January 23, 2019

BlackRock’s Data Leak Strikes 20,000 Advisers

A data leak revealed last week at BlackRock Inc. exposed names, email addresses and other information of about 20,000 advisers who are clients of the asset manager, including […]
January 23, 2019

Cisco touts next-gen firewall gear for midsize installations

Firepower hardware architecture makes for more efficient processing, fewer bottlenecks Cisco is coming out with four next-generation firewall boxes aimed at giving smaller organizations protection that […]
January 23, 2019

Two Elasticsearch Databases Found Unprotected

After news broke that an Elasticsearch server belonging to several online casinos was left without a password, independent security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered another unprotected Elasticsearch database from AIESEC, a […]
January 23, 2019

Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems

Just in time… Cybersecurity experts this week fighting over Twitter in favor of not using HTTPS and suggesting software developers to only rely on signature-based package verification just […]
January 23, 2019

Servers Grab Client Files via MySQL Design Flaw

Attackers can potentially run a malicious MySQL server and gain access to connected data, according to a new security alert. MySQL has issued a security notice resulting […]
January 22, 2019

WPML Plugin Hacked, Thousands Of Users Spammed

WPML Plugin was reportedly hacked by a former employee, who also sent out spam emails to its users regarding the site’s security. WPML allows multilingual websites […]
January 22, 2019

Cybercriminals target private school in Newcastle with phishing scam

The spam email was sent to parents of Royal Grammar School students in Newcastle and it asked them to pay the fees in bitcoins to get […]
January 22, 2019

ThreadX harbours serious bug, Billions of Wi-Fi enabled devices said to be affected

Researcher outlines how ThreadX can be compromised in Marvell Avastar wireless chipsets. ThreadX-based Avastar is found in popular devices such as Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft Surface […]
January 22, 2019

Google fined $57 million by France for lack of transparency and consent

The French data protection watchdog CNIL has issued its first fine of €50 million (around $57 million) under the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation […]
January 22, 2019

New malware found using Google Drive as its command-and-control server

Since most security tools also keep an eye on the network traffic to detect malicious IP addresses, attackers are increasingly adopting infrastructure of legitimate services in their attacks […]