Russian Police Raided NGINX Moscow Office, Detained Co-Founders

Russian law enforcement officers have raided the Moscow offices of Nginx—the company behind the world’s second most popular web server software—over a copyright infringement complaint filed by Rambler, a Russian Internet portal and email service provid… Continue reading Russian Police Raided NGINX Moscow Office, Detained Co-Founders

New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin, has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada.

However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countrie… Continue reading New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

Adobe Releases Patches for ‘Likely Exploitable’ Critical Vulnerabilities

The last Patch Tuesday of 2019 is finally here.

Adobe today released updates for four of its widely used software—including Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets—to patch a total of 25 new security vulnerabilities.

Seventee… Continue reading Adobe Releases Patches for ‘Likely Exploitable’ Critical Vulnerabilities

Snatch Ransomware Reboots Windows in Safe Mode to Bypass Antivirus

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new variant of the Snatch ransomware that first reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode and only then encrypts victims’ files to avoid antivirus detection.

Unlike traditional malware, the new Snatch r… Continue reading Snatch Ransomware Reboots Windows in Safe Mode to Bypass Antivirus

Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD

OpenBSD, an open-source operating system built with security in mind, has been found vulnerable to four new high-severity security vulnerabilities, one of which is an old-school type authentication bypass vulnerability in BSD Auth framework.

The other… Continue reading Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD

Critical Flaw in GoAhead Web Server Could Affect Wide Range of IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered details of two new vulnerabilities in the GoAhead web server software, a tiny application widely embedded in hundreds of millions of Internet-connected smart devices.

One of the two vulnerabilities, assigned a… Continue reading Critical Flaw in GoAhead Web Server Could Affect Wide Range of IoT Devices

Avast and AVG Browser Extensions Spying On Chrome and Firefox Users

If your Firefox or Chrome browser has any of the below-listed four extensions offered by Avast and its subsidiary AVG installed, you should disable or remove them as soon as possible.

Avast Online Security
AVG Online Security
Avast SafePrice
AVG Safe… Continue reading Avast and AVG Browser Extensions Spying On Chrome and Firefox Users

New Facebook Tool Let Users Transfer Their Photos and Videos to Google

Facebook has finally started implementing the open source data portability framework as the first phase of ‘Data Transfer Project,’ an initiative the company launched last year in collaboration with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Twitter.

Facebook toda… Continue reading New Facebook Tool Let Users Transfer Their Photos and Videos to Google