Security News

Showtime’s Web sites roped visitors’ CPU into mining cryptocurrency
2017-09-26 19:13

Here’s the latest good reason for users to block JavaScript: if you don’t, your computer’s CPU power could be used to mine cryptocurrency without your knowledge or consent. Cryptocurrency mining...

Fuzzing Reveals Over 30 Web Browser Engine Flaws
2017-09-22 12:21

Fuzzing tests conducted on the most popular web browser engines by Google Project Zero revealed the existence of more than 30 vulnerabilities, more than half of which in Apple’s Safari. read more

Three things to know about the dark web
2017-09-21 16:02

One of the more curious aspects about the dark web is that it didn’t start out as such a dark place: it began with bulletin boards in the 80s and 90s – the markets of that day – and continued in...

Making Dark Web Intelligence Actionable
2017-09-13 19:03

Check Point's Avi Rembaum on Boosting Information SecurityLeveraging intelligence culled from the Dark Web will help boost information security for enterprises, says Avi Rembaum of Check Point...

Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers (The Hackers News)
2017-09-05 11:40

Security researchers have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Apache Struts web application framework, allowing a remote attacker to run malicious code on the...

Understanding the dark web and how it factors into cybersecurity (Help Net Security)
2017-08-23 16:44

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Eric Olson, VP of Intelligence Operations at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, talks about the dark net and how it factors into cyber security. Here’s a...

Third party trackers on web shops can identify users behind Bitcoin transactions (Help Net Security)
2017-08-21 14:29

More and more shopping Web sites accept cryptocurrencies as a method of payment, but users should be aware that these transactions can be used to deanonymize them – even if they are using...

Philips to Fix Vulnerabilities in Web-Based Health App (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-18 12:48

Hard-Coded Credentials Could Lead to Patient DataPhilips plans to fix alarming vulnerabilities in a web-based application used to track patient radiation exposure. Versions of the DoseWise Portal...

Don't Turn out the Lights on Dark Web Marketplaces (Security Week)
2017-08-17 14:07

We’ve all heard the phrase: “When one door closes, a window opens.” You can bet that as you’re reading this, those engaged in cyber crime on the dark web are looking for that next ‘market place...

Don’t Turn out the Lights on Dark Web Marketplaces (Security Week)
2017-08-17 14:07

We’ve all heard the phrase: “When one door closes, a window opens.” You can bet that as you’re reading this, those engaged in cyber crime on the dark web are looking for that next ‘market place...