Security News

North Korean Hackers Exploit HWP Docs in Recent Cyber Heists
2018-06-25 17:31

A series of malicious Hangul Word Processor (HWP) documents used in recent attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges have been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus group, AlienVault reports. read more

Hackers Exploit Drupal Flaw for Monero Mining
2018-06-22 12:21

Network attacks exploiting a recently patched Drupal vulnerability are attempting to drop Monero mining malware onto vulnerable systems, Trend Micro reports. read more

Apple is shutting down an iPhone cracking exploit used by the FBI
2018-06-14 19:51

An update to iOS will shut down data access to the Lightning port after one hour.

A new macOS security flaw may expose your system to exploits
2018-06-13 18:23

A new code signing bypass on third-party apps discovered by Okta could expose macOS to malicious code, says TechRepublic's Brandon Vigliarolo.

Exploit Kits Target Recent Flash, Internet Explorer Zero-Days
2018-06-13 15:50

Exploit kits (EKs) might not be as dominant as they were several years ago, but they continue to exist and most of them already adopted exploits for recently discovered Flash and Internet Explorer...

Serious Security: How three minor bugs make one major exploit
2018-06-13 12:15

In this story, three webcam bugs that weren't critical one-by-one could be combined into an exploit giving total device takeover.

New 'PyRoMineIoT' Malware Spreads via NSA-Linked Exploit
2018-06-12 17:35

A recently discovered piece of crypto-currency miner malware isn’t only abusing a National Security Agency-linked remote code execution exploit to spread, but also abuses infected machines to scan...

New Flash zero-day exploit bypasses browser, infects via Office documents instead
2018-06-08 17:12

If you thought you were safe from malware spread via Adobe Flash think again-a new attack hides Flash scripts in Office files to download its payload.

Zero-Day Flash Exploit Targeting Middle East
2018-06-07 20:05

Adobe patched the Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2018-5002) earlier on Thursday.

Stop us if you've heard this one: Flash gets emergency patch for zero-day exploit
2018-06-07 19:30

The internet's screen door gets kicked open once again Adobe has kicked out an out-of-band update for a vulnerability in Flash after learning the bug was being targeted in the wild.…