Security News

RDP Servers Can Hack Client Devices: Researchers
2019-02-05 17:33

More than two dozen vulnerabilities have been discovered by security experts in popular implementations of the remote desktop protocol (RDP), including flaws that allow a malicious RDP server to...

Researchers Identify Hacker Behind Massive Data Breach Collection
2019-02-04 18:08

Recorded Future says that its security researchers were able to identify the hacker who first distributed the recently surfaced database of 773 million email addresses.  read more

Researchers reveal new privacy attack against 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile users
2019-02-01 12:24

5G cellular mobile communications, when implemented, are expected to provide high bandwidth, low latency, energy savings, better connectivity, but security and privacy must also be assured. The...

Researcher Escalates Privileges on Exchange 2013 via NTLM Relay Attack
2019-01-29 15:20

Microsoft Exchange 2013 and newer versions allow an attacker to escalate privileges when performing a NT LAN Manager (NTLM) relay attack, a security researcher warns. read more

Researchers Allege ‘Systemic’ Privacy, Security Flaws in Popular IoT Devices
2019-01-29 13:00

A report found that a dozen connected devices are open to several security and privacy issues.

Researchers Release Tool That Finds Vulnerable Robots on the Internet
2019-01-28 08:33

A team at a robot cybersecurity startup has released a free, open-source tool for information security professionals to help them easily 'footprint' and detect unprotected robots, not only...

Researcher warns of privilege escalation flaw in Check Point ZoneAlarm
2019-01-25 10:19

Illumant researcher Chris Anastasio has discovered a serious vulnerability in Check Point’s security software. It affects ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall and, if...

Researchers analyze DDoS attacks as coordinated gang activities
2019-01-21 06:15

In a new report, NSFOCUS introduced the IP Chain-Gang concept, in which each chain-gang is controlled by a single threat actor or a group of related threat actors and exhibit similar behavior...

Lowjax city: Researchers crack open notorious Fancy Bear rootkit
2019-01-16 18:04

UEFI malware has been in the wild for more than two years The Fancy Bear hacking group's Lojax rootkit is far from a one-off tool, and may have been active in the wild for years before it was...

Researcher releases PoC for Windows VCF file RCE vulnerability
2019-01-16 09:57

A vulnerability that exists in the way Windows processes VCard files (.vcf) can be exploited by remote attackers to achieve execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems, security researcher John...