Haythem Elmir

Yesterday, Oracle released its quarterly critical patch update (CPU) for Q3 2018, the October edition, during which the company fixed 301 vulnerabilities. Of the 301 flaws, 45 had a severity rating of 9.8 (on a scale of 10) and one even received the maximum 10 rating. Vulnerabilities that receive this severity […]

A newly discovered infection campaign is leveraging malicious RTF files to deliver information-stealing Trojans to the unsuspecting victims, Cisco Talos security researchers warn. As part of the attacks, the adversaries use a well-known exploit chain for malware delivery, but have modified it so it would not trigger anti-virus detection. The […]

When Twitter announced their new design for “Tweet” and “follow” buttons back in October 2015, marketers across the web developed a mild anxiety—the new design came with a decision to nuke their beloved Tweet count feature. Social signals can be a huge credibility indicator for visitors and site content. Who doesn’t […]

Kaspersky experts published a detailed analysis of the attacks conducted by the Russian-linked cyber espionage group DustSquad. Earlier October, security experts from ESET shared details about the operations of a cyber espionage group tracked as Nomadic Octopus, a threat actor focused on diplomatic entities in Central Asia. The group has been active since […]

iOS passionate Jose Rodriguez disclosed a new passcode bypass bug that could be to access photos and contacts on a locked iPhone XS. The security passionate Jose Rodriguez has discovered a new passcode bypass bug that could be exploited on the recently released iOS 12.0.1. A few weeks ago, Rodriguez discovered a passcode bypass vulnerability […]

Google’s got your back when it comes to your backups, it says –  and it’s even promising to keep its own peepers off the goods. On Friday, Google announced that it’s brokered a marriage between Android’s Backup Service and Google Cloud’s Titan Technology to keep your backups encrypted so that even the […]

Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web, experts discovered over 35 million US voter records for sale in a hacking forum. Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web, experts from Anomali and Intel 471 discovered 35 million US voter records for sale […]

The Pentagon has admitted that up to 30,000 military workers and civilian personnel have had their personal information and credit card data exposed following a security breach. The security breach occurred at a third-party vendor which provides travel management services to the Department of Defense. The vendor, which has not […]