Security News

Just Sending a GIF via WhatsApp Could Have Hacked Your Android Phone
2019-10-03 08:48

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a GIF is worth a thousand pictures. Today, the short looping clips, GIFs are everywhere—on your social media, on your message boards, on your chats,...

Comodo Forums Hacked via Recently Disclosed vBulletin Vulnerability
2019-10-01 12:36

A recently disclosed vBulletin vulnerability, which had a zero-day status for roughly two days last week, was exploited in a hacker attack targeting the forums of cybersecurity solutions provider...

60% of Major US Firms Have Been Hacked in Cloud: Study
2019-09-25 13:49

Hackers have penetrated cloud computing networks of some 60 percent of top US companies, with virtually all industry sectors hit, security researchers said Tuesday. read more

Smominru Botnet Indiscriminately Hacked Over 90,000 Computers Just Last Month
2019-09-18 13:04

Insecure Internet-connected devices have aided different types of cybercrime for years, most common being DDoS and spam campaigns. But cybercriminals have now shifted toward a profitable scheme...

Australia Knows China Hacked Its Parliament: Report
2019-09-17 10:53

Australia is confident that China was behind cyberattacks on its parliament and political parties, but decided not to make public accusations to avoid disrupting trade relations, according to...

Twitter temporarily disables 'Tweeting via SMS' after CEO gets hacked
2019-09-05 09:18

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series...

Newb admits he ran Satori botnet that turned thousands of hacked devices into a 100Gbps+ DDoS-for-hire cannon
2019-09-05 00:47

One down, two to go The script kiddie at the center of the Satori botnet case has pleaded guilty.…

Zyxel Devices Can Be Hacked via DNS Requests, Hardcoded Credentials
2019-09-03 18:16

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered by SEC Consult in various Zyxel devices, including flaws that involve sending unauthenticated DNS requests and hardcoded FTP credentials. read more

XKCD Forum Hacked – Over 562,000 Users’ Account Details Leaked
2019-09-03 15:34

XKCD—one of the most popular webcomic platforms known for its geeky tech humor and other science-laden comic strips on romance, sarcasm, math, and language—has suffered a data breach exposing data...

Hey Jack, How Was Your Account Hacked?
2019-09-02 12:48

Erratic Storm of Tweets Trace to Serial Takeover Artists 'Chuckling Squad'Following racist and anti-Semitic tweets being posted for a short time to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's hijacked account -...