Zoom bug allowed to matching a password for conferences
SearchPilot specialist Tom Anthony discovered that a bug in Zoom allowed brute forcing a password to someone else's conference. fact is that since April...
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News · July 30, 2020
Vulnerability in WordPress wpDiscuz plugin leads to arbitrary code execution
Analysts at Wordfence have discovered a dangerous, even critical vulnerability in the wpDiscuz comment plugin for WordPress, which is installed on 70,000 sites. problem...
News · July 29, 2020
Doki malware exploits Dogecoin API to communicate with C&C servers
Intezer Labs discovered Doki, new Linux malware, targeting poorly secured Docker installations. According to their report, the Doki malware exploits the Dogecoin API to...
News · July 28, 2020
Source code of the Cerberus banker is put up for sale
According to the publication in Bleeping Computer, the source code of the Android banking Trojan Cerberus is put up for sale on a Russian-...
News · July 27, 2020
CouchSurfing investigates data leak of 17 million users
The popular service CouchSurfing, with the help of which you can find accommodation while traveling (or provide your accommodation to other users), "leaked" the...
News · July 23, 2020
“Meowing” attack completely destroyed more than 1000 databases
The head of Comparitech and well-known information security expert Bob Diachenko discovered a strange wave of attacks on unprotected installations of Elasticsearch and MongoDB....
News · July 22, 2020
Hackers actively use the legal tool OpenBullet for account takeover (ATO)
Account takeover is a huge problem these days. To steal billions of credentials from thousands of platforms, criminals use automated tools - for example,...
News · July 21, 2020
ThiefQuest malware no longer encrypts files of its victims
At the end of June 2020, cybersecurity specialists discovered the ThiefQuest ransomware targeting devices running macOS. Malware operators demanded money to get access back...
News · July 20, 2020
Check Point Specialists Explained Vanity URL Issue in Zoom
Check Point experts said that back in January 2020, they helped Zoom to fix the Vanity URL link issue, which could allow hackers to...
News · July 17, 2020
Diebold Nixdorf discovered a new form of attacks on ATMs in Europe
Diebold Nixdorf discovered a new form of attack on ATMs in Europe. The company's security specialists warned of a variation of the black box...
News · July 16, 2020
Russian hackers tried to steal COVID-19 research data
The UK National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), with support of the US National Security Agency and Canadian intelligence agencies, warned that Russian hackers were trying...
News · July 15, 2020
TrickBot malware accidentally notified its victims about infection
The Bleeping Computer magazine reports that the Advanced Intelligence information security specialist Vitali Kremez studied the new version of the famous TrickBot malware and...
