Security News

GitHub accounts compromised in wake of reused password attack (Help Net Security)
2016-06-17 14:36

Three days ago, an unknown attacker has been spotted trying to break into a large number of GitHub accounts and has managed to access some of them, Shawn Davenport, Vice President of Security at...

ScarCruft APT Group Used Latest Flash Zero Day in Two Dozen Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-06-17 10:00

The ScarCruft APT gang has made use of a Flash zero day patched Thursday by Adobe to attack more than two dozen high-profile targets in Russia and Asia primarily.

Cisco’s small business Wi-Fi routers open to attack, no patch available (Help Net Security)
2016-06-16 17:44

Security researcher Samuel Huntley has discovered four vulnerabilities in Cisco’s RV range of small business Wi-Fi routers, the worst of which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to...

Adobe Flash zero-day actively exploited in targeted attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-06-15 14:20

A zero-day vulnerability affecting the latest version of Adobe Flash Player and all previous ones is being actively exploited in limited, targeted attacks, the company has announced on Tuesday....

Companies suffer an average of 15 DDoS attacks per year (Help Net Security)
2016-06-15 13:15

The average company suffers 15 DDoS attacks per year, with average attacks causing 17 hours of effective downtime, including slowdowns, denied customer access or crashes, according to A10...