Security News

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 –...

Devices Running GoAhead Web Server Prone to Remote Attacks
2018-01-03 16:26

A vulnerability affecting all versions of the GoAhead web server prior to version 3.6.5 can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on Internet of Things (IoT) devices. read more

Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data
2017-12-27 23:36

Ancestry.com closes parts of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigates a leaky server that exposed thousands of passwords, email addresses and usernames to the public internet.

Chinese Hackers Target Servers With Three Types of Malware
2017-12-22 14:08

An established Chinese crime group uses a large coordinated infrastructure to target servers running database services with three different types of malware, GuardiCore security researchers say. read more

Hackers Targeting Servers Running Database Services for Mining Cryptocurrency
2017-12-21 15:18

Security researchers have discovered multiple attack campaigns conducted by an established Chinese criminal group that operates worldwide, targeting database servers for mining cryptocurrencies,...