The rash of e-commerce sites infected with card-skimming malware is showing no signs of abating. Researchers on Thursday revealed that seven sites—with more than 500,000 collective visitors per month—have been compromised with a previously unseen strain of sniffing malware designed to surreptitiously swoop in and steal payment card data as […]
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PuTTY Releases Important Software Update to Patch 8 High-Severity Flaws
The popular SSH client program PuTTY has released the latest version of its software that includes security patches for 8 high-severity security vulnerabilities. PuTTY is one of the most popular and widely used open-source client-side programs that allows users to remotely access computers over SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin network protocols. […]
Les Etats-Unis s’agacent de la taxe française sur les géants du Web
Législation : Les Etats-Unis ? Ils soutiennent le projet français de taxation des géants du numérique, assurait le ministre des finances lors de la présentation d’une taxe de 3%. C’était aller un peu vite en besogne. Le pays menace à présent de saisir l’OMC. Une taxe de 3% sur le chiffre […]
Unprotected Elasticsearch DB exposed 33 Million job profiles in China
Security expert discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch database exposed online that was containing approximately 33 million job profiles in China. Security expert Sanyam Jain at GDI Foundation has discovered an unprotected database exposed online that was containing approximately 33 million profiles for people in China who provided their resume to job recruitment sites. […]
Google took down 2.3 billion bad ads in 2018,including 58.8M phishing ads
Google recently shared details about its efforts against malicious advertisement, the giant took down 2.3 billion bad ads last year. Google revealed that it took down 2.3 billion bad ads in 2018, including 58.8 million phishing ads for violation of its policies. Google introduced 31 new ads policies in 2018, […]
Experts published details of the actively exploited CVE-2019-0808 Windows Flaw
Experts from Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the actively exploited Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2019-0808 recently patched by Microsoft. Researchers at the security firm Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2019-0808 that was recently patched by Microsoft. The vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis […]
Facebook victime d’un changement de configuration serveur
Technologie : Les 14 heures de panne essuyées par Facebook – qui a aussi affecté Instragram et WhatsApp – sont la conséquence d’une modification de la configuration serveur. Mercredi, heure française, de nombreux utilisateurs des services Facebook se plaignaient de l’indisponibilité des applications. La plateforme, qui avait rapidement exclu une attaque […]
New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites
If for some reason your WordPress-based website has not yet been automatically updated to the latest version 5.1.1, it’s highly recommended to immediately upgrade it before hackers could take advantage of a newly disclosed vulnerability to hack your website. Simon Scannell, a researcher at RIPS Technologies GmbH, who previously reported multiple critical vulnerabilities in […]
14h de panne pour Facebook, la plus longue de son histoire
Technologie : Pouvez-vous vivre sans Facebook, Instagram et WhatsApp ? Les internautes ont eu l’occasion de tester leur dépendance au cours de la plus longue panne subie à ce jour par la plateforme. Les raisons techniques ne sont pas communiquées. Si vous ne pouviez pas poster hier un nouveau statut sur […]
Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers’ PCs
If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers’ computers. A team of cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web has disclosed that an attacker has been using malicious gaming servers to […]