Security News > 2017 > August

Two Critical Zero-Day Flaws Disclosed in Foxit PDF Reader (The Hackers News)
2017-08-17 10:46

Are you using Foxit PDF Reader? If yes, then you need to watch your back. Security researchers have discovered two zero-day critical security vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader software that could...

TunnelBear VPN Audit Finds Few Vulnerabilities (Security Week)
2017-08-17 09:36

TunnelBear has commissioned a third-party audit of its virtual private network (VPN) application and only a few vulnerabilities have been found in recent versions of the product. read more

Unpatchable Flaw in Modern Cars Allows Hackers to Disable Safety Features (The Hackers News)
2017-08-17 08:57

Today, many automobiles companies are offering vehicles that run on the mostly drive-by-wire system, which means a majority of car's functions—from instrument cluster to steering, brakes, and...

Access Bypass Vulnerabilities Patched in Drupal 8 (Security Week)
2017-08-17 06:08

A Drupal 8 security update released on Wednesday addresses several access bypass vulnerabilities affecting components such as views, the REST API and the entity access system. read more

Researchers Uncover Infrastructure Behind Chthonic, Nymaim Trojans (Security Week)
2017-08-17 02:48

While analyzing malware that uses PowerShell for infection, Palo Alto Networks managed to uncover the infrastructure behind recent attacks that leveraged the Chthonic and Nymaim Trojans, along...

Common Source Code Used by Multiple Chinese DDoS Platforms (Security Week)
2017-08-17 02:34

An increase in Chinese websites offering online distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities was observed after a localized version of the source code of online booters was put up for sale,...

Game of Thrones and HBO — Twitter, Facebook Accounts Hacked (The Hackers News)
2017-08-17 01:06

The Game of Thrones hacking saga continues, but this time it's the HBO's and GOT's official Twitter and Facebook accounts got compromised, rather than upcoming episodes. As if the leak of episodes...

Locky Ransomware Variant Slips Past Some Defenses (Threatpost)
2017-08-16 21:41

Ransomware called IKARUSdilapidated is managing to slip into unsuspecting organizations as an unknown file.

EV ransomware is targeting WordPress sites (Help Net Security)
2017-08-16 20:17

WordPress security outfit Wordfence has flagged several attempts by attackers to upload ransomware that provides them with the ability to encrypt a WordPress website’s files. They dubbed the...