Security News

Open MQTT Servers Raise Physical Threats in Smart Homes
2018-08-16 13:44

Misconfigured DIY smart-home hubs for home automation could allow attackers to track owners’ movements, see if smart doors and windows are opened or closed, and even open garage doors.

Amazon S3 Bucket Exposed GoDaddy Server Information
2018-08-13 01:51

A publicly accessible Amazon S3 bucket was found storing documents apparently detailing GoDaddy infrastructure running in the Amazon AWS cloud, UpGuard reveals. read more

Can we talk about the little backdoors in data center servers, please?
2018-08-10 06:33

Remote management a double-edged sword, IT admins warned at hacking conference Black Hat Data centers are vital in this cloudy world – yet little-understood management chips potentially give...

Putting the ass in Atlassian: Helpdesk email server passwords blabbed to strangers
2018-08-02 21:56

Logins misdirected to wrong boxes by Jira toolkit Exclusive Atlassian has warned users of its Jira Service Desk toolkit to change their helpdesk email account passwords – after a glitch caused the...

U.S. Now Leads by Number of DDoS Botnet C&C Servers
2018-07-25 16:05

The United States was the top region by number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet command and control (C&C) servers in Q2 2018, Kaspersky Lab reports.

ZDI offers hefty bounties for zero-days in popular web servers, CMSes
2018-07-25 15:33

The Trend Micro-backed Zero Day Initiative is asking bug hunters to look for zero-day RCE vulnerabilities in several open source server-side products and is ready to pay up to $200,000 for some of...

Want a $200k TIP? ZDI sticks bounties on bugs in big-name server code
2018-07-25 01:12

Pwn web publishing tools, HTTP servers on Linux and Windows and earn a nice bonus A bunch of new bug bounty rewards are up for grabs from the Zero Day Initiative, in a first-come, best-dressed...

Server Security: The Need for Deep Learning and Anti-Exploit
2018-07-17 14:48

Traditional server security controls were not built for ransomware, cryptojacking and other modern attacks. Paul Murray of Sophos discusses deep learning, anti-exploit technology and other key...

Trump's DNC 'Server' Conspiracy Rebutted
2018-07-17 12:48

President Continues to Dismiss Russian Hacking Attribution, Backs Putin's DenialsAsked in a press conference if he would denounce Russia for interfering in U.S. elections, President Trump...

US military manuals hawked on dark web after files left rattling in insecure FTP server
2018-07-11 14:58

Wow, so servicemen forget to change their default logins too Sensitive US Air Force documents have leaked onto the dark web as part of an attempted sale of drone manuals.…