Wikipedia was hit by a disruptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) on Friday that took the digital encyclopedia offline in various countries including France, Germany, Italy, Poland and most of …
Millions of Exim servers vulnerable to root-granting exploit
A critical vulnerability in Exim software, which is used by 57% of all email servers worldwide, can enable attackers to run malicious code on impacted servers with administrative (root) privileges, …
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China Set Traps To Capture Dangerous NSA Cyberattack Weapons: New Report
A new report by Check Point indicates that Chinese state-backed hackers set deliberate traps to steal the NSA-linked cyber weapons that were leaked by the mysterious Shadow Brokers group in 2017. …
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Most citizens are against local governments paying ransomware attackers
Three in four (75%) US taxpayers are worried out ransomware threats to their private data and 80% are worried about how the threat impacts local governments, a new survey by Morning Consult and IBM …
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Senior Staff Immune from Insider Threat Finger-Pointing
A new study[pdf] by Red Goat Cyber Security sheds light on insider threats. The survey presented respondents with different scenarios indicating potentially malicious behavior by a colleague, friend, …
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New Technique Makes Passwords 14M Percent Harder to Crack, Nonprofit Claims
Security researchers at Tide, an Australian nonprofit, say they have developed a new method for securing login credentials that makes it almost infinitely more difficult to crack passwords using …
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Crimeware Risk Underestimated, Chronicle Finds
A new report by Chronicle warns that crimeware, which is malicious software designed for performing or facilitating illegal online acts such as cyber theft, fraud and extortion, is an underestimated …
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40% of IT Pros Would Outlaw Ransomware Payments
A recent AT&T survey conducted among cybersecurity professionals shows that 40% of them believe victims of ransomware attacks should not be legally allowed to pay threat actors in order to get …
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600,000 GPS trackers for people and pets are using 123456 as a password
Security researchers with Avast have discovered a range of critical flaws affecting around 600,000 GPS trackers designed for monitoring the location of children, seniors, and pets. The flaws include …
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Joker Spyware Found in 24 Google Play Apps
Threat actors distributed a spyware strain dubbed “the Joker” via 24 apps on the Google Play Store, a security researcher has discovered. The malicious applications had been downloaded by 472,000 …
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