A New Paradigm For Cyber Threat Hunting

It’s no secret that expecting security controls to block every infection vector is unrealistic. For most organizations, the chances are very high that threats have already penetrated their defenses and are lurking in their network.

Pinpointing such th… Continue reading A New Paradigm For Cyber Threat Hunting

OnePlus 6 Flaw Allows to Boot Any Image Even With Locked Bootloader

Have you recently bought a OnePlus 6? Don’t leave your phone unattended.

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the OnePlus 6 bootloader that makes it possible for someone to boot arbitrary or modified images to take full admin control of your… Continue reading OnePlus 6 Flaw Allows to Boot Any Image Even With Locked Bootloader

Russia to Fine Search Engines for Linking to Banned VPN services

In its years-long efforts to censor the Internet by blocking access to a large number of websites in the country, Russia has now approved a new bill introducing fines for search engines that provide links to banned sites, VPN services, and anonymizatio… Continue reading Russia to Fine Search Engines for Linking to Banned VPN services

Adobe Issues Patch for Actively Exploited Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit

If you have already uninstalled Flash player, well done! But if you haven’t, here’s another great reason for ditching it.

Adobe has released a security patch update for a critical vulnerability in its Flash Player software that is actively being explo… Continue reading Adobe Issues Patch for Actively Exploited Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit

Update Google Chrome Immediately to Patch a High Severity Vulnerability

You must update your Google Chrome now.

Security researcher Michał Bentkowski discovered and reported a high severity vulnerability in Google Chrome in late May, affecting the web browsing software for all major operating systems including Windows, Ma… Continue reading Update Google Chrome Immediately to Patch a High Severity Vulnerability

All New Privacy and Security Features Coming in macOS 10.14 Mojave

At Worldwide Developer Conference 2018 on Monday, Apple announced the next version of its macOS operating system, and it’s called Mojave.

Besides introducing new features and improvements of macOS 10.14 Mojave—like Dark Mode, Group FaceTime, Dynamic D… Continue reading All New Privacy and Security Features Coming in macOS 10.14 Mojave

IoT Botnets Found Using Default Credentials for C&C Server Databases

Not following cybersecurity best practices could not only cost online users but also cost cybercriminals. Yes, sometimes hackers don’t take best security measures to keep their infrastructure safe.

A variant of IoT botnet, called Owari, that relies on… Continue reading IoT Botnets Found Using Default Credentials for C&C Server Databases

Yahoo Hacker linked to Russian Intelligence Gets 5 Years in U.S. Prison

A 23-year-old Canadian man, who pleaded guilty last year for his role in helping Russian government spies hack into email accounts of Yahoo users and other services, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Karim Baratov (a.k.a Karim Taloverov, a.k… Continue reading Yahoo Hacker linked to Russian Intelligence Gets 5 Years in U.S. Prison

Researchers Defeat AMD’s SEV Virtual Machine Encryption

German security researchers claim to have found a new practical attack against virtual machines (VMs) protected using AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology that could allow attackers to recover plaintext memory data from guest VMs.

AM… Continue reading Researchers Defeat AMD’s SEV Virtual Machine Encryption