Security News

Server-side exploits dominate the threat landscape
2018-02-09 13:00

Skybox Security released its inaugural Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report, which analyzes vulnerabilities, exploits and threats in play in 2017. Cybercrime is a money–making machine A trend...

Insurance Customers’ Personal Data Exposed Due to Misconfigured NAS Server
2018-02-08 19:51

The vulnerability also exposed login credentials for a massive national insurance claims database, Upguard says.

Web Server Used in 100 ICS Products Affected by Critical Flaw
2018-02-02 11:42

A critical vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code has been found in a component used by more than 100 industrial control systems (ICS) from tens of vendors. read more

Popular Sonic the HedgeHog Apps at Risk of Leaking User Data to Unverified Servers
2018-01-22 21:54

Researchers have found three Sega game apps that connect to insecure servers and risk leaking user data.

Misconfigured Jenkins Servers Leak Sensitive Data
2018-01-19 16:20

A researcher has conducted an analysis of Jenkins servers and found that many of them leak sensitive information, including ones belonging to high-profile companies. London-based researcher Mikail...

Dridex Campaign Abuses FTP Servers
2018-01-19 12:45

A recently observed email campaign is abusing compromised FTP servers as download locations for malicious documents and infecting users with the Dridex banking Trojan, Forcepoint has discovered.  read more

Crypto-Mining Attack Targets Web Servers Globally
2018-01-17 15:16

A new malware family is targeting web servers worldwide in an attempt to ensnare them into a crypto-mining botnet, security researchers have discovered. read more

DNS Servers Crash Due to BIND Security Flaw
2018-01-17 08:25

Updates released by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) for BIND patch a remotely exploitable security flaw that has caused some DNS servers to crash. read more

Spectre updates will slow down Windows servers and PCs running older versions of the OS
2018-01-10 22:13

While Intel continues to play down the slowing effect the patches for Meltdown and Spectre can have on machines using their CPUs, Microsoft has finally shared some – though still not definite –...