Archive - May 2019

Bug Bounty Radar // May 2019 31 May 2019 at 15:53 UTC ‘Sometimes ‘hacks’ are merely ‘searches’’ 31 May 2019 at 15:07 UTC DNS enforcers mull second round of stricter controls 31 May 2019 at 12:31 UTC Data leaks getting worse despite GDPR, study indicates 30 May 2019 at 16:23 UTC Under-the-hood changes to Chrome will break ad blockers – unless you’re a paying customer 30 May 2019 at 15:11 UTC ‘Can we stop malware from revealing the secrets we type?’ 30 May 2019 at 14:05 UTC Oman ramps up security efforts amid surge in malicious web traffic 30 May 2019 at 11:12 UTC Popular WordPress plugin vulnerable to OS command injection flaw 29 May 2019 at 15:08 UTC Close to a million Windows PCs at risk from BlueKeep vulnerability 29 May 2019 at 14:36 UTC New Zealand gov’t finds ‘sufficient evidence’ it was hacked 29 May 2019 at 10:39 UTC Finding eviction sets to accelerate speculative execution attacks 28 May 2019 at 15:45 UTC Canva ‘working around the clock’ to investigate data breach 28 May 2019 at 14:50 UTC Microsoft offers protection to Chrome and Firefox users via browser extension 28 May 2019 at 13:31 UTC Second Apple ‘hacky hack hack’ teen avoids jail 28 May 2019 at 11:27 UTC Zero-day in EA’s Origin exposes gamers to yet more RCE pwnage 24 May 2019 at 14:44 UTC US medical records firm to settle HIPAA violations over data intrusion 24 May 2019 at 14:32 UTC ‘My WiFi router just vomited’ 24 May 2019 at 13:34 UTC GDPR: Have greater fines forced organizations to take data security seriously? 24 May 2019 at 11:31 UTC New technique hijacks insecure connections via browser cache poisoning 23 May 2019 at 15:00 UTC Doing your homework for a trusted access model 23 May 2019 at 13:02 UTC Was this you? Study explores user response to suspicious login attempts 23 May 2019 at 09:38 UTC Flooding the market: Global DDoS attacks nearly double in Q1 22 May 2019 at 15:41 UTC Public inbox investigation shows email tracking is rife 22 May 2019 at 13:11 UTC Tails 3.14: OS performance hit unlikely in defense against ZombieLoad vulnerability 21 May 2019 at 15:34 UTC Huawei given stay of execution from US trade blacklist 21 May 2019 at 15:10 UTC ‘The rules of the game are completely changing’ 21 May 2019 at 13:56 UTC Certificate Transparency: A case study for system-wide change 21 May 2019 at 12:10 UTC Binance disaster recovery efforts praised following $40m crypto-hack 21 May 2019 at 11:02 UTC Google study shows even basic authentication is pretty good at thwarting commonplace hijacking attacks 20 May 2019 at 13:57 UTC Ireland saw a 60% drop in malware in 2018, says Microsoft 20 May 2019 at 09:45 UTC CRWD pleaser: Market-watchers buoyant over CrowdStrike’s $100m IPO 17 May 2019 at 15:06 UTC ‘Godzilla’s rampant destruction of Tokyo shows that end-to-end encryption is largely useless’ 17 May 2019 at 13:53 UTC Bots increasingly tampering with TLS to outfox filters 17 May 2019 at 12:34 UTC Stack Overflow investigates attack on production environment 17 May 2019 at 08:36 UTC Scrapy SSRF to RCE through telnet service abuse 16 May 2019 at 16:10 UTC Cybercrime network behind $100m GozNym banking malware dismantled 16 May 2019 at 14:40 UTC False sense of security? HTTPS is no panacea, researchers warn 16 May 2019 at 13:36 UTC Google recalls Bluetooth-enabled Titan security keys 16 May 2019 at 10:43 UTC US drug rehab facility hit by ransomware attack 15 May 2019 at 15:30 UTC Policymakers seek to rebuild public confidence in a data-driven world 15 May 2019 at 14:01 UTC Cloud providers and OS vendors scramble to decapitate ZombieLoad vulnerability 15 May 2019 at 10:58 UTC Information disclosure vulnerability impacts 25,000 Linksys routers 14 May 2019 at 15:36 UTC Security remains an afterthought across the African continent 14 May 2019 at 14:20 UTC UK.gov gears up for phase two of Active Cyber Defence 14 May 2019 at 09:39 UTC Indiana Pacers finish season with a data breach 13 May 2019 at 14:28 UTC Dutch NCSC updates TLS guidance for orgs 13 May 2019 at 12:17 UTC Incoming! Swiss CERT warns ransomware fiends are targeting local SMEs 13 May 2019 at 09:41 UTC Google I/O 2019: Upcoming browser features to help you secure your web application 10 May 2019 at 15:44 UTC ‘The add-on fiasco was amateur night’ 10 May 2019 at 14:16 UTC IDF air strike against Hamas hackers shocks infosec world 10 May 2019 at 12:48 UTC Chinese national charged over 2015 Anthem data breach 10 May 2019 at 10:24 UTC What happens if you don’t apply that patch? Jenkins servers still being mined for cryptocurrency 10 May 2019 at 08:59 UTC Growing percentage of breaches blamed on cyber spies and nation states 09 May 2019 at 16:23 UTC SwigCast, Episode 1: HACKERS 09 May 2019 at 14:07 UTC Microsoft launches Internet Explorer Mode for Edge 09 May 2019 at 11:55 UTC APT32 unmasked: Researchers shine light on the notorious hacking group targeting Southeast Asian businesses 09 May 2019 at 10:05 UTC Cyber insurance market continues to grow as enterprises plan for worst-case scenario 09 May 2019 at 07:42 UTC Cybercrooks steal $40m in Bitcoin from crypto-exchange Binance 08 May 2019 at 11:32 UTC WordPress 5.2 rolls out with fresh security improvements 08 May 2019 at 08:40 UTC XSS vulnerability in unmaintained JavaScript library poses severe risk 07 May 2019 at 14:16 UTC LandMark White returns to trading after data breach devastation 07 May 2019 at 12:38 UTC Trump signs executive order pledging to strengthen cybersecurity workforce 03 May 2019 at 16:34 UTC Edge Side Includes abused to enable RCE 03 May 2019 at 15:44 UTC ‘The day Twitter is full of conflicting password advice’ 03 May 2019 at 13:56 UTC Going dark: Wall Street Market taken offline in coordinated police operation 03 May 2019 at 10:47 UTC Googlebot XSS attacks could allow search engine manipulation 02 May 2019 at 15:15 UTC Security incidents in Hong Kong up nearly 400% in Q1 02 May 2019 at 14:00 UTC US government agencies now have just 15 days to patch critical security flaws 02 May 2019 at 11:58 UTC UK gov’t proposes secure-by-design IoT laws 01 May 2019 at 15:59 UTC More than half of popular email clients are vulnerable to signature spoofing 01 May 2019 at 13:40 UTC