September 20, 2016
Watch Teslas being hacked as they drive, from up to 20 km away
September 20, 2016
Going, going, done: Trio of prolific auction fraud fraudsters jailed
September 20, 2016
Robot arrested for allegedly recording voters at a political rally
September 20, 2016
Seagate NAS hack should scare us all
No fewer than 70 percent of internet-connected Seagate NAS hard drives have been compromised by a single malware program. That’s a pretty startling figure. Security vendor Sophos says the bitcoin-mining malware Miner-C is the culprit.I’m surprised this story hasn’t garnered more attention. Perhaps it’s because we’re talking only 7,000 hard drives possibly in total, or […]
September 20, 2016
Online scammers speed up: Hit gold every 15 seconds
September 20, 2016
How one man could have deleted any Facebook page
September 20, 2016
Microsoft lets Beijing fondle its bits in new source code audit hub
September 20, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
September 20, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
September 20, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
September 20, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
September 20, 2016
Bypass an iPhone 5c’s passcode lock for $100
September 19, 2016
Mozilla Patching Firefox Certificate Pinning Vulnerability
September 19, 2016
US Election 2016: 3 Privacy threats to voter data this campaign season
September 19, 2016
Spyware Targeting Overseas Travelers Removed from Google Play
September 19, 2016
Misspelled Malwarebytes isn’t the real deal. It’s ransomware!
September 19, 2016
FBI or no FBI – how one man says he can crack an iPhone for less than $100
September 19, 2016
Cisco Warns of IOS Flaw Vulnerable to ShadowBrokers Attack
September 19, 2016
Uninstall your anti-virus says Amazon, if you want to work for us from home
September 19, 2016
324,000 payment cards breached, CVVs included, source still unknown!
September 19, 2016
Bullocks need privacy too! Google Street View blurs ruminant’s face
September 19, 2016
Cisco patches Equation group exploit in IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR devices
September 19, 2016
Mooncake thieves fired from Alibaba’s infosec department
September 19, 2016
Password-protect your Wi-Fi hotspots and ask for user details too, rules ECJ
September 19, 2016
Facebook and Twitter team up with news orgs to help stop hoax news
September 19, 2016
Microsoft snubs alert over Exchange hole
September 19, 2016
Science news journal EurekAlert down after hack
September 19, 2016
Cybersecurity becoming a key boardroom agenda item
An increase in the number of cyberattacks and growing awareness of the threat has made cybersecurity a key boardroom level consideration. The post Cybersecurity becoming a key boardroom agenda item appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
September 19, 2016
Security scores for cloud companies on the way
September 19, 2016
Fight cybercrime by “plug and play” encrypting all data and communications
September 19, 2016
Dark web drug sellers shutter location-tracking EXIF data from photos
September 19, 2016
FBI overpaid $999,900 to crack San Bernardino iPhone 5c password
September 19, 2016
Mozilla will patch zero-day Firefox bug to fiddle man-in-the-middle diddle
September 18, 2016
How an attacker could exploit Windows Safe Mode to steal users’ passwords
September 18, 2016
Artificial Intelligence can Decode and Unblur Pixelated Images
September 17, 2016
Turns out iPhone 5c can be hacked with a $100 hardware
September 17, 2016
Hacker Shows How to Hack Any Facebook Page; Earns $16k as Bug Bounty
September 17, 2016
Snowden Slammed in House Committee Report
September 17, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
September 17, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
September 17, 2016
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
September 17, 2016
Fancy Bear Hackers Leak More WADA Data; Accuse More Athletes of Doping
September 16, 2016
Dawid Golunski of LegalHackers discovered that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.
September 16, 2016
Dawid Golunski of LegalHackers discovered that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 7.0.56-3+deb8u4. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat7 packages.
