WannaCry ‘Remedies’: The Second Wave of Attacks
By Fernando Cuervo, Detect Monitoring Service Leader, Easy Solutions Since May 12th, over 200,000 victims in 150 countries have been hit by a massive, international ransomware cyber attack called WannaCry. […]
Mastercard data breach affected Priceless Specials loyalty program
Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation notified the data breach to the German and Belgian Data […]
Vulnerability research hub Crowdfense is willing to pay $3 Million for iOS, Android zero-day exploits
World-leading vulnerability research hub Crowdfense is offering up to $3 million for full-chain, zero-day exploits for iOS and Android. Vulnerability research firm Crowdfense is offering up to $3 million for […]
Dark Overlord hacking crew publishes first batch of confidential 9/11 files
The Dark Overlord published the first batch of decryption keys for 650 confidential documents related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a […]
Russia-linked Sofacy APT developed a new ‘Go’ variant of Zebrocy tool
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks discovered that the Russian-linked Sofacy APT has written a new version of their Zebrocy backdoor using the Go programming language. The Sofacy APT group has been […]
Twitter uncovered a possible nation-state attack
Twitter discovered a possible nation-state attack while it was investigating an information disclosure flaw affecting its platform. Experts at Twitter discovered a possible state-sponsored attack while they were investigating an information disclosure […]
Evidence in Marriott’s subsidiary Starwood hack points out to China intel
According to a report published by the Reuters, the massive Marriott data breach was carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. According to the Reuters, people investigating the Marriot data breach believe that it […]
Moscow’s New Cable Car closed due to a ransomware infection
Two days after Moscow opened a new cable car system hackers infected its computer systems with ransomware. The cable car system is long over 700 meters and spans across the Moscow […]
Hackers target Drupal servers chaining several flaws, including Drupalgeddon2 and DirtyCOW
Hackers targeted Drupal web servers chaining some known vulnerabilities, including Drupalgeddon2 and DirtyCOW issues. Security experts at Imperva reported an attack against Drupal Web servers running on Linux-based systems. Hackers exploited the Drupalgeddon2 flaw […]
How to Improve Security and Efficiency for Your File Transfers
Security continues to be top of mind for those in the business of keeping their company’s data out of the wrong hands. To learn where organizations are in their security […]
Instagram glitch exposed some user passwords
Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user’s passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some of its users that it might have accidentally exposed their […]
USB drives are primary vector for destructive threats to industrial facilities
USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage […]
Cyber attack exposes sensitive data about a nuclear power plant in France
A cyber attack on a French firm Ingerop allowed attackers to access confidential documents related to nuclear power plant plans in France. The hacker stole more than 65 gigabytes of […]
Bitcoin Core Team fixes a critical DDoS flaw in wallet software
Bitcoin Core Software fixed a critical DDoS attack vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core wallet software tracked as CVE-2018-17144. The Bitcoin Core team urges miners to update client software with the […]