Cybersecurity News
White House says security incidents at US federal agencies went down in 2019
US federal agencies reported 28,581 cyber-security incidents in 2019, down by 8% from 31,107 in 2018.01 June 2020
26 IoT Flaws Enable Denial-of-Service Attacks, Privilege Escalation
Research details vulnerabilities in the Zephyr Real Time Operating Systems and MCUboot, both used in IoT devices and sensors.01 June 2020
After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, study finds
Only a third of users changed their password following a data breach.01 June 2020
Rare NSA Advisory About Russia-Based Cyberattacks Unlikely to Stop Them
The Sandworm group -- behind disinformation and election-hacking campaigns and responsible for a 2016 power outage in the Ukraine -- is now targeting e-mail servers.01 June 2020
Apple Pays $100K Bounty for Critical ‘Sign in With Apple’ Flaw
Apple has fixed a critical flaw in its Sign in with Apple feature, which could have been abused by attackers to takeover victims' third-party applications.
01 June 2020
Minneapolis Police Department Hack Likely Fake, Says Researcher
Troy Hunt said that the supposed data breach perpetrated by Anonymous is most likely a hoax.
01 June 2020
Bug in ‘Sign in with Apple’ could have allowed account hijacking
The tech giant rewards the bug bounty hunter who found the severe flaw in its login mechanism with US$100,000
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01 June 2020
Hosting Provider’s Database of Crooked Customers Leaked
Database of sensitive info, including emails and passwords, from owners of Daniel’s Hosting portals could be incriminating.
01 June 2020
How AI and Automation Can Help Bridge the Cybersecurity Talent Gap
Without the right tools and with not enough cybersecurity pros to fill the void, the talent gap will continue to widen.01 June 2020
Researcher lands $100,000 reward for ‘Sign in with Apple’ authentication bypass bug
User accounts could be hijacked through missing validation processes on Apple servers.01 June 2020
3 things to discuss with your kids before they join social media
What are some of the key things your children should know about before they make their first foray into social media?
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01 June 2020
Joomla team discloses data breach
Joomla says a team member left an unencrypted backup of the JRD portal on a private AWS S3 bucket.31 May 2020
Hacker leaks database of dark web hosting provider
Leaked data contains email addresses, site admin passwords, and .onion domain private keys.31 May 2020
Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring
When law enforcement agencies tout their latest cybercriminal arrest, the defendant is often cast as a bravado outlaw engaged in sophisticated, lucrative, even exciting activity. But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of day-to-day activity needed to support these enterprises is in fact mind-numbingly boring and tedious, and that highlighting this reality may be a far more effective way combat cybercrime and steer offenders toward a better path.29 May 2020
Bank of America Security Incident Affects PPP Applicants
The incident occurred when Paycheck Protection Program applications were uploaded to a test platform and accidentally shared.29 May 2020
Steganography Anchors Pinpoint Attacks on Industrial Targets
Ongoing spear-phishing attacks aim at stolen Windows credentials for ICS suppliers worldwide.
29 May 2020
Abandoned Apps May Pose Security Risk to Mobile Devices
Mobile providers don't often update users when applications are not supported by developers, security firm says.29 May 2020
Cisco Announces Patches to SaltStack
The patches came after Cisco was notified by the Salt Open Core team that the vulnerabilities and updates were available.29 May 2020
NTT Communications Data Breach Affects Customers, Threatens Supply Chain
Attackers managed to compromise NTT Communication’s Active Directory server and a construction information management server.
29 May 2020
NSA Warns of Sandworm Backdoor Attacks on Mail Servers
The Russian spy group, a.k.a. BlackEnergy, is actively compromising Exim mail servers via a critical security vulnerability.
29 May 2020
