The report may well be valid, but, for now, there’s no way to individually confirm it. The statement is based on unnamed personalities the publication says had an understanding of the matter, and it provides no data to back its claim. What’s more, the lack of particular leaves opens the […]
Vol d’identité: un malheur qui peut tourner rapidement au cauchemar
Sur Internet, les éléments qui définissent une personne ne se résument pas à son état civil. D’autres éléments, inconnus dans le monde dit « réel », tels que le mot de passe, le pseudonyme, l’adresse IP, et l’adresse électronique identifient une personne. L’usurpation d’identité peut être définie comme « la […]
Code Execution flaw patched in Apache Tomcat
Several security vulnerabilities have been patched in recent weeks in Apache Tomcat, including the CVE-2017-12617 Code Execution vulnerability. Several security vulnerabilities have been patched in recent weeks in Apache Tomcat. The list of fixed flaws recently addressed also included code execution vulnerabilities. Apache Tomcat is the most widely used web application server, […]
SAP vulnerabilities can take servers offline
Eight vulnerabilities have been found in SAP products which can lead not only to information leaks, but also the possibility of taking entire servers offline. On Wednesday, security researchers from Positive Technologies said the bugs were found in a variety of SAP solutions, including the Web Dynpro Island development — […]
It’s 3 Billion! Yes, Every Single Yahoo Account Was Hacked In 2013 Data Breach
The largest known hack of user data in the history just got tripled in size. Yahoo, the internet company that’s acquired by Verizon this year, now believes the total number of accounts compromised in the August 2013 data breach, which was disclosed in December last year, was not 1 billion—it’s 3 Billion. Yes, […]
3 vulnerable WordPress plugins affecting 21,000 websites
3 vulnerable WordPress plugins affecting 21,000 websites Zero-day vulnerabilities are blessing for cybercriminals the most and this time around hackers have managed to exploit not one or two but three of them. Security firm Wordfence reported that the three exploited vulnerabilities have affected WordPress plugins but the attack vector has been fixed […]
Protéger votre messagerie électronique
La messagerie électronique Même avec les avancées actuelles en matière de communication en ligne, les e-mails restent un des principaux moyens permettant de connecter et de contacter la plupart des gens. Cela se vérifie notamment dans le cadre professionnel. Les e-mails sont tellement utilisés que le trafic total de messagerie […]
Google’s Security Research Team Identifies and Fixes 7 Vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq
Regardless of what you may think of Google as a company, it is difficult to criticize their prolific and in-depth security research. The latest example is their disclosure of seven distinct issues in the Dnsmasq software package. From the authors’ website, “Dnsmasq provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network […]
Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach
Equifax data breach was bigger than initially reported, exposing highly sensitive information of more Americans than previously revealed. Credit rating agency Equifax says an additional 2.5 million U.S. consumers were also impacted by the massive data breach the company disclosed last month, bringing the total possible victims to 145.5 million […]
NETGEAR FIXES 50 VULNERABILITIES IN ROUTERS, SWITCHES, NAS DEVICES
Netgear recently issued 50 patches for its routers, switches, NAS devices, and wireless access points to resolve vulnerabilities ranging from remote code execution bugs to authentication bypass flaws. Twenty of the patches address “high” vulnerability issues with the remaining 30 scored as “medium” security risks. Netgear posted advisories for the […]