Security News > 2017 > October

Websites Hacked via Zero-Day Flaws in WordPress Plugins
2017-10-03 07:50

Zero-day flaws affecting several WordPress plugins have been exploited by malicious actors to plant backdoors and take control of vulnerable websites. The attacks have been spotted by Wordfence, a...

EtherParty Breach: Another Ethereum ICO Gets Hacked
2017-10-03 07:32

Etherparty announced Sunday that its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) website selling tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool was hacked and the address for sending funds to buy tokens was...

Google Finds 7 Security Flaws in Widely Used Dnsmasq Network Software
2017-10-03 03:44

Security researchers have discovered not one or two, but a total of seven security vulnerabilities in the popular open source Dnsmasq network services software, three of which could allow remote...

Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach
2017-10-03 01:23

Equifax data breach was bigger than initially reported, exposing highly sensitive information of more Americans than previously revealed. Credit rating agency Equifax says an additional 2.5...

Equifax Breach Bigger Than Initially Reported
2017-10-02 21:16

Number of U.S. Consumers Exposed by Equifax Breach Increased by 2.5 Million read more

Equifax Warned About Vulnerability, Didn't Patch It: Ex-CEO
2017-10-02 19:41

The security team at Equifax failed to patch a vulnerability in March after getting a warning about the flaw, opening up the credit agency to a breach affecting 143 million people, the former...

Netgear Fixes 50 Vulnerabilities in Routers, Switches, NAS Devices
2017-10-02 19:13

Netgear patches over a dozen vulnerabilities impacting its routers, switches and NAS devices.

Judge: FBI Can Keep iPhone Crack and Price Secret
2017-10-02 17:43

The FBI can keep details around how much it paid and which company it hired to unlock a terrorist's iPhone 5C in 2016 secret, the court ruled over the weekend.

The Internet Bug Bounty offers rewards for bugs in data processing libraries
2017-10-02 17:40

The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), a project aimed at finding and fixing vulnerabilities in core internet infrastructure and free open source software, has announced that it will be giving out rewards...