Security News

Hackers Can Bypass macOS Security Features With Synthetic Clicks
2019-06-03 12:01

Hackers can use synthetic clicks to bypass many of the privacy and security features implemented last year by Apple in its macOS operating system, a researcher has revealed. read more

macOS Gatekeeper Bypass Exploits Trust on Network Shares
2019-05-30 17:46

Bypassing macOS’ Gatekeeper by leveraging trust in network shares is a trivial operation, a security researcher has discovered.  read more

Authentication Bypass Bug Hits Top Enterprise VPNs
2019-04-15 15:24

Business users of Cisco, F5 Networks, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure platforms are impacted, according the U.S. government.

A quarter of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security
2019-04-12 10:17

Email phishing is one of the most often used – and most successfully used – attack vectors that lead to cybersecurity incidents and breaches. Microsoft is the most impersonated brand “Cloud based...

Week in review: Norsk Hydro cyber attack, Android privacy, exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA
2019-03-24 18:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Norsk Hydro cyber attack: What happened? “Hydro subject to cyber-attack,” warned Oslo-headquartered Norsk Hydro ASA,...

Latest tactics used by cybercriminals to bypass traditional email security
2019-03-21 05:15

Cybercriminals are continuously using new strategies to get past email security gateways, with brand impersonation being used in 83 percent of spear-phishing attacks, while 1 in 3 business email...

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in SoftNAS Cloud
2019-03-20 19:48

A security firm's Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) found and reported a vulnerability in SoftNAS Cloud data storage. SoftNAS fixed the vulnerability last week, and details of the vulnerability...

Vulnerability in SoftNAS Cloud allows attackers to bypass authentication
2019-03-20 14:00

The vulnerability allows attackers to run arbitrary commands as root, which clearly undermines the security of the SoftNAS Cloud platform and data stored on it.

Attackers are exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA on Office 365, G Suite accounts
2019-03-20 12:21

Where possible, and especially for important accounts such as Office 365 and G Suite accounts, the prevailing advice for users is to enable two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, that security...

Hackers Bypass MFA on Cloud Accounts via IMAP Protocol
2019-03-15 15:50

Over the past several months, threat actors have been increasingly targeting Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts that are using the legacy IMAP protocol, in an attempt to bypass multi-factor...