DEF CON returns with “Hacker Homecoming”

DEF CON returns with “Hacker Homecoming”

Organizers of DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, have announced a date for its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. The event took place from August 7 to August 10, just after Black Hat USA in a move organizers say will allow both events to grow and be...
Sneaky Orbit Malware Backdoors Linux Devices

Sneaky Orbit Malware Backdoors Linux Devices

Researchers have discovered a devious malware for Linux: backdooring devices and stealing data. The malware can alter the overall functioning of any device that it gets into. Popularly known as Orbit, the malware works differently from regular Linux threats. The...
The U.S. Health Organizations Targeted With Maui Ransomware

The U.S. Health Organizations Targeted With Maui Ransomware

North Korea’s state-sponsored ransomware operators have launched a campaign targeting healthcare organizations in the United States. This is according to an advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Infrastructure Security Agency...
Vulnerabilities Found in Widely Used Robustel Industrial Routers

Vulnerabilities Found in Widely Used Robustel Industrial Routers

The Cisco Talos Threat Analytic and Research Unit has picked up several threats and vulnerabilities in the popularly used industrial cellular gateway IoT. The affected device, called the R1510, was created by a Chinese company called Robustel. The product is designed...
Beware the ‘Secret Agent’ Cloud Middleware

Beware the ‘Secret Agent’ Cloud Middleware

Last Thursday, at RSA Conference in San Francisco, the researchers from Wiz.io unveiled an open-source cloud middleware database on GitHub that details the particular middleware agents that Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Microsoft put on their cloud...
Biometric Data Provides Increased Security, There Are Risk Factors

Biometric Data Provides Increased Security, There Are Risk Factors

As the use of biometric data becomes more widespread, it is important to consider the potential risks associated with its use. While biometric data can provide increased security, there are a number of factors that should be considered when using this type of data....
ChromeLoader Browser Hijacker Provides Gateway to Bigger Threats

ChromeLoader Browser Hijacker Provides Gateway to Bigger Threats

Although ChromeLoader may appear to be a run-of-the-mill browser hijacker that merely reroutes users to advertising sites, its use of PowerShell might represent a greater danger by allowing for further and more sophisticated malicious activity such as the spread of...
Follina: A New Microsoft Zero-Day Attack is Now Underway

Follina: A New Microsoft Zero-Day Attack is Now Underway

Worried about fraud, employers are shifting to authentication technologies that are both secure and user-friendly. But there’s a catch. Adversaries are actively exploiting a readily exploitable vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) in...