Since December 2015, Alpine Linux Docker images have been shipped with hardcoded credentials, a NULL password for the root user. Security researchers from Cisco revealed that Alpine Linux Docker images distributed via the official Docker Hub portal since December 2015 have been using a NULL password for the root account, The NULL password for the root […]
Here are five things likely contributing to the cyberthreat management industry growth. Companies around the world increasingly realize that they cannot assume they’re safe from cyberattacks and must actively work to combat potential threats. It’s not surprising, then, that a report from Absolute Market Insights forecasts a 13.5% combined annual growth rate for the cybersecurity […]
Global information services company Wolters Kluwer took offline has taken offline many of its applications and platforms in response to a ransomware attack. Another ransomware attack made hit a big company, this time the victim is the Global information services giant Wolters Kluwer that took offline some of the affected systems after the incident. Wolters […]
Security researcher discovered a browser address bar spoofing flaw that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Security researcher and bug hunter Arif Khan has discovered a browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. The vulnerability affects latest version of the UC Browser 12.11.2.1184 and UC Browser Mini […]
Android May 2019 Patches address critical vulnerabilities in the Google operating system, including 4 remote code execution flaws. Google released May 2019 patches address 8 critical flaws in Google operating system, including 4 remote code execution vulnerabilities. Google is not aware of attacks in the wild exploiting these flaws. According to the advisory released by […]
We are pleased to announce that Yomi the Malware Hunter has successfully completed the on-boarding in the VirusTotal MultiSandbox Program! Official VirusTotal Announce: https://blog.virustotal.com/2019/05/virustotal-multisandbox-yoroi-yomi.html Yoroi can now contribute to the fight against malware threats sharing its analysis with Chronicle Security, the Alphabet’s subsidiary author of the notorious VirusTotal Threat Intelligence platform: one of the most widely used community platforms all around the […]
Police seized the DeepDotWeb website and arrested its operators for their business in facilitating the access to darkweb marketplaces and vendors. DeepDotWeb was a website for facilitating access to dark web sites and marketplaces. The site was seized and the arrests were made as part of an international operation involving the FBI, Europol, and Federal […]
For the second time in a year, systems of the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing officials to shut down a majority of them. The city of Baltimore shut down most of its servers in response to a ransomware attack that hit its network. Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. Jack Young […]
Hackers steal $41 Million worth of Bitcoin from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange The hack of another cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers steal $41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed that the […]
A group of hackers has stolen and published online sensitive data of 30,000 Roman lawyers, including the Mayor of Rome. The announcement was made on Twitter by Lulzsec and Anonymous Ita. The story is very simple, LulZSec, the collective of hackers recently hit the Italian Ministry of the Environment, has collected a huge amount of […]