Security News > 2019 > September

Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
2019-09-04 09:33

Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and...

Bus pass or bus ass? Hackers peeved about public transport claim to have reverse engineered ticket app for free rides
2019-09-04 09:05

'RSA private keys' baked into Manchester firm's software A hacker collective has said that it found the private keys for a Manchester bus company's QR code ticketing app embedded in the app itself...

Exploit Reseller Offering Up To $2.5 Million For Android Zero-Days
2019-09-04 08:48

Well, there's some good news for hackers and vulnerability hunters, though terrible news for Google, Android device manufacturers, and their billions of users worldwide. The zero-day buying and...

Hackers earn nearly $2 million in bounties during HackerOne’s live hacking event
2019-09-04 07:49

HackerOne, a hacker-powered pentesting and bug bounty platform, announced hackers earned more than $1.9 million in bounties during Las Vegas live hacking event, dubbed h1-702. Hackers found and...

Security pros need more and better visibility into their cloud networks
2019-09-04 05:30

In this Help Net Security podcast, Kevin Sheu, VP Product Marketing and Marcus Hartwig, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Vectra AI, discuss the Vectra superhero survey from Black Hat USA 2019,...

What prevents companies from achieving effective security performance management?
2019-09-04 05:00

Cybersecurity performance is critical to achieving commercial success, according to a BitSight study. Among the study’s most interesting findings is that nearly two in five (38 percent) of...

Over 328,000 Users Hit by Foxit Data Breach
2019-09-04 04:50

PDF solutions provider Foxit last week informed customers that it had recently detected unauthorized access to data associated with its “My Account” service. read more

Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default
2019-09-04 04:45

It took a lot of testing and tweaking, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser is finally being delivered with Enhanced Tracking Protection and a web-based cryptomining blocking feature on by default. The...

A look into the frequency and success of phishing attacks on SMEs
2019-09-04 04:30

43% of UK SMEs have experienced a phishing attempt through impersonation of staff in the last 12 months. Of those impersonation phishing attempts, it was discovered that two-thirds (66%) had...

Zerodium Offers Up to $2.5 Million for Android Exploits
2019-09-04 04:30

Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium announced on Tuesday that it’s offering up to $2.5 million for powerful Android exploits, more than what it’s offering for the same type of exploit on iOS. read more