Security News > 2019 > February

Harassment, hate and bile, suicide instructions for kids... anything else social media's good at? Ah yes, cybercrime
2019-02-26 18:04

Businesses as well as ordinary punters hit by viral nasties Antisocial media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube aren't merely inciting hatred, enabling discrimination, driving...

NVIDIA Patches High Risk Vulnerabilities in GPU Display Drivers
2019-02-26 17:42

NVIDIA has released a security update for the NVIDIA GPU display driver, to address several High severity vulnerabilities impacting GeForce, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla products.  read more

New Attack Runs Code After Closing Browser Tab
2019-02-26 17:37

A group of researchers has discovered that websites can abuse modern browser APIs to persistently abuse browser resources for nefarious operations even after their tabs or windows have been...

High-Severity SHAREit App Flaws Open Files for the Taking
2019-02-26 16:33

SHAREit has fixed two flaws in its app that allow bad actors to authenticate their devices and steal files from a victim's device.

WINDSHIFT Hackers Target Government Agency in the Middle East
2019-02-26 16:02

A recently discovered threat actor was observed targeting a Middle Eastern government agency on several occasions over the course of last year, Palo Alto Networks security researchers reveal.

Hackers Exploit WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver Malware
2019-02-26 15:31

Malicious hackers have started exploiting a critical WinRAR vulnerability disclosed less than one week ago, just as RARLab has released the final version of the update that should patch the flaw. read more

Critical WinRAR Flaw Found Actively Being Exploited
2019-02-26 14:51

The spam campaign is being used to spread a malicious .exe file, taking advantage of a vulnerability in WinRAR which was patched in January.

PDF viewers, online validation services vulnerable to digital signature spoofing attacks
2019-02-26 14:46

Academics from Ruhr University Bochum have proven that the majority of popular PDF viewer apps and online digital signature validation services can be tricked into validating invalid signatures or...

Why Not Always Multi-Factor Authentication?
2019-02-26 14:42

According to a survey of 2,600 IT professionals conducted by security awareness training firm KnowBe4, only 38 percent of large companies use multi-factor authentication (MFA) while a whopping 62...

Latest WinRAR Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild to Hack Windows Computers
2019-02-26 13:48

It's not just the critical Drupal vulnerability that is being exploited by in the wild cybercriminals to attack vulnerable websites that have not yet applied patches already available by its...