Security News

How do I select a remote access solution for my business?
2021-02-08 05:50

Selecting a remote access solution for your business requires a few critical business decisions and use cases as part of the selection process. Enabling your employees to leverage a remote access solution is a go-to need for any business remote tool kit.

Laptops given to British schools came preloaded with remote-access worm
2021-01-21 17:32

A shipment of laptops supplied to British schools by the Department for Education to help kids learn under lockdown came preloaded with malware, The Register can reveal. The affected laptops, distributed to schools under the UK government's Get Help With Technology scheme, which started last year, came bundled with Gamarue - an old remote-access worm from the 2010s.

Malicious NPM packages used to install njRAT remote access trojan
2020-12-01 14:00

New malicious NPM packages have been discovered that install the njRAT remote access trojan that allows hackers to gain control over a computer. NPM is a JavaScript package manager that allows developers and users to download packages and integrate them into their projects.

How to Update Your Remote Access Policy – And Why You Should Now
2020-11-25 15:25

For close to two decades, organizations have allowed privileged employees to work remotely by offering remote access solutions as a part of the daily work environment. One common mistake that security teams make when designing and updating their security and remote-access policy is not fully understanding the current contours of their network - or accounting for employees' changing locations and access habits.

Critical OpenEMR Vulnerabilities Give Hackers Remote Access to Health Records
2020-10-30 12:55

Several vulnerabilities found by researchers in the OpenEMR software can be exploited by remote hackers to obtain medical records and compromise healthcare infrastructure. Researchers at Swiss-based code quality and security solutions provider SonarSource discovered earlier this year that OpenEMR is affected by four types of vulnerabilities that impact servers using the Patient Portal component.

BlackBerry Security Summit 2020: Keynote focuses on COVID-19 and enhancing remote access security
2020-10-06 15:34

BlackBerry CEO John Chen and the research director from Gartner's endpoint and operations security group delivered speeches at the opening keynote. Ahead of the event, BlackBerry announced new security products and services including Cyber Suite and BlackBerry Persona Desktop.

Critical Flaws Discovered in Popular Industrial Remote Access Systems
2020-10-01 01:29

Cybersecurity researchers have found critical security flaws in two popular industrial remote access systems that can be exploited to ban access to industrial production floors, hack into company networks, tamper with data, and even steal sensitive business secrets. The flaws, discovered by Tel Aviv-based OTORIO, were identified in B&R Automation's SiteManager and GateManager, and MB Connect Line's mbCONNECT24, two of the popular remote maintenance tools used in automotive, energy, oil & gas, metal, and packaging sectors to connect to industrial assets from anywhere across the world.

Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone
2020-09-24 03:22

In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by sending victims a specially crafted image. According to an advisory published by Facebook, the heap overflow security issue impacts all versions of the Instagram app prior to 128.0.0.26.128, which was released on February 10 earlier this year.

Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone
2020-09-24 03:11

In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by sending victims a specially crafted image. According to an advisory published by Facebook, the heap overflow security issue impacts all versions of the Instagram app prior to 128.0.0.26.128, which was released on February 10 earlier this year.

Microsoft Out-of-Band Security Update Fixes Windows Remote Access Flaws
2020-08-20 15:39

During those updates, fixes for the two flaws were issued for Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019; as well as Windows Server. "Microsoft is announcing the availability of security update 4578013 for all supported versions of Microsoft 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2," according to Microsoft's Wednesday advisory.