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Two White Hats Earn Over $1 Million via Bug Bounty Programs
2019-03-01 16:17

Bug bounty platform HackerOne says two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by helping organizations find and fix vulnerabilities in their systems. read more

The Momo Challenge urban legend – what on earth is going on?
2019-03-01 15:59

Why you shouldn't worry about the Momo Challenge, and what we can learn from it.

Necurs Botnet Evolves to Hide in the Shadows, with New Payloads
2019-03-01 15:41

Using an on-again, off-again strategy of C2 communication helps it hide from researchers.

Why ransomware attacks are growing more targeted
2019-03-01 15:28

Ransomware attacks in 2018 used Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as a main attack vector, according to a Webroot report.

Your systems, their profit: How IT rights can be abused for shadow mining of cryptocurrency
2019-03-01 15:00

IT professionals have the know-how and requisite privileges to deploy Bitcoin miners, and to cover their tracks. Could your organization be at risk?

Cobalt Strike Bug Exposes Attacker Servers
2019-03-01 14:05

A recently addressed vulnerability in the Cobalt Strike penetration testing platform could be exploited to identify attacker servers, Fox-IT security researchers reveal. read more

The rise of tech-worker activism
2019-03-01 14:00

Video: Leigh Honeywell created Never Again pledge and a company devoted to tech-worker safety.

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Wireless Routers
2019-03-01 13:48

Cisco released security patches this week to address a Critical vulnerability in several wireless routers that allows an attacker to remotely execute code on the impacted devices.  read more

Wireshark 3.0.0 Released
2019-03-01 13:43

The Wireshark Foundation on Thursday announced the general availability of Wireshark 3.0.0, the newest release of the popular open-source packet analyzer. read more

PoS Clients Targeted with Cobalt Strike, Card Scraping Malware
2019-03-01 13:42

Recent attacks against point-of-sale (PoS) thin clients around the world have been using card data scraping malware and the Cobalt Strike beacon, security firm Morphisec reveals.  read more