Grâce à cette fonctionnalité, les marchands peuvent créer et envoyer des factures directement dans une conversation Messenger. Paypal renforce sa présence au sein de l’application Messenger de Facebook. La plateforme de paiement en ligne vient de sortir une nouvelle extension qui permet aux commerçants d’émettre et d’envoyer leurs factures directement […]
Sacramento Regional Transit System in California Held for $7,000 Ransom
On Saturday night an unknown hacker targeted the Sacramento Regional Transit System (RT or SacRT) in California and hacked into its website along with its critical cyber infrastructure. At first, the hacker defaced the site, left a message and pretended to be one of the good guys who hack and […]
Apple supprime l’application Skype de son App Store chinois
Apple a annoncé mardi le retrait de plusieurs applications de sa boutique en ligne en Chine, dont le logiciel de visiophonie et de messagerie Skype de Microsoft, après une intervention du gouvernement chinois. Selon Reuters, la suppression des applications en question a provoqué un tollé auprès de plusieurs utilisateurs chinois […]
After Getting Hacked, Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret
Uber is in headlines once again—this time for concealing last year’s data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million customers and drivers. On Tuesday, Uber announced that the company suffered a massive data breach in October 2016 that exposed names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of 57 million Uber […]
The new version of OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities has been published
The final version of the 2017 OWASP Top 10 has been released on Monday and some kinds of vulnerabilities that are not serious have been substituted with vulnerabilities that are more expected to pose a significant threat. Many years ago, injection remained the top web application security vulnerability, but there […]
Not again: Hackers steal $31 million worth of crypto
Crypto hackers are at it again. According to Tether, a company that’s behind the cryptocurrency of the same name (known by the symbol USDT), someone recently stole nearly $31 million from its digital vault. The announcement, together with Tether’s website, is currently offline, but an archived version says that « $30,950,010 […]
Biggest Cybersecurity Threats for 2018
IBM recently announced the shocking average cost of data breach. While down around 10 percent, the global average for a data breach is $3.62 million. For many companies, the cost of suffering a cyberattack is enough to take the business down entirely, so it has never been more vital for […]
US CERT issues warning on ASLR vulnerability in Windows
US CERT has issued a warning on a vulnerability in Windows’ Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) that affects Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 which could an attacker to take control of an affected system. CERT’s Will Dormann wrote in Vulnerability Note #817544 that both the Enhanced Mitigation Experience […]
‘Advanced’ Cyber Attack Targets Saudi Arabia
The government’s National Cyber Security Centre said the attack involved the use of « Powershell » malware, but it did not comment on the source of the attack or which government bodies were targeted. RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi authorities said Monday they had detected an « advanced » cyber attack targeting the kingdom, in […]
According to a report recently published by the security firm Corero the number of DDoS Attacks doubled in the First Half of 2017 due to unsecured IoT.
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks have been around as long as computers have been networked. But if your business relies on the Internet to sell products or collaborate, a DoS attack is more than a nuisance, it can be critical. Over the past few years, the number of DoS attacks […]