DataTribe, the trend reflects the way the cybersecurity industry is resetting after a wave of venture capital began dropping off about two years ago.
An undisclosed Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Velocity Tools can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to target government sites, including NASA.
Crosswalk, first documented by FireEye in 2017, is a modular backdoor capable of carrying out system reconnaissance and receiving additional modules from an attacker-controlled server as shellcode.
The U.S. CISA urged federal agencies on Thursday to deploy ad-blocking software and standardize web browser usage across their workforces in order to fend off advertisements implanted with malware.
According to F5 Networks, the vulnerability is related to a component named Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM), which processes all load-balanced traffic on BIG-IP systems.
The SolarWinds hack is just one example of a third-party, supply chain compromise. And while the scale of the SolarWinds hack is certainly novel, third-party compromises are not.
“I own this issue and I am disappointed and sorry,” said Governor Adrian Orr, adding that the ongoing investigation showed the breach is “serious and has significant data implication.”
It includes a $9 billion investment for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to launch new cybersecurity and IT shared services.
The cyber landscape has recently encountered many new variants of trojans. Since many trojans are now offered for sale or rent on dark web forums, it enables such attack campaigns to grow rapidly.
While dealing with a massive cyber-espionage campaign against the U.S. government, the FBI is trying to quietly implement a new strategy aimed at better tracking foreign hackers.
Researchers have pointed out that several cyber gangs have started targeting Linux machines via a fileless malware installation technique that was more commonly used against Windows-based systems.
The year 2020 was characterized by chaotic change, and unfortunately, cybersecurity threats were a part of that as many organizations everywhere faced a constantly shifting set of risks.
Cybereason researcher Lior Rochberger says the actors behind Conti have released three versions since it burst onto the scene in May 2020, improving its effectiveness with each new variant.
Researchers like Patrick Wardle, who spied the changes to MacOS 11.2 beta, noted that it was trivial for malware to take advantage of the exclusion list to circumvent security products.
Security researchers are watching a threat group that takes advantage of Microsoft and Google cloud services with the goal of exfiltrating data across a broad range of target organizations.
Recent supply chain attacks prompted cybersecurity professionals, under the auspices of Cybersecurity Collaborative, to stand up a task force focused on minimizing third-party risk.
Loading remotely hosted images instead of embedding them directly into emails is one of the latest tricks employed by phishers to bypass email filters that cannot detect such images in real-time.
All extensions were developed by a software company named "Oink and Stuff," specialized in creating Android apps and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge.
Over the past week, security researcher MalwareHunterTeam has seen an uptick in verified Twitter accounts hacked in a scam promoting another fake Elon Musk cryptocurrency giveaway.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4693-1 - It was discovered that an SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Ampache search engine. Any user able to perform searches could dump any data contained in the database. An attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information. It was discovered that an XSS vulnerability in show more ...
Whitepaper called UFW - A Beginners Guide to Linux Firewall. The white paper is intended to provide information about a Linux firewall using a simple tool called UFW. It provides complete information on the tool and various ways through which users can create their own firewall rules to protects their assets.
This Metasploit module exploits an authentication bypass in Netsia SEBA+ versions 0.16.1 and below to add a root user.
WhatWeb is a next-generation web scanner. WhatWeb recognizes web technologies including content management systems (CMS), blogging platforms, statistic/analytics packages, JavaScript libraries, web servers, and embedded devices. WhatWeb has over 1800 plugins, each to recognize something different. WhatWeb also show more ...
Alumni Management System version 1.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability. Original discovery of cross scripting vulnerability in this version is attributed to Valerio Alessandroni in December of 2020.
E-Learning System version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass and also suffers from remote code execution via file upload functionality.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4694-1 - It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker with access to at least one LUN in a multiple backstore environment could use this to expose sensitive information or modify data.
65 bytes small Linux/x86 bindshell shellcode that binds /bin/sh to TCP/0.0.0.0:13377.
Backdoor.Win32.Ncx.bt malware suffers from a remote stack buffer overflow vulnerability.
EyesOfNetwork version 5.3 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability that leverages file upload. Original discovery of remote code execution in this version is attributed to Clement Billac in February of 2020.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-0146-01 - Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.12.0 is a generally available release of the OpenShift Serverless Operator. This version of the OpenShift Serverless Operator is supported on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.6, and includes security and bug fixes and enhancements. show more ...
Online Hotel Reservation System version 1.0 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability.
Online Hotel Reservation System version 1.0 suffers from multiple remote SQL injection vulnerabilities. Original discovery of SQL injection in this version was discovered by Richard Jones in January of 2021.
WordPress Easy Contact Form plugin version 1.1.7 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Online Hotel Reservation System version 1.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
PHP-Fusion version 9.03.90 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware — including a previously undocumented backdoor. Attributing the campaign to Winnti (or APT41), Positive Technologies dated the first attack to May 12, 2020, when the APT used LNK shortcuts to extract and run the malware payload. A
