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News · November 26, 2020

Vulnerability on Xbox website allowed users to be linked to their email addresses

The recently launched bug bounty for Xbox is already bearing fruit. Several information security specialists immediately notified Microsoft about a vulnerability on the Xbox...

News · November 25, 2020

Ahead of Black Friday, the number of phishing attacks doubled

The Check Point Research team has found a surge in hacker activity over the past six weeks - the number of phishing attacks in...

News · November 24, 2020

Vulnerabilities in TikTok Allowed One-Click Accounts Hacking

TikTok developers have fixed two vulnerabilities that allowed hijacking accounts of users registered through third-party applications. The vulnerabilities were a mirrored XSS and company...

News · November 23, 2020

Bug in Facebook Messenger for Android allowed connecting to user conversations

Google Project Zero specialist Natalie Silvanovich discovered a dangerous bug in Facebook Messenger for Android and received from the social network $60,000. The problem...

News · November 20, 2020

Researchers reported about bugs in Webex that allowed spying on conferences

IBM researchers reported about three bugs in the Webex conferencing application that were recently fixed by Cisco engineers. The vulnerabilities allowed outsiders to join...

News · November 19, 2020

REvil ransomware attack forced Managed.com hoster to disable client sites

Earlier this week, major web hosting solution provider Managed.com suffered from a ransomware attack called REvil. The company was forced to shut down all...

News · November 18, 2020

Unknowns attack WordPress sites with the Epsilon Framework

Wordfence discovered a massive attack on WordPress sites. Attackers are actively looking for WordPress sites that use themes with the Epsilon Framework, which can...

News · November 17, 2020

More than 25 hacker groups work under the “Ransomware as a Service” model

According to a report published by Intel 471 researchers, more than 25 hack groups offer their services under the "Ransomware as a Service" (RaaS)...

Egregor · November 16, 2020

Egregor ransomware attacked largest Chilian retailer Cencosud

Bleeping Computer reports that the Egregor ransomware attacked the Chilean company Cencosud, one of the largest retailers in South America. me remind you that...

News · November 14, 2020

Hackers attacked children’s Animal Jam resource: 46 million accounts were affected

Bleeping Computer reports that hackers attacked the online "playground" Animal Jam, created by WildWorks and aimed at children aged 7-11. databases (game_accounts and users)...

Malware · November 12, 2020

Minecraft fans downloaded fleeceware from Google Play over 5,000,000 times

Avast has discovered a fleeceware in the Google Play store, that fans of the popular video game Minecraft downloaded 5,000,000 times. They offer new...

News · November 11, 2020

Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugin put 100,000 sites at risk

Defiant specialists, which developed the Wordfence, warned that vulnerabilities in the Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin put 100,000 sites at risk. users need to update...