Security News

Cisco Patches ASA Zero Day Exposed by ShadowBrokers (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 20:06

Cisco today patched two vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance that were leaked in the ShadowBrokers data dump of Equation Group exploits.

Cisco Patches ASA Zero Days Exposed by ShadowBrokers (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 20:06

Cisco today patched two vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance that were leaked in the ShadowBrokers data dump of Equation Group exploits.

Pokémon GO Spam, Ransomware, On the Rise (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 16:58

Attackers are pushing Pokémon GO-themed ransomware and SMS spam messages to entice players to visit malicious websites.

Browser Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Disclosed (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 16:54

Chrome, Firefox and likely other major browsers are afflicted by a vulnerability that allows attackers to spoof URLs in the address bar.

ShadowBrokers’ Leak Has ‘Strong Connection’ to Equation Group (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 11:30

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab said there is a strong connection between the ShadowBrokers cache of exploits and those belonging to the Equation Group.

Operation Ghoul Targeting Middle Eastern Industrial, Engineering Organizations (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 09:00

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified an ongoing series of targeted attacks primarily designed to steal sensitive corporate account data from industrial and engineering organizations in the Middle East.

VeraCrypt Audit Under Way; Email Mystery Cleared Up (Threatpost)
2016-08-16 18:27

Missing emails between the parties involved in an audit of VeraCrypt, which began today, are now being blamed on errors in mail.app and GPGMail.

Vawtrak Banking Trojan Adds DGA, SSL Pinning (Threatpost)
2016-08-16 14:24

Attackers behind the banking Trojan Vawtrak fortified it with a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and SSL pinning capabilities.

$2.5 Million-a-Year Ransomware-as-a-Service Ring Uncovered (Threatpost)
2016-08-16 13:55

Researchers shine a spotlight on what they claim is the largest ransomware-as-a-service ring to date - earning those behind attacks $2.5 million annually.

TCP Flaw in Linux Extends to 80 Percent of Android Devices (Threatpost)
2016-08-15 21:10

Researchers at Lookout said that 80 percent of Android devices remain vulnerable to a critical Linux vulnerability disclosed last week.