Security News

New Exploit Kit Targets SOHO Routers
2018-12-11 17:43

A newly identified exploit kit is targeting home and small office routers in an attempt to compromise the mobile devices or desktop computers connected to the routers, according to Trend Micro. read more

Flash zero-day exploit spotted – patch now!
2018-12-07 12:08

If you’re among the holdouts still running Flash, you have some more updating homework to do.

New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Exploit Found Hidden Inside MS Office Docs
2018-12-06 11:33

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that hackers are actively exploiting in the wild as part of a targeted campaign appears to be attacking...

Router attack exploits UPnP and NSA malware to target PCs
2018-12-03 12:35

The UPnProxy router compromise uncovered earlier in 2018 is now being used to attack computers on networks connected to the same gateways.

Here's another 45,000 reasons to patch Windows systems against old NSA exploits
2018-11-30 01:58

It's 2018 and UPnP is still opening up networks - this time to leaked SMB cyber-weapons Earlier this year, Akamai warned that vulnerabilities in universal plug-and-play (UPnP) had been exploited...

Offensive Security redesigns Exploit Database, its archive of public exploits
2018-11-28 04:00

Offensive Security released an update to Exploit Database (EDB), its archive of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software, developed for use by penetration testers and vulnerability...

Attackers Exploit Recently Patched Popular WordPress Plugin
2018-11-21 17:14

Recently patched vulnerabilities in the popular AMP for WP plugin are being targeted in an active Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) campaign, Wordfence reports.  read more

Hackers Earn $1 Million for Zero-Day Exploits at Chinese Competition
2018-11-19 11:42

White hat hackers earned more than $1 million for exploits disclosed at the Tianfu Cup PWN hacking competition that took place on November 16-17 in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan...

iPhone X Exploits Earn Hackers Over $100,000
2018-11-14 15:41

The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Tokyo hacking competition has come to an end, with participants earning over $300,000 for disclosing vulnerabilities affecting iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi 6 and Samsung...

Hackers Exploit Flaw in GDPR Compliance Plugin for WordPress
2018-11-12 06:54

A critical security flaw affecting a GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress has been exploited in the wild to take control of vulnerable websites, users have been warned. read more