August 18, 2016
Alleged NSA data dump contains sophisticated hacking tools
Let’s Encrypt ups rate limits
August 18, 2016
Individual arrested in connection with high-profile data at Sage
The City of London Police has confirmed the arrest of a 32-year-old employee in connection with a high-profile data breach at Sage. The woman was apprehended at Heathrow Airport, as part of the force’s “ongoing fraud investigation” into the incident at the accounting and payroll software company. This arrest all but confirms that the unauthorized […]
August 18, 2016
PayPal patches 2FA portal bug
August 18, 2016
Google hopes to sniff out OS X badware
August 18, 2016
Fortinet follows Cisco in confirming Shadow Broker vuln
August 18, 2016
Bitcoin ‘targeted by state sponsored attackers’ says Bitcoin.org
August 18, 2016
NSA website goes down as hackers auction stolen ‘cyber weapons’
August 17, 2016
Someone Hacked Traffic Sign with Anti-Police Message in Denver
August 17, 2016
Cisco confirms two of the Shadow Brokers’ ‘NSA’ vulns are real
August 17, 2016
Cisco Acknowledges ASA Zero Day Exposed by ShadowBrokers
August 17, 2016
Ubuntu: 3062-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities Posted by Anthony Pell Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3062-1 August 16, 2016 openjdk-7 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: – Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7. Software Description: […]
August 17, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1617-01: kernel: Important Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1617-01 Product: […]
August 17, 2016
VeraCrypt disk encryption team claims “emails intercepted”
August 17, 2016
Pokémon GO Spam, Ransomware, On the Rise
August 17, 2016
Browser Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Disclosed
August 17, 2016
Why you STILL can’t trust password strength meters
August 17, 2016
Google faces legal action over data-mining emails
August 17, 2016
Profit-hungry Ghouls raid corporate networks worldwide
August 17, 2016
WikiLeaks Turkish AKP Email Dumps Contain Malware; Researcher
August 17, 2016
IT security woman hits back at sexist trolls on LinkedIn
August 17, 2016
Non-existent video involving Hillary Clinton and ISIS leader used as bait in malicious spam
Malicious attachment contains Adwind cross-platform remote access Trojan. Read More
August 17, 2016
Facebook’s unblockable-ads push is a “big bluff”
August 17, 2016
Beware bogus blue verified checkmark scams on Twitter
August 17, 2016
ShadowBrokers’ Leak Has ‘Strong Connection’ to Equation Group
August 17, 2016
Nemucod now spreading banking trojans in Brazil
On the morning of Friday August 12th, ESET researchers noticed a huge outbreak of a new Spy.Banker variant, detected as Spy.Banker.ADEA. It happened at around 12pm CET. This new variant is similar to previous ones used by other banking trojans in South America. During execution, the malware checks if the system’s settings are in Portuguese […]
August 17, 2016
‘Video jacking’ attack allows attacker to see what you see
August 17, 2016
Trump’s ‘extreme’ anti-terrorism vetting may be H-1B nightmare
August 17, 2016
Shark bosses sink teeth into booming ransomware market
August 17, 2016
Cerber ransomware operation exposed… and boy is it lucrative!
August 17, 2016
He’s a p0wnball Wizard, and he’s twisted one Ubuntu-powered game
August 17, 2016
#Shadowbrokers hack could be Russia’s DNC counter-threat to NSA
August 17, 2016
FalseCONNECT sends vendors scrambling to patch proxy MITM bug
August 17, 2016
PGP admins: Kill short keys now, or Alice will become Chuck
August 17, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
August 17, 2016
After Linux, TCP Exploit Expandable to 80% of Android Devices
August 16, 2016
Today, we’ll look at yet another variant in the massive crop of malware that takes users’ files hostage: Nemucod ransomware. Nemucod is a ransomware which changes file names to *.crypted. While it’s not a brand new variant, a lot has changed in the last few months, and different methods have been used, but one constant has […]
August 16, 2016
VeraCrypt Audit Under Way; Email Mystery Cleared Up
August 16, 2016
Did “The Shadow Brokers” hack NSA cyberweapons worth $500M?
August 16, 2016
US hotels hit by payment card slurping malware
August 16, 2016
Pokémon Go for Windows? Beware ransomware!