September 16, 2016
FBI Encouraging Ransomware Victims To Report Infections
September 16, 2016
Bugs in Signal Messaging App Corrupt Attachments, Crash App
September 16, 2016
This Ransomware Exposes Users’ Location Data on the Internet
September 16, 2016
Anti-virus industry’s bête noire Tavis Ormandy to enter the lion’s den
September 16, 2016
Teen sues parents over embarrassing childhood photos on Facebook
September 16, 2016
Threatpost News Wrap, September 16, 2016
September 16, 2016
Cover your webcam – protect your privacy from hackers
September 16, 2016
There’s a lot that happens in the cybersecurity world, with many stories getting lost in the mix. In an effort to keep our readers informed and updated, we present the Webroot Threat Recap, highlighting 5 major security news stories of the week. Patch Tuesday Changing Update Format In one of the largest changes that Microsoft has implemented, […]
September 16, 2016
National Cyber Security Centre to shift UK to ‘active’ defence
September 16, 2016
Judge Decides to Extradite Lauri Love to the US
September 16, 2016
Pramworld admits mailing list breach
September 16, 2016
FBI Director James Comey wants you to cover your webcam
September 16, 2016
The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone
September 16, 2016
Pardon Edward Snowden
September 16, 2016
Gmail outage for business users lasted over 12 hours
September 16, 2016
Some security advice for Colin Powell to better protect his Gmail account
September 16, 2016
Chrome and Firefox mark ThePirateBay.org as Malicious Site Again
September 16, 2016
You call it ‘hacking.’ I call it ‘investigation’
September 16, 2016
Emerging technologies are poking holes in security
September 16, 2016
The real threat to our elections: Disinformation and doubt
September 16, 2016
New Google API cryptographically secures Chromebooks
September 16, 2016
Ransomware scum infect Comic Relief server: Internal systems taken down
September 16, 2016
Researcher says Patch Tuesday fix should have been made earlier
September 16, 2016
Remote hacker nabs Win10 logins in ‘won’t-fix’ Safe Mode* attack
September 16, 2016
Cisco drops patch for nasty WebEx remote code execution hole
September 16, 2016
Online Ad Service ClixSense Hacked; 6M Plain-Text Passwords Leaked
September 15, 2016
Encryption backdoors? It’s an ongoing dialogue, say anti-terror bods
September 15, 2016
It’s OK for the FBI’s fake hacks to hack suspects’ PCs, says DoJ watchdog
September 15, 2016
Neverquest Trojan Gets Big Summer Update
September 15, 2016
Risk Medium Date Discovered September 13, 2016 Description Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Successful exploits will allow attackers to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Edge and Internet explorer […]
September 15, 2016
Attack Leverages Windows Safe Mode
September 15, 2016
Snowden: 4 big security and privacy assumptions he undermined
Oliver Stone’s movie about Edward Snowden, which opens on Friday, September 16th, 2016, has a lot of people looking back at one of the biggest information security breaches in US history, the one we learned about in June, 2013. That’s when the UK-based Guardian newspaper published classified information about the mass electronic surveillance activities of […]
September 15, 2016
An update for kernel 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: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1847-01 Product: […]
September 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1875-01: kernel-rt: Important Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for kernel-rt 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: […]
September 15, 2016
Red Hat: 2016:1883-01: kernel-rt: Important Advisory Posted by Anthony Pell An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. 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: […]
September 15, 2016
Debian: 3667-1: chromium-browser: Summary Posted by Anthony Pell Security Report Summary – ————————————————————————- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3667-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert September 15, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq – ————————————————————————- Package : chromium-browser CVE ID : CVE-2016-5170 CVE-2016-5171 CVE-2016-5172 CVE-2016-5173 CVE-2016-5174 CVE-2016-5175 CVE-2016-7395 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. CVE-2016-5170 A use-after-free issue […]
September 15, 2016
Debian: 3666-1: mysql-5.5: Summary Posted by Anthony Pell Security Report Summary – ————————————————————————- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3666-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 14, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq – ————————————————————————- Package : mysql-5.5 CVE ID : CVE-2016-6662 Dawid Golunski discovered that the mysqld_safe wrapper provided by the MySQL database server insufficiently restricted the load path for custom […]
September 15, 2016
Microsoft Shuts Down Zero Day Used in AdGholas Malvertising Campaigns
September 15, 2016
Cisco Patches Critical WebEx Meetings Server Vulnerability
September 15, 2016
Can you stay anonymous by hiding your face?
September 15, 2016
Hacked TalkTalk data used in scamming people with thousands of pounds
September 15, 2016
Trump website server config snafu left interns’ CVs exposed
September 15, 2016
Bruce Schneier on Probing Attacks Testing Core Internet Infrastructure
September 15, 2016
DDoSers do it more now, but they do it less fiercely*
September 15, 2016
Google offers $200,000 for Android-busting exploit
September 15, 2016
Will Congress ever vote on the “The Stop Mass Hacking Act”?
September 15, 2016
Internet of targets: Webcams and routers in the crosshairs of bad guys
Mass surveillance, stolen data, passwords and misused sensitive information; it seems that there is so much to worry about these days when it comes to your online privacy. All most people want is to browse the web and enjoy its treats instead of bumping into malware or other problems, right? Then you read about things occurring online that […]
September 15, 2016
‘Cyber Terrorists’ Hack Housing Authority Data; Demand $4k Ransom
September 15, 2016
Why hackers hack: Is it all about the money?
September 15, 2016