Category: News

Auth Bypass Bug Exploited, Affecting Millions of Routers

A mere three days after disclosure, cyberattackers are hijacking home routers from 20 vendors & ISPs to add them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks.

Black Hat: Scaling Automated Disinformation for Misery and Profit

Researchers demonstrated the power deep neural networks enlisted to create a bot army with the firepower to shape public opinion and spark QAnon 2.0.

Android Malware ‘FlyTrap’ Hijacks Facebook Accounts

Coupon codes for Netlifx or Google AdWords? Voting for the best football team? Beware: Malicious apps offering such come-ons could inflict a new trojan.

Cutting Through the Noise from Daily Alerts

The biggest challenge for security teams today is the quality of the threat intelligence platforms and feeds. How much of the intel is garbage and unusable? Threat intelligence process itself…
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Golang Cryptomining Worm Offers 15% Speed Boost

The latest variants of the Monero-mining malware exploit known web server bugs and add efficiency to the mining process.

Amazon Kindle Vulnerable to Malicious EBooks

Prior to a patch, a serious bug could have allowed attackers to take over Kindles and steal personal data.

Critical Cisco Bug in VPN Routers Allows Remote Takeover

Security researchers warned that at least 8,800 vulnerable systems are open to compromise.

Angry Affiliate Leaks Conti Ransomware Gang Playbook

The data includes IP addresses for Cobalt Strike C2 servers as well as an archive including numerous tools and training materials for the group, revealing how it performs attacks.

Zoom Settlement: An $85M Business Case for Security Investment  

Zoom’s security lesson over end-to-end encryption shows the costs of playing cybersecurity catchup.

Black Hat: New CISA Head Woos Crowd With Public-Private Task Force

Day two Black Hat keynote by CISA Director Jen Easterly includes launch of private-public partnership with Amazon, Google and Microsoft to fight cybercrime.