Experts at Tenable discovered 15 vulnerabilities in eight wireless presentation systems, including flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack devices. Wireless presentation systems are used to display content on a screen or through several devices, including mobile devices and laptops. These systems are widely used in enterprises and educational […]
Année : 2019
Pre-Installed Software Flaw Exposes Most Dell Computers to Remote Hacking
If you use a Dell computer, then beware — hackers could compromise your system remotely. Bill Demirkapi, a 17-year-old independent security researcher, has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility that comes pre-installed on most Dell computers. Dell SupportAssist, formerly known as Dell System Detect, checks the […]
A ‘Cyber Event’ disrupted power grid operations in three US states
The Department of Energy confirmed that in March a cyber event disrupted power grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The Department of Energy confirmed that on March 2019, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., a cyber event disrupted energy grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The news was […]
Financial and private data of dozens of IT giants’ leaked following a cyber attack at CITYCOMP
The affected companies include the names of Oracle, Airbus, Toshiba and Volkswagen. CITYCOMP revealed that it had fallen victim to a ‘targeted’ cyber attack in early April this year. Cybercriminals have hacked German-based CITYCOMP internet service provider in order to steal financial data of dozens of companies. The affected companies […]
Facebook funds research on the impact of social media on elections
Facebook is going to fund academic research on the impact of social media on elections, aimed at preventing manipulation of these platforms. Facebook is committed to preventing manipulation of elections through social media by funding research on the impact of social media on elections. Facebook announced the involvement of 60 researchers from […]
Un nouveau CERT tunisien adhère au Forum FIRST
Un nouveau CERT tunisien adhère au Forum FIRST L’Agence Nationale de la Sécurité Informatique (ANSI) annonce que le CERT privé CSIRT.tn vient d’adhérer au forum international FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) et ce, depuis le 12 avril 2019. A ce titre, le CSIRT.tn est le deuxième CERT tunisien […]
Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456’ as password
A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. Security experts at the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed the 100,000 most-commonly re-occurring breached passwords using data from Have I Been Pwned(HIBP). Have I Been Pwned […]
Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension
If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could allow attackers to compromise your online store. A WordPress security company—called « Plugin Vulnerabilities« —that recently gone rogue in order to protest against moderators of the […]
Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations
Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that’s about one month’s revenue for the social media giant. To be clear the amount of fine is not what the FTC has […]
‘Highly Critical’ Unpatched Zero-Day Flaw Discovered In Oracle WebLogic
A team of cybersecurity researchers today published a post warning enterprises of an unpatched, highly critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server application that some attackers might have already started exploiting in the wild. Oracle WebLogic is a scalable, Java-based multi-tier enterprise application server that allows businesses to quickly deploy new products […]