Cybersecurity News
Webmaster forum database exposed data of 800,000 users
A database belonging to Digital Point exposed user email addresses, names, and more.07 September 2020
TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children’s content and more
With TikTok being all the rage especially with teens, we look at a feature that gives parents greater control over how their children interact with the app
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07 September 2020
Most cyber-security reports only focus on the cool threats
Academics: Only 82 of the 629 commercial cyber-security reports (13%) published in the last decade discuss a threat to civil society, with the rest focusing on cybercrime, nation-state hackers, economic espionage.06 September 2020
Millions of WordPress sites are being probed & attacked with recent plugin bug
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin has triggered an internet-wide hacking spree.06 September 2020
Malware gang uses .NET library to generate Excel docs that bypass security checks
They were still Excel documents. Just not your typical Excel files. Enough to trick some security systems, though.05 September 2020
Name That Toon: Mask Out
Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
05 September 2020
White House publishes a cyber-security rulebook for space systems
Nothing in it about protecting thermal exhaust ports, though.04 September 2020
How Cybercriminals Take the Fun Out of Gaming
It's all fun and games until someone loses their V-Bucks, right? Here's how cyberattackers are cheating the gaming biz -- and winning big.
04 September 2020
DDoS Attacks on Education Escalate in 2020
The number of DDoS attacks affecting educational resources was far higher between February and June 2020 compared with 2019.04 September 2020
Threema E2EE chat app to go 'fully open source' within months
Threema follows in the footsteps of Signal and Wickr and opens its apps' codebase.04 September 2020
Warner Music Group Admits Breach
The months-long breach hit financial details for customers.04 September 2020
Social Media: Thwarting The Phishing-Data Goldmine
Cybercriminals can use social media in many ways in order to trick employees.
04 September 2020
Collection of Metadata -- as Done by the NSA -- Likely Unconstitutional, US Court Suggests
A ruling in an appeal by four men convicted of material support for terrorism finds that the National Security Agency's metadata collection program not only violated the prevailing law at the time but was also likely unconstitutional.04 September 2020
Vulnerability Disclosure: Ethical Hackers Seek Best Practices
Cybersecurity researchers Brian Gorenc and Dustin Childs talk about the biggest vulnerability disclosure challenges in IoT and the industrial vertical.
04 September 2020
Ad Fraud: The Multibillion-Dollar Cybercrime CISOs Might Overlook
Marketing officers may have accepted ad fraud as a cost of doing business, but infosec pros take heed -- fraud can be a step to more significant attacks. Here's what to know and how to take action.
04 September 2020
Ad Fraud: The Multi-Billion Dollar Cybercrime CISOs Might Overlook
Marketing officers may have accepted ad fraud as a cost of doing business, but infosec pros take heed -- fraud can be a step to more significant attacks. Here's what to know and how to take action.
04 September 2020
Facebook Debuts Third-Party Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
If the social-media behemoth finds a bug in another platform's code, the project has 90 days to remediate before Facebook goes public.
04 September 2020
Attackers Steal Outlook Credentials Via Overlay Screens on Legitimate Sites
A phishing campaign uses overlay screens and email 'quarantine' policies to steal targets' Microsoft Outlook credentials.
04 September 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research dissects KryptoCibule malware family – Why close unused accounts rather than just remove apps – Microsoft's new deepfake detector
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04 September 2020
Strategic Cyber Warfare Heats Up
It's "anything goes," according to renowned hacker the Grugq, who drew a bright line between cyberwar and cyber warfare at this week's virtual Disclosure Conference.04 September 2020