Archive - June 2019

Bug Bounty Radar // June 2019 28 June 2019 at 15:32 UTC ‘Somebody has patented an unhackable computer – this can definitely only end well’ 28 June 2019 at 14:31 UTC US ransomware attacks send shockwaves across unprepared gov’t offices 28 June 2019 at 12:31 UTC Indian gov’t breaks ground on dedicated cybersecurity center 28 June 2019 at 10:53 UTC EA patches Origin vulnerability that exposed user accounts to takeover 27 June 2019 at 17:26 UTC SwigCast, Episode 2: ENCRYPTION 27 June 2019 at 13:57 UTC ModSecurity: OWASP Core Rule Set update addresses denial-of-service vulnerability 27 June 2019 at 12:59 UTC Excel Power Query ‘teleport’ malware risk exposed 27 June 2019 at 11:46 UTC Magento updates squash critical e-commerce security bugs 27 June 2019 at 09:44 UTC AWS debuts traffic monitoring tech for private clouds 26 June 2019 at 13:52 UTC Six arrested in connection with $27m typosquatting scam 26 June 2019 at 12:46 UTC Free tool makes it easy for researchers to ‘pillage’ Jenkins server data 26 June 2019 at 10:54 UTC ‘Velocity does not have to come at the cost of security’ 25 June 2019 at 15:04 UTC Using the ATT&CK framework to discover exploit dependency chains 25 June 2019 at 13:37 UTC State-sponsored hacking campaign targets global telcos 25 June 2019 at 11:31 UTC Hack and slash: Cloud-based video games model opens up fresh security risks 24 June 2019 at 14:02 UTC Most UAE enterprises are vulnerable to cyber-attacks 24 June 2019 at 12:44 UTC ‘If this takes place, the power of Silicon Valley will be unparalleled’ 21 June 2019 at 13:40 UTC Apple’s latest service partnership won’t silence ‘right to repair’ campaigners 21 June 2019 at 12:44 UTC Three-stage exploit turns Attack Surface Analyzer against hosts 20 June 2019 at 14:50 UTC GandCrab closure will lead to ‘power vacuum’ in ransomware market 20 June 2019 at 11:28 UTC Chrome adds features to improve protection against deceptive websites 20 June 2019 at 10:12 UTC US gov’t warns against phishing emails posing as DHS cybersecurity alerts 19 June 2019 at 13:57 UTC Mozilla releases fix for high-impact Firefox zero-day 19 June 2019 at 12:02 UTC Google study aims to improve decision making behind web feature deprecation 19 June 2019 at 09:24 UTC World’s biggest brewer opens Israeli cybersecurity center 18 June 2019 at 14:30 UTC Data breach at Australia Catholic University exposes staff information 18 June 2019 at 12:03 UTC SACK race: Linux servers in urgent need of patching to defend against new DoS threat 18 June 2019 at 10:40 UTC FIRST calls for enhanced collaboration among incident response teams 17 June 2019 at 16:51 UTC Tell-tale fingerprint leak in browser privacy tools exposed 17 June 2019 at 13:35 UTC French authorities publish free PyLocky decryptor 17 June 2019 at 11:45 UTC Data breach at transgender charity Mermaids exposes private internal emails 17 June 2019 at 10:37 UTC Oh noes. My antivirus has eaten my auto-saved passwords 14 June 2019 at 15:48 UTC ‘If they cannot censor you, they can DDoS the app you are using’ 14 June 2019 at 14:31 UTC Mozilla pens open letter to German policymakers over planned encryption law 14 June 2019 at 13:23 UTC AI developments likely to open new front in cyber-conflict 14 June 2019 at 12:07 UTC Medical infusion pumps vulnerable to remote attacks 14 June 2019 at 10:22 UTC Evernote XSS extension flaw puts personal data of millions at risk 13 June 2019 at 12:31 UTC Cybercrooks using text-based images in phishing emails to bypass spam filters 13 June 2019 at 10:38 UTC Identify theft and bank fraud remain at the top of consumers’ security concerns 12 June 2019 at 16:32 UTC GitHub platform improvements are helping orgs keep their dependencies in check 12 June 2019 at 14:00 UTC Critical browser flaws among scores of bugs fixed in latest Patch Tuesday 12 June 2019 at 10:50 UTC Open forum: Unpatched MyBB sites vulnerable to remote takeover 11 June 2019 at 17:05 UTC Heard the chat? WordPress plugin needs patch to plug critical flaw 11 June 2019 at 14:10 UTC VLC patches critical flaws through EU open source bug bounty program 11 June 2019 at 08:47 UTC Cast no shadow: History of darknet market takedowns is littered with OpSec fails 10 June 2019 at 15:33 UTC TorGuard takes legal action against rival NordVPN over blackmail allegations 10 June 2019 at 12:57 UTC New Firefox rules block extensions with obfuscated code 10 June 2019 at 11:05 UTC ‘A Windows flaw so bad, even the NSA is begging users to update’ 07 June 2019 at 14:24 UTC Australia releases second round of funds to boost cybersecurity sector 07 June 2019 at 10:24 UTC Nevada residents can now opt-out of personal data being sold on 06 June 2019 at 16:15 UTC Cloned Telegram apps pose stalking risk to Iranians 06 June 2019 at 15:31 UTC GitLab security updates address multiple vulnerabilities 06 June 2019 at 14:35 UTC Critical bug impacts more than half of all email servers 06 June 2019 at 11:09 UTC Safe harbor needs to be built to provide haven for ethical hackers 05 June 2019 at 16:26 UTC Cyber Essentials: Five years on 05 June 2019 at 15:08 UTC Vulnerability in Qlik analytics products can be exploited to read local files 05 June 2019 at 13:12 UTC Firefox extends anti-tracking feature to all users by default 05 June 2019 at 11:26 UTC Nvidia plugs security holes in GeForce Experience software 04 June 2019 at 14:34 UTC Apple launches privacy-focused login tech to throw web trackers off users’ scent 04 June 2019 at 13:10 UTC Australian National University breach exposed data stretching back 19 years 04 June 2019 at 11:09 UTC Nginx server bugs could lead to RCE 03 June 2019 at 14:54 UTC Network congestion blamed for extended Google cloud outage 03 June 2019 at 12:00 UTC ‘Check first, then click’ – Dutch gov’t launches anti-phishing campaign 03 June 2019 at 08:57 UTC