Louisiana State Government Hit by Ransomware Attack Forcing Server Shutdowns

Targeted ransomware attacks on banking and finance, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure are on the rise, with the latest victim being the state government of Louisiana.

The state government of Louisiana was hit by a large-scale coordin… Continue reading Louisiana State Government Hit by Ransomware Attack Forcing Server Shutdowns

Company Detected Years-Long Breach Only After Hacker Maxed Out Servers’ Storage

What could be even worse than getting hacked?

It’s the “failure to detect intrusions” that always results in huge losses to the organizations.

Utah-based technology company InfoTrax Systems is the latest example of such a security blunder, as the com… Continue reading Company Detected Years-Long Breach Only After Hacker Maxed Out Servers’ Storage

Is Facebook Secretly Accessing Your iPhone’s Camera? Some Users Claimed

It appears that Facebook at the center of yet another issue involving privacy.

Reportedly, multiple iPhone users have come forward on social media complaining that the Facebook app secretly activates their smartphone’s camera in the background while t… Continue reading Is Facebook Secretly Accessing Your iPhone’s Camera? Some Users Claimed

Rogue TrendMicro Employee Sold Customer Data to Tech Support Scammers

Do you always uncomfortable trusting companies with your data? If so, you’re not alone.

While companies do much to protect themselves from external threats, insiders always pose the highest risk to a company’s data.

Unfortunately, when we say compani… Continue reading Rogue TrendMicro Employee Sold Customer Data to Tech Support Scammers

The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack

It seems like the prolonged downtime and technical difficulties faced by The Pirate Bay over the past several weeks were due to a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the widely-popular torrent website by malicious actors.

Fo… Continue reading The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack

Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers claim to have discovered a previously undocumented backdoor specifically designed for Microsoft SQL servers that could allow a remote attacker to control an already compromised system stealthily.

Dubbed Skip-2.0, the backdoor… Continue reading Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

vBulletin Releases Patch Update for New RCE and SQLi Vulnerabilities

After releasing a patch for a critical zero-day remote code execution vulnerability late last month, vBulletin has recently published a new security patch update that addresses 3 more high-severity vulnerabilities in its forum software.

If left unpatc… Continue reading vBulletin Releases Patch Update for New RCE and SQLi Vulnerabilities

Comodo Forums Hack Exposes 245,000 Users’ Data — Recent vBulletin 0-day Used

If you have an account with the Comodo discussion board and support forums, also known as ITarian Forum, you should change your password immediately.

Cybersecurity company Comodo has become one of the major victims of a recently disclosed vBulletin 0-… Continue reading Comodo Forums Hack Exposes 245,000 Users’ Data — Recent vBulletin 0-day Used

[Unpatched] Critical 0-Day RCE Exploit for vBulletin Forum Disclosed Publicly

An anonymous hacker today publicly revealed details and proof-of-concept exploit code for an unpatched, critical zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in vBulletin—one of the widely used internet forum software, The Hacker News has learned.

One… Continue reading [Unpatched] Critical 0-Day RCE Exploit for vBulletin Forum Disclosed Publicly

Russian APT Map Reveals 22,000 Connections Between 2000 Malware Samples

Though Russia still has an undiversified and stagnant economy, it was one of the early countries in the world to realize the value of remotely conducted cyber intrusions.

In recent years, many Russia hacking groups have emerged as one of the most soph… Continue reading Russian APT Map Reveals 22,000 Connections Between 2000 Malware Samples