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A sophisticated proxy code has infected hundreds of thousands of devices already. A fresh botnet is spreading across the landscape, targeting router equipment. So far, hundreds of thousands of bot endpoints have already been identified, and they’re apparently being marshaled Read More …
During the third quarter of 2018 ransomware attacks were at an all-time high and the ransoms asked from organizations to decrypt the locked files were also on the rise according to a report from Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services. According Read More …
A Russian security researcher has published details about a zero-day vulnerability affecting VirtualBox, an Oracle software application for running virtual machines. According to a text file uploaded on GitHub, Saint Petersburg-based researcher Sergey Zelenyuk has found a chain of bugs Read More …
The proliferation of connected devices including electric cars could provide grid operators with an operational view of cybersecurity threats and change the way the grid is secured, said Karen Evans, assistant secretary of the Energy Department’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Read More …
In a shocking revelation, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing has said data from “almost all” Pakistani banks was stolen in a recent security breach. “According to a recent report we have received, data from almost Read More …
Banking giant HSBC disclosed on Monday a security incident that impacted an undisclosed number of the institution’s customers. “HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018,” the bank wrote Read More …
Users must update their vulnerable libraries manually. The Apache Software Foundation warned in an advisory that the latest version of the Commons FileUpload library is susceptible to a two-year-old remote code execution flaw. Users of the vulnerable library must update Read More …
The Hack the Air Force 3.0 bug bounty program organized in collaboration with HackerOne has been announced by the U.S. Air Force to take place from October 19 to November 5. “Up to 600 eligible applicants will be invited to Read More …
At least three US states have activated and put National Guard cyber-security units on standby for midterm elections. The three states are Washington, Illinois, and, more recently, Wisconsin. According to officials, these cyber-security teams will be prepared to assist state Read More …
We all have something to hide, something to protect. But if you are also relying on self-encrypting drives for that, then you should read this news carefully. Security researchers have discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in some of the popular self-encrypting Read More …
