Security News
World’s Most Dangerous Malware Emotet Disrupted Through Global Action
Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have this week disrupted one of most significant botnets of the past decade: EMOTET. Investigators have now taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.
Europol
28 Jan 2021 1216 Views
SonicWall firewall maker hacked using zero-day in its VPN device
Security hardware manufacturer SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice about threat actors exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in their VPN products to perform attacks on their internal systems.
Bleeping Computer
25 Jan 2021 1368 Views
Apple Kills MacOS Feature Allowing Apps to Bypass Firewalls
Security researchers lambasted the controversial macOS Big Sur feature for exposing users' sensitive data.
Threatpost
16 Jan 2021 1420 Views
Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA
Ubiquiti, a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. The company says an incident...
Krebs on Security
12 Jan 2021 1579 Views
NSA Urges SysAdmins to Replace Obsolete TLS Protocols
The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols.
Threatpost
7 Jan 2021 1368 Views
WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook
"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind."
But come February 8, 2021, this...
The Hacker News
7 Jan 2021 137761 Views
Happy New Year: Jan 1, 2021 security cert expiration causes havoc for some Check Point VPN users
Outdated clients stop working, organizations with thousands of end-points told to switch out .sys files It wasn't the best of New Year's Day mornings for some Check Point customers; in addition to possible hangovers, those who lagged with their patching...
The Register
5 Jan 2021 137864 Views
Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products
Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded, undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (...
The Hacker News
5 Jan 2021 136638 Views
A Google Docs Bug Could Have Allowed Hackers See Your Private Documents
Google has patched a bug in its feedback tool incorporated across its services that could be exploited by an attacker to potentially steal screenshots of sensitive Google Docs documents simply by embedding them in a malicious website.
The flaw was discovered on July 9 by security researcher Sreeram...
The Hacker News
29 Dec 2020 144826 Views
New 5G Network Flaws Let Attackers Track Users' Locations and Steal Data
The Hacker News
16 Dec 2020 128320 Views