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Are you still using IIS 6.0? Stop right now – a zero-day exists that won’t be patched
What’s worse than an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability for which there is no patch? Not much – but we have that situation now, where IIS6 from Microsoft is actively being exploited, and because it is ‘end-of-life’ – there will never be a patch for this expoit!
Worse still – this is an exploit that seems to have been exploited since July or August 2016.
Making your CyberSecurity Solutions a Hole in One – April 26th, 2017 – TopGolf Centennial
As part of our 2017 Cyber-Eduction series, join us for an afternoon of hitting balls and Cyber-Threats out of the park at TopGolf, Centennial – on Wednesday, April 28th, 2017!
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Leaked Source Gone: a Good or a Bad thing? Some thoughts on Leaked Source
In what appears to be the result of an FBI raid, the website ‘LeakedSource.com’ has been taken down as of about mid-January. It was a site we and other professionals referred to in order to find email addresses which might have been compromised.
16 years of Mac OS-X: Secure but not invincible to malware
The various Mac OS-X malware cases we’ve seen over the last few years prove that no matter which operating system a user chooses, the concept of 100% security simply doesn’t exist – and that also Mac is of growing interest to malware writers.
Nest Cam, DropCam and DropCam Pro Wireless Cameras are Vulnerable!
Security researcher Jason Doyle has discovered another flaw in connected devices, this time in Google's Nest Cam, Dropcam and Dropcam Pro. These could be exploited by a burglar close to your house – anywhere within Bluetooth range – rather than being compromised...
Google Warns Many as More Websites Fall Victim to Hackers & Cybercriminals
The total number of websites compromised by cybercriminals during 2016 was 32% higher than in the previous year, according a report: "Websites Fall Victim" issued by Google. The tech leader added that this spiral of cyberattacks is unlikely to lose momentum anytime...
Supply-Chain Android Malware Infection is a VERY big deal
Supply chain corruption is here – Android devices infected with malware prior to being bought by an end-user are a fact. This isn’t the first time that this is happened, not by a long way.
Google removed malware from Google Play Store
Google removed a handful of malicious apps, named Chamois Malware Apps, from their Google Play marketplace recently. These apps were found manipulating ad traffic, sending premium text messages, and downloading additional plugins.
US unveils charges against Russian FSB officials in massive Yahoo security breach
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four men accused of hacking into a half-billion Yahoo email accounts. Two of the men named in the indictments worked for a unit of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) that serves as the FBI’s point of contact in Moscow on cybercrime cases.
Android Devices Found with Pre-Installed Malware Apps
Wouldn't it be nice to buy and unbox a brand new device and know that it is 100% malware free? Yes... that might not always be the case, as it does appear that in 36 devices tested, malware came pre-installed on Android devices! Security vendor Checkpoint undertook a...
Payments Giant Verifone Investigating Breach
Credit and debit card payments giant Verifone [NYSE: PAY] is actively investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of client companies running their point-of-sale solutions, according to sources. Verifone stated that...
Home Depot Data Breach Settlement Compensation to Banks $25M
US retail chain Home Depot has proposed a settlement where it agrees to pay a $25 million in relation to a point of sale data breach suffered in 2014. The incident reportedly saw the credit and debit cards of around 56 million people compromised, and may have resulted...
SpammerGate: Exposing a spam empire through bad backups
SpammerGate is the tale of how River City Media (RCM), Alvin Slocombe, and Matt Ferris, accidentally exposed their spam empires operation playbook to the world after improperly configuring their Rsync backups. In so doing, the accidentally leaked their inner workings,...
New Instagram credential stealers discovered on Google Play
Instagram users have been the target of several new credential stealers, appearing on Google Play as tools for either managing or boosting the number of Instagram followers. Under the detection name Android/Spy.Inazigram, 13 malicious applications were discovered in...
Pennsylvania Democrats Hit By Ransomware Friday and Still Down Monday Morning
It is being reported that the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus was hit on Friday by a ransomware variant, and that the damage has them still non-functioning as late as Monday morning. The political organization made a report to local press after their website was...
Bring the Pain: Malicious weather app found on Google Play
Android users were the target of new banking malware with screen locking capabilities, which was disguised as a weather forecast app on Google Play - in reality, it was a malicious weather app known as Trojan.Android/Spy.Banker.HU. The malware was a trojanized version...
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