Security News

Oh, SSH, IT please see this: Malicious servers can fsck with your PC's files during scp slurps
2019-01-15 01:44

Data transfer tools caught not checking what exactly they're downloading A decades-old oversight in the design of Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) tools can be exploited by malicious servers to...

Facebooker swatted, Kaspersky snares an NSA thief, NASA server exposed, and more
2019-01-12 10:30

Plus, Vita boot ROM caper, TCL caught slinging Android malware, etc Roundup This week we saw a Huawei official cuffed (again), telcos caught selling tracking data (again) and Microsoft patching...

Welcome to 2019: Your Exchange server can be pwned by an email (and other bugs need fixing)
2019-01-08 23:28

Plus, bonus shock: Adobe spares Flash in January patch dump Microsoft has released the first Patch Tuesday bundle of the year, patching up 49 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities and issuing two...

AppGuard releases server protection
2019-01-08 04:00

AppGuard launched AppGuard Server, the server protection solution built from scratch that addresses specific server only requirements. It is the lightest weight solution available, ensuring no...

Servers Can Be Bricked Remotely via BMC Attack
2018-12-19 15:19

Hackers could remotely brick servers by launching firmware attacks that involve the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), researchers at firmware security company Eclypsium have demonstrated. read more

How BMC and UEFI can be exploited to brick servers and take down your data center
2018-12-19 15:00

Out-of-band management systems can be a weak link to securing your data center. Here's how a debug utility can be leveraged to brick your systems.

Houston, we've had a problem: NASA fears internal server hacked, staff personal info swiped by miscreants
2018-12-18 23:32

Another leak, this time it's personal Developing A server containing personal information, including social security numbers, of current and former NASA workers may have been hacked, and its data...

Old and new OpenSSH backdoors threaten Linux servers
2018-12-07 12:04

OpenSSH, a suite of networking software that allows secure communications over an unsecured network, is the most common tool for system administrators to manage rented Linux servers. And given...

57m Americans’ details leaked online by another misconfigured server
2018-11-30 11:30

Misconfigured Elasticsearch servers spilled personal details on 57 million Americans, said reports this week.