Security News > 2019 > May

Week in review: New Intel CPU vulnerabilities, SharePoint servers under attack
2019-05-19 17:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: High-risk vulnerability in Cisco’s secure boot process impacts millions of devices Red Balloon Security has discovered...

Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked
2019-05-18 13:44

Ogusers[.]com -- a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims' phone numbers -- has itself been hacked,...

33 Linksys router models leak full historic record of every device ever connected
2019-05-18 11:45

Hard-to-fix flaw cause >25,000 routers to leak >756,000 unique MAC addresses.

CIA traitor spy thrown in the clink for selling secrets to China. Stack Overflow, TeamViewer admit: We were hacked...
2019-05-18 10:01

...And more from the world of infosec this week Roundup Here's a quick catch-up of all things infosec beyond what we've already reported this week.…

Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Intelligence
2019-05-17 21:13

Two links. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Giga-hurts: Terrorists build Wi-Fi-triggered bombs to dodge cops' cellphone jammers
2019-05-17 20:30

Explosives activated by wireless networking signals discovered amid election Terrorists have been caught strapping Wi-Fi-activated backup triggers to bombs in Indonesia, police revealed this week.…

WordPress WP Live Chat Support Plugin Fixes XSS Flaw
2019-05-17 19:28

A cross-site scripting flaw in a popular WordPress plugin enables an unauthenticated attacker to insert JavaScript payloads into impacted websites.

After 2 Years, WannaCry Remains a Threat
2019-05-17 18:18

Poorly Written Ransomware Still Infects Unpatched SystemsTwo years after WannaCry tore a path of destruction through the world, the ransomware remains a danger, with many systems still vulnerable...

Report Reveals TeamViewer Was Breached By Chinese Hackers In 2016
2019-05-17 18:03

The German software company behind TeamViewer, one of the most popular software in the world that allows users to access and share their desktops remotely, was reportedly compromised in 2016, the...