Cyber warriors and soldiers will fight together on the battlefield, the US Army will soon send its cyber experts to support the conventional army. The news was reported by officials this week, it confirms the strategic importance of Information warfare in the modern military. Cyber warriors will be engaged in the offensive against enemy computer networks. The Army is […]
RetDec is the retargetable machine-code decompiler (RetDec) released by the anti-malware firm Avast to boost the fight against malicious codes. The anti-malware company Avast announced the release of retargetable machine-code decompiler (RetDec) as open source in an effort to boost the fight against malicious codes. RetDec, short for Retargetable Decompiler, was originally created as a joint project by the Faculty of Information […]
Triton malware – A new strain of malware specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) system has been spotted by researchers at FireEye A new strain of malware dubbed Triton specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) has been spotted by researchers at FireEye. The Triton malware has been used in attacks aimed at an unnamed critical […]
FortiClient for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows stores encrypted VPN authentication credentials in improperly secured locations. Fortinet provided security updates for its next-generation endpoint protection FortiClient product that address a serious information disclosure vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-14184, could be exploited by an attacker to obtain VPN authentication credentials. FortiClient is a powerful product that includes […]
The US President Donald Trump signed a bill that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab products and services in federal agencies. Section 1634 of the bill prohibits the use of security software and services provided by security giant Kaspersky Lab, the ban will start from October 1, 2018. Below the details of the ban included in the section […]
Security researchers at Trend Micro have publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day flaw in the firmware of AT&T DirecTV WVB kit after manufactured failed to patch it Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the firmware of AT&T DirecTV WVB kit after the manufacturer failed to patch this flaw over the past few months. […]
The US DoJ announced plea agreements for Paras Jha, Josiah White, and Dalton Norman, 21 for creating and operating the dreaded Mirai botnet. US authorities charge three men with developing and running the dreaded Mirai botnet that was involved in several massive DDoS attacks. According to documents released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the […]
ISIS & Al Qaeda: Whatâs Coming Down the Line for the U.S. in 2018. From drones to chemical attacks, which are the major risks? Last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned that, “our enemies remain focused on attacking the United States, and they are constantly adapting. DHS and its partners are stepping up […]
ROBOT ATTACK – Security experts have discovered a 19-year-old flaw in the TLS network security protocol that affects many software worldwide. The security researchers Hanno Böck and Juraj Somorovsky of Ruhr-UniversitĂ€t Bochum/Hackmanit, and Craig Young of Tripwire VERT, have discovered a 19-year-old vulnerability in the TLS network security protocol in the software several tech giants […]
Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for December 2017 that address more than 30 vulnerabilities, including 19 Critical browser issues. Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday updates for December 2017 that address more than 30 vulnerabilities, including 19 critical flaws affecting the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Microsoft addressed several memory corruption flaws that can be exploited […]