Collaborate Disseminate
If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software. Continue reading April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has today issued an “emergency directive” to all federal agencies ordering IT staff to audit DNS records for their respective website domains, or other agency-managed domains, within next 10 business days…. Continue reading DHS Orders U.S. Federal Agencies to Audit DNS Security for Their Domains
Almost every activity on the Internet starts with a DNS query, a key function of the Internet that works as an Internet’s directory where your device looks up for the server IP addresses after you enter a human-readable web address (e.g., thehackernews… Continue reading Google DNS Service (8.8.8.8) Now Supports DNS-over-TLS Security
DDoS attacks is relentless. New techniques, new targets and a new class of attackers continue to reinvigorate one of the internet’s oldest nemesis. Continue reading DDoS Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter and More Diverse
Hanwha is patching 13 vulnerabilities in its SmartCam security camera that allows attackers to take control of the device, use it to gain further network access or just brick it. Continue reading Security Camera Found Riddled With Bugs
Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their original strength, which could result in knocking down of major websites and Internet infrastructure.
In recent d… Continue reading Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks
When yesterday I was reporting about the sudden outbreak of another global ransomware attack ‘Bad Rabbit,’ I thought what could be worse than this?
Then late last night I got my answer with a notification that Coinhive has been hacked — a popular browser-based service that offers website owners to embed a JavaScript to utilise their site visitors’ CPUs power to mine the Monero cryptocurrency
Continue reading Hacker Hijacks CoinHive’s DNS to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Thousands of Websites
No doubt your Internet Service Provides (ISPs), or network-level hackers cannot spy on https communications.
But do you know — ISPs can still see all of your DNS requests, allowing them to know what websites you visit.
Google is working on a new security feature for Android that could prevent your Internet traffic from network spoofing attacks.
Almost every Internet activity starts with a
Continue reading Google to add “DNS over TLS” security feature to Android OS
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Systemd, the popular init system and service manager for Linux operating systems, that could allow remote attackers to potentially trigger a buffer overflow to execute malicious code on the targeted machi… Continue reading Your Linux Machine Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Malicious DNS Response
Cyber attacks are getting evil and worst nightmare for companies day-by-day, and the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one such attacks that cause a massive damage to any service.
Recently, the Internet witnessed a record-breaking largest… Continue reading Massive DDoS Attack Against Dyn DNS Service Knocks Popular Sites Offline