In the aftermath of the Colonial Pipeline hack and the increasing damage done by cybercriminals, the U.S. Department of Justice is intensifying investigations into ransomware assaults to the same level of severity as terrorism, according to a senior department official, as Reuters notes. Internal instructions show more ...
Following back-to-back attacks by Russian hackers on critical oil and food processing industries, the White House has sent a rare open letter to firms urging them to tackle the threat of ransomware assaults with greater urgency, according to CNN. Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council's top cyber show more ...
As more and more companies rely on open source components in their software, securing these components becomes increasingly important. This was the premise of a Google event today in which open source experts highlighted the many issues in securing open source software. The discussion also included topics on what show more ...
According to the ransom note, bad actors may be behind a series of PowerShell scripts used as a weapon to exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks, according to Threat Post. Threat actors have released new ransomware based on a series of PowerShell scripts designed for encryption and exploiting gaps in show more ...
Researchers have found a new cyber espionage weapon they believe was developed and is being used by SharpPanda. A previously undiscovered Windows backdoor allows remote access and collection of large amounts of live data - but only during Chinese business hours, according to Security Week. A Southeast Asian show more ...
Following the helicopter money and fake cryptocurrency exchange scams, the Discord scam saga continues, this time with cybercriminals hitting ICO investors. What ICOs are, and how they work ICO is short for Initial Coin Offering. Before making them available for free trading on cryptoexchanges, makers of new show more ...
In a very short time, NFTs have gained huge popularity and have become one of the most promising utilizations of blockchain technology. However, they come with significant security risks.
Prometheus, in its updated logo, illustrated connections with the REvil ransomware gang. However, the latter has not confirmed any direct connection with Prometheus.
Mitek announced to acquire ID R&D, a provider of AI-based voice and face biometrics. Shareholders of ID R&D will be entitled to receive up to $49 million in Mitek stock and cash as consideration.
Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence and research unit on Wednesday disclosed the details of several SMB-related vulnerabilities patched recently by Apple in its macOS operating system.
Facefish, analyzed recently by Qihoo 360 NETLAB team, can be used to steal device information and login credentials, execute arbitrary commands, and bounce shell on infected Linux systems.
The University of Florida Health, also known as UF Health, is a healthcare network of hospitals and physician practices that provide care to countries throughout Florida.
Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney's offices said information about ransomware investigations should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington.
20/20 Hearing Care Network is notifying nearly 3.3 million individuals that their personal and health information was accessed or downloaded - and then deleted - by an "unknown" actor in January.
The bug was initially reported as high severity. But Sijie Guo, a member of the Apache Pulsar Project Management Committee (PMC), told The Daily Swig that the real-world impact of the bug is minimal.
U.S. prosecutors have charged nine people in connection with a scheme to defraud elderly Americans out of more than $2.5 million by pretending to be friends or romantic partners online.
The file leaked details of 1,182 UK soldiers recently promoted from corporal to sergeant – including those in the Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment.
Henry Huang, the co-author of the study and an associate professor of accounting at Yeshiva University, said he wanted to find a way of quantifying the financial consequences of breaches.
Since most DEXes are based on public blockchain such as Ethereum, front-runners can see each incoming transaction that has been locked into a smart contract and use bots to raise the transaction fee.
Part of Huawei’s mobile broadband dongle range, the Huawei LTE USB Stick E3372 can be plugged into a computer to enable users to browse the Internet using an LTE network.
The IT giant fixed three high-severity vulnerabilities affecting Webex Player for Windows and macOS. Two of these are memory corruption vulnerabilities impacting releases 41.4 and later.
Live streams for some of the impacted TV stations have returned online, according to checks performed by The Record, but most of the Cox radio streams are still offline at the time of writing.
Furniture Village – the UK's largest independent furniture retailer with 54 stores nationwide – has been hit by a disruptive cyberattack, the company confirmed to The Register.
The malware's core functionality enables operators to launch DDoS attacks, backdoor infected systems, sniff and exfiltrate network traffic, and deploy XMRig miners to mine for Monero cryptocurrency.
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed as many as ten critical vulnerabilities impacting CODESYS automation software that could be exploited to remote code execution on PLCs.
The company is keeping all employees on staff and moving forward with the continued leadership of Denim Group's Principals John Dickson, Dan Cornell, and Sheridan Chambers.
Following the helicopter money and fake cryptocurrency exchange scams, the Discord scam saga continues, this time with cybercriminals targeting online ICO investor communities.
Cyberattackers are now using the notoriety of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack to leverage further phishing attacks, according to the findings of a cybersecurity company.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4983-1 - Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce limits for pointer operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Piotr Krysiuk and Benedict Schlueter discovered that the show more ...
This Metasploit module exploits an unauthenticated command injection in Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform's /storfs-asup endpoint to execute shell commands as the Tomcat user.
This Metasploit module exploits an input validation error on the log file extension parameter. It does not properly validate upper/lower case characters. Once this occurs, the application log file will be treated as a php file. The log file can then be populated with php code by changing the username of a valid user, show more ...
Flawfinder searches through source code for potential security flaws, listing potential security flaws sorted by risk, with the most potentially dangerous flaws shown first. This risk level depends not only on the function, but on the values of the parameters of the function.
Looking at the Mojo implementation of Chrome's legacy IPC, the legacy ipc::Message type is transferred inside a BigBuffer.
There is a heap corruption bug that can occur when QT processes a malformed TIFF image. It happens because the size of the QImageData backing the image is calculated is calculated using the format of the image, meanwhile TIFFReadScanline calculates the length to be read based on TIFFScanlineSize, which determines the size base on three tags in the TIFF file, width, samples per pixel and bits per sample.
Backdoor.Win32.Androm.df malware suffers from a code execution vulnerability.
Gitlab version 13.10.2 authenticated remote code execution exploit.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4982-1 - Kiyin discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a reference counting error. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Kiyin discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate show more ...
Monstra CMS version 3.0.4 authenticated remote code execution exploit.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4981-1 - Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests with the urn: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests to the Cache show more ...
Inkpad Notepad and To Do List version 4.3.61 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability.
My Notes Safe version 5.3 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability.
Macaron Notes Great Notebook version 5.5 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability.
Color Notes version 1.4 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability.
Whitepaper giving an overview of a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in CMS Made Simple version 2.2.13.
Whitepaper giving an overview of a heap-based buffer overflow in sudo.
FileCOPA FTP Server version 1.01 denial of service exploit.
Whitepaper called Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. It details exploitation and an overview of CVE-2021-1732.
Google on Thursday said it's rolling new security features to Chrome browser aimed at detecting suspicious downloads and extensions via its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature, which it launched a year ago. To this end, the search giant said it will now offer additional protections when users attempt to install a new extension from the Chrome Web Store, notifying if it can be considered "trusted."
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed as many as ten critical vulnerabilities impacting CODESYS automation software that could be exploited to remote code execution on programmable logic controllers (PLCs). "To exploit the vulnerabilities, an attacker does not need a username or password; having network access to the industrial controller is enough," researchers from Positive
Google is tightening the privacy practices that could make it harder for apps on Android phones and tablets to track users who have opted out of receiving personalized interest-based ads. The change will go into effect sometime in late 2021. The development, which mirrors Apple's move to enable iPhone and iPad users to opt-out of ad tracking, was first reported by the Financial Times. Once the
