Security News

Fileless UAC Bypass Uses Windows Backup and Restore Utility (Threatpost)
2017-03-27 16:13

Researcher Matt Nelson disclosed another Windows UAC bypass, this one abusing the sdclt.exe backup and restore utility to execute a payload without triggering an alert.

Spammer’s Leaky Backup Exposes Massive Empire (Threatpost)
2017-03-06 19:57

A massive spam operation that sent out more than one billion messages a day was exposed by researchers who called the operation "illegal" and a “tangible threat to online privacy and security.”

Uber.com Backup Bug Nets Researcher $9K (Threatpost)
2017-01-26 16:16

A researcher earned $9K for identifying a XXE vulnerability in third party backup software used by Uber.

Millions of job seekers’ info exposed via easily accessible database backups (Help Net Security)
2016-11-11 17:07

A data leak has exposed sensitive information about millions of job seekers that used global recruitment firm Michael Page. The leak has once again been revealed to the leaking company through...