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Backdoored Captcha Plugin Hits 300,000 WordPress Sites
2017-12-20 18:55

Yet another plugin was removed from the WordPress repository afte read more

Pepperl+Fuchs Ecom Rugged Devices Exposed to KRACK Attacks
2017-12-20 18:22

Rugged tablets, phones and PDAs made by Ecom Instruments use Wi-Fi components that are vulnerable to a recently disclosed attack method named KRACK. read more

Romanian Police Arrest 5 People for Spreading CTB Locker and Cerber Ransomware
2017-12-20 18:18

Romanian police have arrested five individuals suspected of infecting tens of thousands of computers across Europe and the United States in recent years by spreading two infamous ransomware...

Facebook, WhatsApp Both Put Under Notice by Europe
2017-12-20 15:42

The French privacy regulator, the National Commission of Computing and Freedoms (CNIL) has issued a formal notice on WhatsApp. It requires the Facebook company to stop personal data transfers to...

Best Practices for Building a Successful BRI Program
2017-12-20 15:08

Business Risk Intelligence (BRI), as I’ve written previously, is becoming a new industry standard. As someone who’s faced the limitations of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) -- BRI’s predecessor --...

vBulletin Patches Disclosed Vulnerabilities
2017-12-20 14:38

vBulletin developers announced on Tuesday that they have patched two recently disclosed vulnerabilities that can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and delete files from...

Teen Hacker Avoids Jail Over On-Demand DDoS Attacks
2017-12-20 14:03

Student Disrupted Amazon, NatWest, Netflix for vDOS 'Stresser' Service UsersA British teenager has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to thousands of DDoS disruptions against Amazon, Netflix,...

Code Execution Flaws Patched in Several VMware Products
2017-12-20 13:21

VMware has released patches and updates for its ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), Workstation and Fusion products to address a total of four vulnerabilities, including ones that can be...

Greedy North Korean Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrencies and Point-of-Sale Terminals
2017-12-20 13:18

North Korean hackers has turned greedy. Security researchers have uncovered a new widespread malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency users, believed to be originated from Lazarus Group, a...

Why ransomware? Let’s ask the bad guys
2017-12-20 12:45

I am involved with ransomware because it is ‘fast, easy, and safe”. This was the feedback we got when we asked the bad guys about the motivations for being involved with this emerging criminal...