Vulnerabilities in the SaltStack Salt Framework Endangered Many Data Centers
F-Secure experts found two critical vulnerabilities in the open source SaltStack Salt framework, which is widely used in data centers and cloud servers. Both...
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News · May 5, 2020
NSA published conference service guide
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has published a short guide on choosing a service for tele- and web-conferences for employees of federal agencies....
News · May 4, 2020
Two Usenet Providers Hacked Because of the Bug in Unnamed “Partner” Company
Two providers of Usenet services, UseNeXT and Usenet.nl, were hacked at once. The companies reported about the compromise and blamed the unnamed "partner." note...
News · May 1, 2020
Chrome Web Store will have a big “cleaning” in August
Google developers have announced that they are introducing new rules for the Chrome Web Store, which are designed to reduce the number of unnecessary...
News · April 30, 2020
IS researchers note growth of brute force attacks on RDP
With the spread of COVID-19, organizations all over the world transferred employees to remote mode of operation, which directly affected the cybersecurity of organizations...
News · April 29, 2020
Adobe developers fixed critical vulnerabilities in Magento, Adobe Illustrator and Bridge
Adobe developers released unscheduled patches this week and fixed critical vulnerabilities in products such as Bridge, Illustrator, and Magento. company released three separate security...
News · April 28, 2020
Ransomware Shade (Troldesh) has stopped working and issued decryption keys
While various cybercriminals became more active during the pandemic, last weekend ransomware operators Shade (aka Troldesh) reported that their software had finally stopped working....
News · April 27, 2020
Hackers Use Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall
Last weekend, Sophos engineers released an emergency patch for a 0-day SQL injection vulnerability in the corporate Sophos XG Firewall. The fact is that...
News · April 25, 2020
ESET specialists eliminated the VictoryGate mining botnet
ESET analysts reported that they eliminated the VictoryGate botnet, which infected at least 35,000 machines and secretly mined the Monero cryptocurrency with their help....
Tutorials · April 24, 2020
Boot Windows in Safe Mode (2024 Instructions)
The mission of Windows Safe Mode: definition and examples of its application The mission of Windows Safe Mode: definition and examples of its application...
Tutorials · April 24, 2020
Fix 0xc000007b Error: The Application Was Unable to Start (0xc000007b)
The Application Was Unable to Start Correctly 0xc000007b Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) refers to an error alert indicating a...
News · April 23, 2020
Agent Tesla spyware attacks oil and gas companies
Bitdefender analysts have warned that Agent Tesla spyware has been actively used in attacks on oil and gas companies. , in one of the...
