Security News

Root Servers Were Not Targets of 2015 DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2016-03-30 19:44

Two VeriSign researchers are expected to deliver a talk this week that explains how two Chinese domains were the targets of 2015 DDoS attacks that impacted the Internet’s root name servers.

DNS root server attack was not aimed at root servers infosec bods (The Register)
2016-03-29 22:19

Patched Apple Bug Paved Way to Root Compromises (Threatpost)
2016-03-24 14:18

Apple patched an OS X vulnerability in a kernel driver that could give attackers root-level privileges on a Mac computer, researchers at Cisco Talos said.

Google slings critcial patch at exploited Linux kernel root hole (The Register)
2016-03-22 02:44

Malware the root cause of $80 million Bangladesh Bank heist (ZDNet)
2016-03-14 11:00

Cisco stitches default root creds for switches (The Register)
2016-03-04 02:31

SMS Android malware roots and hijacks your device - unless you are Russian (ZDNet)
2016-02-15 16:16

Microsoft silenty adds Amazon root certificates to its CTL (Reddit)
2016-01-22 10:26

NTP Stats Directory Cleanup Cronjob Root Privilege Escalation (Reddit)
2016-01-21 19:26

How to get root on a Linux box, step 1: Make four billion system calls (The Register)
2016-01-19 21:56