An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group that has been found targeting critical infrastructure, energy and military sectors in Saudi Arabia and the United States two years ago continues targeting organizations in the two nations, Symantec reported on Wednesday. Widely known as APT33, which Symantec calls Elfin, the cyber-espionage group has been active since as early […]
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Experts found 36 vulnerabilities in the LTE protocol
A team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Constitution (KAIST) discovered 36 vulnerabilities in the LTE protocol. Security experts from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Constitution (KAIST) have discovered 36 vulnerabilities in the LTE protocol used by most mobile carriers. The researchers used […]
Operation SaboTor – Police arrested 61 vendors and buyers in the dark web
Operation SaboTor – A coordinated operation conducted by law enforcement agencies from Europe, Canada, and the United States targeted vendors and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces. The international operations, dubbed operation SaboTor, involved 17 countries, notably Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Portugal. “During the course of this operation, international […]
Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware
Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017. Security researchers today revealed another massive supply chain attack that compromised over 1 million computers manufactured by Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS. A […]
New Settings Let Hackers Easily Pentest Facebook, Instagram Mobile Apps
Facebook has introduced a new feature in its platform that has been designed to make it easier for bug bounty hunters to find security flaws in Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Android applications. Since almost all Facebook-owned apps by default use security mechanisms such as Certificate Pinning to ensure integrity and […]
التلفزة الوطنية تعلن تعرض صفحتها في الفايسبوك للقرصنة وتنفي إعتزام الشاهد إلقاء كلمة
أعلنت التلفزة التونسية في تدوينة نشرتها، منذ قليل، تعرض صفحتها في الفايسبوك الى عملية لقرصنة ونفت إعتزام رئيس الحكومة يوسف الشاهد إلقاء كلمة بين شوطي مقابلة جمعية جربة والترجي الرياضي التونسي .ويشار إلى انه تم نشر تدوينة في صفحة التلفزة الوطنية أعلنت من خلالها أن رئيس الحكومة سيلقي كلمة بين […]
Facebook passwords stored in plain text, hundreds of millions users affected
News problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text. Facebook revealed to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text, including passwords of Facebook Lite, Facebook, and Instagram users. “As part of a routine security review […]
Pwn2Own 2019 Day 2 – Hackers earned $270,000 for Firefox, Edge hacks
On the second day of the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition, white hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. Day 2 at Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition – White hat hackers earned $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft […]
Cisco addresses High-Severity flaws in IP Phone 8800 and 7800 series
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco IP Phone 8800 […]
Aluminum producer switches to manual operations after ransomware infection
Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, revealed today that it « became victim of an extensive cyber-attack » that crippled some of its infrastructure and forced it to switch to manual operations in some smelting locations. The cyber-attack was later identified as an infection with the LockerGoga ransomware strain, […]