Adobe releases a critical out-of-band patch for CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw, the security updates address a total of 7 vulnerabilities. Adobe address seven vulnerability in Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, including one critical vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. “Adobe has released security updates for Adobe […]
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Selon le rapport, la violation des données Newegg expose les informations de carte de crédit client
Certains clients de Newegg auraient eu leur numéro de carte de crédit, alors que le groupe de piratage Magecart frappe à nouveau. Les chercheurs en sécurité RiskIQ ont déclaré mercredi que Magecart avait inséré un code malveillant dans le système de paiement du détaillant de matériel et d’électronique et qu’il […]
Huge E-marketing Database that Contains 11 Million Sensitive Personal Records Exposed Online
Huge E-marketing Database that Contains 11 Million Sensitive Personal Records Exposed Online A huge customer database with 11 million records that containing personal details such as email, full name, gender and physical address exposed online. The data to be available from the unprotected MongoDB instance and it is open for […]
Focus on HMRC as Many Targeted Through an Email Phishing Campaign
A new phishing attack discovered by Malwarebytes is said to be from under a new campaign, utilizing an old trick with an end goal to steal login credentials, payment details and other sensitive data from victims by claiming to offer them a tax refund which must be asserted online. The […]
The makers of the Mirai IoT-hijacking botnet are sentenced
Three men who operated and controlled the notorious Mirai botnet have been sentenced to five years of probation. The Mirai botnet notoriously launched a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on DNS service company Dyn in October 2016 and made it impossible for many users to reach popular sites such as Amazon, Reddit, […]
MongoDB server leaks 11 million user records from e-marketing service
Database has now been secured. Server was also ransomed by a criminal group back in June. On Monday, a security researcher specialized in finding exposed databases has identified an unsecured MongoDB server that was leaking the personal details of nearly 11 million users. The server appears to belong to an […]
With blockchain, financial institutions hope to avoid scams in a digital world
Blockchain, the technology that powers cryptocurrencies such as the volatile bitcoin, may provide credible solutions to financial institutions across the world Blockchain is being positioned as a cure for all banking ills. Photo: iStock Mumbai: Banking is necessary, but banks are not,” Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp., had said over […]
A flaw in Alpine Linux could allow executing arbitrary code
Security researcher Max Justicz has discovered several flaws in the distribution Alpine Linux, including an arbitrary code execution. Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial, general purpose Linux distribution that is heavily used in containers, including Docker. Alpine Linux is based on musl libc and busybox, it is a tiny distro and is […]
Cracked Windows installations are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit code
According to Avira, hundreds of thousands of unpatched Windows systems are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit code. The EternalBlue, is the alleged NSA exploit that made the headlines with DOUBLEPULSAR in the WannaCry attack. The malicious code was leaked online by the Shadow Brokers hacking group that stole it from the arsenal of the NSA-linked Equation Group. ETERNALBLUE targets the Server […]
Nine Major Phishing Attacks of 2018 (and How to Spot Them)
Phishing attacks are the most common type of cyberattack for good reason: because they work. If an attacker can convince you to click on a link in a phishing email and enter your credentials, it saves them a lot of trouble hacking into a network and cracking passwords. The details […]