Security News

Twitter Forces Password Reset on Some Exposed Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-06-10 13:01

Twitter has forced a password reset on an unnamed number of accounts exposed this week in a dump of 32.8 million account names and credentials.

$90K Windows Zero Day Gets a Price Cut (Threatpost)
2016-06-10 12:00

Hackers who claim to have found a zero-day vulnerability in Windows have dropped their price on the exploit from to $85,000.

uTorrent Forums User List Stolen (Threatpost)
2016-06-09 18:30

BitTorrent has warned users of its uTorrent client to change their passwords after a third-party breach allowed hackers to walk off with a list of its forum users.

Google Patches High Severity Browser PDF Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2016-06-09 17:46

Google patched a Chrome vulnerability that allowed remote code execution on targeted computers simply by viewing a specially crafted PDF.

Stolen Twitter Credentials Latest Dataset For Sale (Threatpost)
2016-06-09 14:57

LeakedSource says it has a set of 32 million Twitter account details, including plaintext passwords that were put up for sale on a black market website.

CryptXXX Ransomware Jumps From Angler to Neutrino Exploit Kit (Threatpost)
2016-06-09 12:43

Internet Storm Center researchers spot more distribution changes for CryptXXX ransomware.

University of Calgary Pays $20K Following Ransomware Attack (Threatpost)
2016-06-08 21:06

Officials at the University of Calgary admitted they paid $20,000 CDN this week to rid its system of ransomware.

Windows BITS ‘Notification’ Feature Used to Deliver Malware (Threatpost)
2016-06-08 19:11

According to security researchers attackers are exploiting a Windows BITS lesser-known “notification” feature to reinfect PCs with malware over and over again.

Unpatched D-Link Wi-Fi Camera Flaw Remotely Exploitable (Threatpost)
2016-06-08 18:08

D-Link's DCS­930L Wi-Fi camera is vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability that can be remotely exploited.

Firefox 47 Fixes 13 Vulnerabilities, Removes Click-To-Activate Plugin Whitelist (Threatpost)
2016-06-08 17:22

Mozilla fixed 13 security issues, including two critical vulnerabilities that could have led to spoofing and clickjacking, among other issues, when it updated Firefox to the latest build, Firefox...