August 16, 2016
Vawtrak Banking Trojan Adds DGA, SSL Pinning
August 16, 2016
$2.5 Million-a-Year Ransomware-as-a-Service Ring Uncovered
August 16, 2016
People like using passwords way more than biometrics
August 16, 2016
Cerber ransomware earns $2.3M with 0.3% response rate
August 16, 2016
Galaxy Note 7 catches the eye and more
August 16, 2016
New Point-of-Sale Malware Campaign hits 20 Hotels in US
August 16, 2016
VeraCrypt security audit: Four PGP-encoded emails VANISH
August 16, 2016
Why security is a transversal issue for video games development
How many times in the field of software development have we heard that safety must be considered from the outset to the release – and subsequent maintenance – of the app or program in question? Hundreds, right? Fortunately, developers have understood this fundamental concept for programming, especially those who write code for operating systems or […]
August 16, 2016
The World Series of Hacking-without humans
August 16, 2016
A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens
August 16, 2016
How 3 fintech startups are shaking up security
August 16, 2016
6 security advances worth celebrating
In the spirit of the Olympics, it’s time to celebrate our hard-won computer security defense advancements. Given the endless stream of news about embarrassing hacks and data breaches, I can see why you might be skeptical. The fact is tens of millions of computers are currently exploited, nearly every company is owned, and those that […]
August 16, 2016
“You dirty RAT” – Spy versus Spy in the cybercrime underworld
August 16, 2016
A simple way to kill off Twitter trolls
August 16, 2016
White hat pops Windows User Account Control with log viewer data
August 16, 2016
Brisbane council loses $500k to scammers
August 16, 2016
Researchers crack homomorphic encryption
August 16, 2016
Discovered: August 16, 2016 Updated: August 16, 2016 3:24:49 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version August 16, 2016 revision 007 Latest Rapid […]
August 16, 2016
Silk Road suspect “Libertas” can be extradited to US, says court
August 15, 2016
TCP Flaw in Linux Extends to 80 Percent of Android Devices
August 15, 2016
Hackers Claim Stealing NSA Hacking Tools; Selling Them Online
August 15, 2016
Latest Windows UAC Bypass Permits Code Execution
August 15, 2016
Google AdSense abused to distribute Android spyware
August 15, 2016
Debian: 3648-1: wireshark: Summary Posted by Anthony Pell Security Report Summary – ————————————————————————- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3648-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 12, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq – ————————————————————————- Package : wireshark CVE ID : CVE-2016-6504 CVE-2016-6505 CVE-2016-6506 CVE-2016-6507 CVE-2016-6508 CVE-2016-6509 CVE-2016-6510 CVE-2016-6511 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1613-01: php: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for php is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1610-01: php54-php: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for php54-php is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1612-01: rh-php56-php: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for rh-php56-php is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: rh-php56-php security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1612-01 Product: Red Hat Software Collections […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1606-01: qemu-kvm: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1611-01: php55-php: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for php55-php is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1609-01: php: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for php is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: […]
August 15, 2016
Debian: 3647-1: icedove: Summary Posted by Anthony Pell Security Report Summary – ————————————————————————- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3647-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 11, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq – ————————————————————————- Package : icedove CVE ID : CVE-2016-2818 Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian’s version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1605-01: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise: Moderate Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 and Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat OpenShift […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1603-01: mariadb55-mariadb: Important Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for mariadb55-mariadb is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: mariadb55-mariadb security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1603-01 Product: Red Hat Software Collections […]
August 15, 2016
An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: mariadb security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1602-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux […]
August 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1604-01: rh-mariadb100-mariadb: Important Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for rh-mariadb100-mariadb is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: rh-mariadb100-mariadb security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1604-01 Product: Red Hat Software Collections […]
August 15, 2016
Trojan.Ransomcrypt.BG is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks for payment to decrypt the files. Symantec Security Response is currently investigating this threat and will post more information as it becomes available.
August 15, 2016
Westin, Marriott, Sheraton Hotels Hit By Payment Card Malware
August 15, 2016
Tech support scammer tricked into installing ransomware
August 15, 2016
Pokémon Go Exploitation Saga Continues; Beware of New Ransomware
August 15, 2016
Cisco security crew uncovers bug in industrial control kit
August 15, 2016
Tor users in the States were hacked by Australian authorities
August 15, 2016
Facebook VP Adam Mosseri’s Twitter Account Hacked by OurMine
August 15, 2016
Organizations can learn from Apple’s bug bounty approach
August 15, 2016
Machine learning offers new hope against cyber attacks
August 15, 2016