Monday review – the hot 15 stories of the week
From iPhone jailbreaks to questions about the dark web, and everything in between. It’s weekly roundup time! Continue reading Monday review – the hot 15 stories of the week
Category Archives: Security news
Why Is eBay Port Scanning My Computer?| Avast
Every week brings more security news and this week is about an interesting piece of Javascript that can run in your browser if you happen to use eBay under a particular set of circumstances. The code can scan your computer and send information ba… Continue reading Why Is eBay Port Scanning My Computer?| Avast
Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week
From virtual machine ransomware to changes in Signal secure messaging – and everything in between. It’s your weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week
EasyJet Data Breach Exposes 9M Customers | Avast
British budget airline easyJet told the BBC that it is in the process of alerting 9 million customers about a data breach that occurred in January, exposing their email addresses and travel details. EasyJet reported that about 2,200 customers also had … Continue reading EasyJet Data Breach Exposes 9M Customers | Avast
Latest Security Trends from Verizon’s Annual Breach Report | Avast
Today Verizon published the latest 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). What sets the DBIR apart is that it combines breach data from multiple sources using the common industry collection, VERIS, a third-party repository where threat data is … Continue reading Latest Security Trends from Verizon’s Annual Breach Report | Avast
Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week
From DHL delivery phishes to the top 10 most exploited bugs – and everything in between. It’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week
Thunderbolt Flaw Exposes PCs in Physical Access Hacking | Avast
Björn Ruytenbe, a Dutch security researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, revealed details this week of a new attack he discovered that exploits a vulnerability in the common Intel Thunderbolt port found in millions of PCs around the worl… Continue reading Thunderbolt Flaw Exposes PCs in Physical Access Hacking | Avast
Remembering WannaCry | Avast
Exactly three years ago, a scourge known as WannaCry ransomware began its global spread. For Avast researchers, May 12, 2017 started like a typical Friday until Avast Antivirus blocked 2,000 users from ransomware attacks at 8am. Within the next hour, a… Continue reading Remembering WannaCry | Avast
Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week
It’s weekly roundup time! Continue reading Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week
Malvertising Attackers Target 900,000 WordPress Sites | Avast
Wordfence, the security plugin for WordPress sites, reported in its blog this week that its Threat Intelligence Team observed a single malware campaign target more than 900,000 WordPress sites over the past month, with over half of the attacks occurrin… Continue reading Malvertising Attackers Target 900,000 WordPress Sites | Avast