Security News

Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts
2019-12-09 11:46

Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills.

Linux Bug Opens Most VPNs to Hijacking
2019-12-06 16:54

In a coffee-shop scenario, attackers can hijack "secure" VPN sessions of those working remotely, injecting data into their TCP streams.

VPN Connection Hijacking Vulnerability Affects Linux, Unix Systems
2019-12-05 19:27

A vulnerability that can be exploited to determine if a user is connected to a VPN and hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel has been found to affect various Linux and Unix operating...

Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts
2019-11-18 11:17

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets' mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.

DLL Hijacking Flaw Impacts Symantec Endpoint Protection
2019-11-14 17:00

Symantec Endpoint Protection is the latest antivirus product found to unsafely load DLLs into a process that runs with SYSTEM privileges. read more

Vulnerability in McAfee Antivirus Products Allows DLL Hijacking
2019-11-13 19:40

A vulnerability in McAfee antivirus software could allow an attacker to evade self-defense mechanisms and achieve persistence, SafeBreach security researchers have discovered. read more

Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up
2019-10-30 11:47

Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business.

Avast, Avira Products Vulnerable to DLL Hijacking
2019-10-23 12:47

Vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, and Avira Antivirus could allow an attacker to load a malicious DLL file in an effort to bypass defenses and escalate privileges, SafeBreach Labs...

Using Machine Learning to Detect IP Hijacking
2019-10-17 11:08

This is interesting research: In a BGP hijack, a malicious actor convinces nearby networks that the best path to reach a specific IP address is through their network. That's unfortunately not very...

How MIT researchers use machine learning to detect IP hijackings before it occurs
2019-10-08 16:25

The goal is to predict incidents in advance by tracing it back to the actual hijackers.