Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Hackers.
BadAlloc Integer overflows affect things like IoT, OT, medical gear, leaving them vulnerable to hacks Microsoft security researchers have discovered more than 20 critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and operational technology (OT) industrial sy... Read more
3 years ago
A newly-discovered flaw in the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp can allow an attacker to suspend your account, using just your phone number. The proof-of-concept of this attack was developed by Luis Márquez Carpintero and Ernesto Canales Pereña. It involves some pretty simple steps, where... Read more
3 years ago
What's more, the tech giant is still refusing to do anything about the problem. Facebook did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were recently made public in a database. Facebook had originally obtained the leaked details through the misuse of a feature before 2019. To make ... Read more
3 years ago
Two Dutch hackers from Computest Security, Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade, have discovered critical security vulnerabilities in the video calling application Zoom. For discovering and reporting these critical security leaks, they will receive a reward of 200,000 dollars. The security experts of ... Read more
3 years ago
A spokesman claims the attackers did no serious damage. Attackers hit a range of European Union institutions including the European Commission in a significant cyber attack last week, according to Reuters. A spokesperson for the commission said that a number of EU bodies “experienced an IT ... Read more
3 years ago
Hacking group aims to infect users of the platform with malware A group of malefactors calling themselves “Golden Chickens” is targeting LinkedIn users. They are enticing these professionals with offers of employment while really intending to infect those who respond with malware. The cyb... Read more
3 years ago
The attack compromised high placed officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to the Associated Press. The AP reported this week that the widely reported SolarWinds hack actually compromised the emails of top U.S. DHS officials. The news service reports that suspected Russi... Read more
3 years ago
The most widely used software library for encrypting website and email encryption, OpenSSL, has patched several high-severity flaws that make it easy for hackers to completely shut down a lot of servers at the same time. OpenSSL offers users tested cryptographic functions that implement Transpor... Read more
3 years ago
The state security authorities say 4 in 6 breaches represented a "possible compromise". The recent wave of hacker attacks on Microsoft Exchange systems has now affected six German federal agencies, according to the German government's Office for Information Security. which goes by the German acr... Read more
3 years ago
As more companies move online as a result of COVID-19, bot attacks are becoming more common. Google is warning that bots are causing more problems for business. They also point out that many companies are failing to take bots seriously, and only focus on the most obvious types of attacks. The... Read more
3 years ago
