Security News

WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables
2025-01-13 06:40

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new stealthy credit card skimmer campaign that targets WordPress e-commerce checkout pages by inserting malicious JavaScript code into a database table...

Database tables of student, teacher info stolen from PowerSchool in cyberattack
2025-01-09 00:44

Class act: Biz only serves 60M people across America, no biggie A leading education software maker has admitted its IT environment was compromised in a cyberattack, with students and teachers'...

UN's aviation agency confirms attack on recruitment database
2025-01-08 14:00

Various data points compromised but no risk to flight security The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations' aviation agency, has confirmed to The Register that a cyber...

UN aviation agency confirms recruitment database security breach
2025-01-08 13:30

​The United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has confirmed that a threat actor has stolen approximately 42,000 records after hacking into its recruitment database. [...]

Google’s AI Tool Big Sleep Finds Zero-Day Vulnerability in SQLite Database Engine
2024-11-04 10:04

Google said it discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the SQLite open-source database engine using its large language model (LLM) assisted framework called Big Sleep (formerly Project Naptime)....

WhatsApp now encrypts contact databases for privacy-preserving synching
2024-10-23 18:52

The WhatsApp messenger platform has introduced Identity Proof Linked Storage (IPLS), a new privacy-preserving encrypted storage system designed for contact management. [...]

NIST's security flaw database still backlogged with 17K+ unprocessed bugs. Not great
2024-10-02 12:31

Logjam 'hurting infosec processes world over' one expert tells us as US body blows its own Sept deadline NIST has made some progress clearing its backlog of security vulnerability reports to...

Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database
2024-09-04 08:43

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection...

Week in review: PostgreSQL databases under attack, new Chrome zero-day actively exploited
2024-08-25 08:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: PostgreSQL databases under attack Poorly protected PostgreSQL databases running on Linux machines...

New Malware PG_MEM Targets PostgreSQL Databases for Crypto Mining
2024-08-22 04:31

Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a new malware strain dubbed PG_MEM that's designed to mine cryptocurrency after brute-forcing their way into PostgreSQL database instances. "Brute-force...