Android Q — Google Adds New Mobile Security and Privacy Features
Google has recently released the first beta version of Android Q, the next upcoming version of Google's popular mobile operating system, with a lot of new privacy improvements and other security enhancements.
Android Q, where Q has not yet been...
Ransomware Attack Forces Aluminum Manufacturer to Shutdown Systems Worldwide
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One of the world's largest producers of aluminum has been forced to shut down several of its plants across Europe and the U.S. after an "extensive cyber attack" hit its operations, leaving companies'...
Libssh Releases Update to Patch 9 New Security Vulnerabilities
Libssh2, a popular open source client-side C library implementing the SSHv2 protocol, has released the latest version of its software to patch a total of nine security vulnerabilities.
The Libssh2 library is available for all major distributors of the Linux...
Mirai Variant Adds Dozen New Exploits to Target Enterprise IoT Devices
Security researchers have uncovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai Internet of Things botnet, this time targeting embedded devices intended for use within business environments in an attempt to gain control over larger bandwidth to carry out devastating...
Round 4 — Hacker Puts 26 Million New Accounts Up For Sale On Dark Web
A hacker who was selling details of nearly 890 million online accounts stolen from 32 popular websites in three separate rounds has now put up a fourth batch of millions of records originating from 6 other sites for sale...
Patched WinRAR Bug Still Under Active Attack—Thanks to No Auto-Updates
Various cyber criminal groups and individual hackers are still exploiting a recently patched critical code execution vulnerability in WinRAR, a popular Windows file compression application with 500 million users worldwide.
Why? Because the WinRAR software doesn't have an auto-update feature, which,...
Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage
WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook and accessing other features on the three Facebook-owned platforms.
While the outage...
New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites
If for some reason your WordPress-based website has not yet been automatically updated to the latest version 5.1.1, it's highly recommended to immediately upgrade it before hackers could take advantage of a newly disclosed vulnerability to hack your website.
Simon...
Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers’ PCs
If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers' computers.
A team of cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web has disclosed...
Firefox Send — Free Encrypted File Transfer Service Now Available For All
Mozilla has made it easy for you to share large files securely and privately with whomever you want, eliminating the need to depend upon less secure free third-party services or file upload tools that burn a hole in your...
Microsoft Releases Patches for 64 Flaws — Two Under Active Attack
It's time for another batch of "Patch Tuesday" updates from Microsoft.
Microsoft today released its March 2019 software updates to address a total of 64 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products, 17 of which are...
Adobe Releases Patches for Critical Flaws in Photoshop CC and Digital Edition
Adobe users would feel lighter this month, as Adobe has released patches for just two security vulnerability in its March Security Update.
The company today released its monthly security updates to address two critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities—one in Adobe...
Cynet is offering unhappy competitors’ customers a refund for the time remaining on existing contracts
Cynet goes head-to-head with CrowdStrike, DarkTrace, Cylance, Carbon Black & Symantec, offering their unhappy customers a refund for the time remaining on their existing contracts.
Cynet, the automated threat discovery and mitigation platform was built to address the advanced threats...
Windows 10 Now Automatically Uninstalls Updates That Cause Problems
Do you always think twice before installing Windows updates worrying that it could crash your system or leave it non-working the day after Patch Tuesdays?
Don't worry.
Microsoft has addressed this issue by adding a safety measure that would from now...
F5 Networks Acquires NGINX For $670 Million
One of the most important software companies NGINX, which is also behind the very popular open-source web server of the same name, is being acquired by its rival, F5 Networks, in a deal valued at about $670 million.
While NGINX...
BEWARE – New ‘Creative’ Phishing Attack You Really Should Pay Attention To
A cybersecurity researcher who last month warned of a creative phishing campaign has now shared details of a new but similar attack campaign with The Hacker News that has specifically been designed to target mobile users.
Just like the previous...
AWS Certification Training Courses – Get 2019 Bundle @ 96% OFF
With countless web apps and online services launching every day, there is an increasing demand for cloud developers.
This exciting niche is due to grow rapidly over the next few years, and the paycheck should follow suit.
If you want...
Severe Flaw Disclosed In StackStorm DevOps Automation Software
A security researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in the popular, open source event-driven platform StackStorm that could allow remote attackers to trick developers into unknowingly execute arbitrary commands on targeted services.
StackStorm, aka "IFTTT for Ops," is a powerful...
Citrix Data Breach – Iranian Hackers Stole 6TB of Sensitive Data
Popular enterprise software company Citrix that provides services to the U.S. military, the FBI, many U.S. corporations, and various U.S. government agencies disclosed last weekend a massive data breach of its internal network by "international cyber criminals."
Citrix said it...
NSA Releases GHIDRA 9.0 — Free, Powerful Reverse Engineering Tool
The United States' National Security Agency (NSA) today finally released GHIDRA version 9.0 for free, the agency’s home-grown classified software reverse engineering tool that agency experts have been using internally for over a decade to hunt down security bugs...
Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro hit by an unspecified cyberattack
Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro was hit by a cyber attack which began Monday evening and escalated into the night.
The Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) declined to comment on what type of attack it was but said the extent...
Glitch exposes Sprint customer data to other users
A bug
has allowed some Sprint customers to see the personal data of other customers from
their online accounts.
The information visible includes names, cell phone numbers as well as calls made by other users and, and a Tech Crunch report cited...
6 Ways Mature DevOps Teams Are Killing It in Security
New survey shows where "elite" DevOps organizations are better able to incorporate security into application security.
Ransomware drops the Lillehammer on Norsk Hydro: Aluminium giant forced into manual mode after systems scrambled
Norway the power and metals wrangler could have seen this one coming Norwegian power and metals giant Norsk Hydro is battling an extensive ransomware infection on its computers.…
Old Tech Spills Digital Dirt on Past Owners
Researcher buys old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives and finds only two properly wiped devices out of 85 examined.
