Mozilla launches Firefox Monitor to check if your data is part of a data breach
Today Mozilla made the Firefox Monitor widely available. The free service has been tested since the summer and informs users whether their data is part of a data leak. The product stems from a collaboration with Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I Been Pwned and relies largely on the APIs of that site ... Read more
Vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database Engine allows hackers to remotely execute code
Security researchers from the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) have found a vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine. The vulnerability allows hackers to make use of remote code execution. This means that code can be executed remotely. That's what ITPro reports.
The Microsoft Jet Database Engine ... Read more
macOS Mojave available today, but with vulnerability
Today, Apple released the public release of macOS 10.14 Mojave. However, contrary to what we are used to from the company, there is a major safety flaw. As a result, people who update their system are now vulnerable to hacks.
That puts security guard Patrick Wardle against Bleeping Computer. The vul... Read more
Gmail accounts American senators targeted attacked by government hackers
Google today confirmed that the Gmail accounts of a number of U.S. senators and their employees have been attacked by hackers who have been granted state aid. This appears to be the case after Senator Ron Wyden wrote a letter in which he reported that the personal mail accounts of some senators and ... Read more
The Netherlands ICT: ‘The government’s digital ambitions are missing from the bill on millions’.
According to the Netherlands ICT, sector association of the ICT sector, the government's ambition to make the Netherlands the digital leader in Europe is not reflected in the bill of millions. No money is being set aside for major structural changes to make the Netherlands future-proof, says Lotte d... Read more
Barracuda launches new total solution for email protection
Barracuda has released a new total solution for email protection, which includes the company's complete offering in that area. This is the Barracuda Total Email Protection package, which makes it easier for customers and partners to purchase or deliver a total solution.
This is Barracuda's response ... Read more
Cloudflare wants to prevent internet routing problems with RPKI
Cloudflare wants to use a new technology to prevent internet routing problems from occurring. By installing a new feature, resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), it becomes more difficult to divert Internet traffic, reports TechCrunch.
Internet routing is a fundamental part of how the Internet ... Read more
Windows file may contain all your documents, emails and passwords
If you have a Windows computer with a touch screen, there's a good chance that your device has been collecting sensitive data in recent months or even years. These include passwords and even complete e-mails.
That's what Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) security researcher Barnaby Ske... Read more
Facebook takes extra measures to prevent manipulation of elections
After the experiences of the previous American Presidential elections, in which fake news was disseminated on social media and attempts were made to hack into the accounts of political candidates and campaign employees, Facebook is now taking additional measures.
Facebook will come up with a pilot i... Read more
Microsoft patcht vulnerability that cripples Windows servers
Microsoft released a patch for FragmentSmack. The attack drives the CPU consumption of a Windows system up to 100 percent, so that it no longer responds. The vulnerability is ideal for DDoS attacks on Windows servers.
FragmentSmack (CVE-2018-5391) has been known in the Linux community for a long tim... Read more