Cybersecurity News
Report: Most Popular Home Routers Have ‘Critical’ Flaws
Common devices from Netgear, Linksys, D-Link and others contain serious security vulnerabilities that even updates don’t fix.
10 July 2020
Black Hat USA Debuts Cyber-Physical Systems Briefings Track
Discover how to defend systems where computers monitor, manage, and control a physical process.10 July 2020
Backdoor accounts discovered in 29 FTTH devices from Chinese vendor C-Data
The backdoor accounts grant access to a secret Telnet admin account running on the devices' external WAN interface.10 July 2020
Smartwatch tracker for the vulnerable can be hacked to send medication alerts
API issues could be exploited to make calls, spy on users, send fake messages, and more.10 July 2020
KingComposer patches XSS flaw impacting 100,000 WordPress websites
The vulnerability could be exploited to execute malicious payloads in visitor browsers.10 July 2020
Using Adversarial Machine Learning, Researchers Look to Foil Facial Recognition
For privacy-seeking users, good news: Computer scientists are finding more ways to thwart facial and image recognition. But there's also bad news: Gains will likely be short-lived.09 July 2020
Huge DDoS Attack Launched Against Cloudflare in Late June
The 754 million packets-per-second peak was part of a four-day attack involving more than 316,000 sending addresses.09 July 2020
Google bans stalkerware ads
New Google Ads policy that bans stalkerware enters into effect on August 11.09 July 2020
Up Close with Evilnum, the APT Group Behind the Malware
The group behind Evilnum malware, which continues to target financial institutions, appears to be testing new techniques.09 July 2020
Omdia Research Launches Page On Dark Reading
Data and insight from a leading cybersecurity research and analysis team will broaden the information available to security professionals and technology vendors.09 July 2020
Microsoft Warns on OAuth Attacks Against Cloud App Users
Application-based attacks that use the passwordless "log in with..." feature common to cloud services are on the rise.
09 July 2020
'Joker' Android Malware Pulls Another Trick to Land on Google's Play Store
Authors of the malware, which signs up mobile users for premium services, are repeatedly finding ways to bypass app review checks.09 July 2020
When WAFs Go Wrong
Web application firewalls are increasingly disappointing enterprises today. Here's why.09 July 2020
Popular home routers plagued by critical security flaws
A study paints a dim picture of router security, as none of the 127 devices tested was free of severe vulnerabilities
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09 July 2020
56% of Large Companies Handle 1,000+ Security Alerts Each Day
For 70% of IT security professionals, the volume of security alerts has doubled in the past five years, researchers report.09 July 2020
Zoom Zero-Day Allows RCE, Patch on the Way
Researchers said that the issue is only exploitable on Windows 7 and earlier.
09 July 2020
Zoom working on patching zero-day disclosed in Windows client
Security firm has disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in Zoom's Windows client.09 July 2020
Fight Phishing with Intention
Phishing exercises have become a staple, but it helps to be as clear as possible on exactly why you're doing them.09 July 2020
Joker Android Malware Dupes Its Way Back Onto Google Play
A new variant of the Joker malware has hoodwinked its way onto the Google Play marketplace yet again, in 11 Android apps that were recently removed.
09 July 2020
Name That Toon: Tough Times, Tough Measures
Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
09 July 2020
