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Sensitive plastic surgery photos exposed online
Other leaked records include videos, facial and body scans, as well as a range of patients' personal data
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18 February 2020
Active Exploits Hit Vulnerable WordPress ThemeGrill Plugin
Websites using a vulnerable version of the WordPress plugin, ThemeGrill Demo Importer, are being targeted by attackers.
18 February 2020
1.7M Nedbank Customers Affected via Third-Party Breach
A vulnerability in the network of marketing contractor Computer Facilities led to a breach at the South African bank.18 February 2020
Plugin flaw leaves up to 200,000 WordPress sites at risk of attack
A fix is available, so you may want to make sure that you run the plugin’s latest version
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18 February 2020
Ring to enable 2FA for all user accounts after recent hacks
Google made 2FA mandatory for all Nest users last week.18 February 2020
Firmware Weaknesses Can Turn Computer Subsystems into Trojans
Network cards, video cameras, and graphics adapters are a few of the subsystems whose lack of security could allow attackers to turn them into spy implants.18 February 2020
Staircase to the Cloud: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners
A humorous nod to the lack of gender equity in cybersecurity hiring was our judges' unanimous choice. And the winners are ...
18 February 2020
Hacker Scheme Threatens AdSense Customers with Account Suspension
Scam threatens to flood sites using Google’s banner-ad program with bot and junk traffic if owners don’t pay $5K in bitcoin.
18 February 2020
16 DDoS attacks take place every 60 seconds, rates reach 622 Gbps
With over 23,000 recorded attacks per day, customer-facing enterprise services are bearing the brunt of attacks.18 February 2020
8 Things Users Do That Make Security Pros Miserable
When a user interacts with an enterprise system the result can be productivity or disaster. Here are 8 opportunities for the disaster side to win out over the productive.
18 February 2020
Lenovo, HP, Dell Peripherals Face Unpatched Firmware Bugs
A lack of proper code-signing verification and authentication for firmware updates opens the door to information disclosure, remote code execution, denial of service and more.
18 February 2020
Five years after the Equation Group HDD hacks, firmware security still sucks
Device manufacturers are not forcing driver signatures at all times.18 February 2020
Microsoft to deploy ElectionGuard voting software for the first time tomorrow
Residents in Fulton, Wisconsin will elect representatives for the Wisconsin Supreme Court via voting machines running Microsoft's ElectionGuard voting software.17 February 2020
Microsoft to deploy ElectionGuard voting software for the first time
Residents in Fulton, Wisconsin will elect representatives for the Wisconsin Supreme Court via voting machines running Microsoft's ElectionGuard voting software.17 February 2020
Bug in WordPress plugin can let hackers wipe up to 200,000 sites
Same bug can also let attackers gain access to the admin account.17 February 2020
FC Barcelona Twitter account hacked – again
The same hackers have also got their mitts on social media accounts of other high-profile sporting targets
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17 February 2020
Pay Up, Or We’ll Make Google Ban Your Ads
A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google's AdSense program. In this scam, the fraudsters demand bitcoin in exchange for a promise not to flood the publisher's ads with so much bot and junk traffic that Google's automated anti-fraud systems suspend the user's AdSense account for suspicious traffic.17 February 2020
Israeli soldiers tricked into installing malware by Hamas agents posing as women
IDF: Six social media accounts were redirecting soldiers to installing three malware-infected apps.16 February 2020
Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world
Iranian hackers have targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies.16 February 2020