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Mozilla offers rewards for Bypassing Firefox Exploit Mitigations

Mozilla has expanded its bug bounty program including rewards for bypass methods for the exploit mitigations and security features in…

6 years ago

University of Utah pays a $457,000 ransom to ransomware gang

The University of Utah admitted to have paid a $457,059 ransom in order to avoid having ransomware operators leak student…

6 years ago

Microsoft Out-of-Band security patch fixes Windows privilege escalation flaws

Microsoft released an Out-of-Band security update to address privilege escalation flaws in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems.…

6 years ago

Google fixed email spoofing flaw 7 hours after public disclosure

Google addressed an email spoofing vulnerability affecting Gmail and G Suite a few hours after it was publicly disclosed. Google…

6 years ago

Shared memory flaw in IBM Db2 can lead to Information Disclosure

IBM addressed a shared memory vulnerability in its Db2 data management solutions that could lead to information disclosure. IBM fixed…

6 years ago

Experian South Africa discloses data breach, 24 million customers impacted

The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach that impacted 24 million customers. The…

6 years ago

CISA’s MAR warns of North Korean BLINDINGCAN RAT

US CISA published an alert related to a new North Korean malware, dubbed BLINDINGCAN, used in attacks on the US…

6 years ago

Over 6,000 email accounts belonging to Taiwan government agencies hacked by Chinese hacked

Chinese hackers have hacked thousands of Taiwan Government email accounts belonging at least 10 Taiwan government agencies, officials said. Chinese…

6 years ago

FritzFrog cryptocurrency P2P botnet targets Linux servers over SSH

Researchers spotted a new sophisticated peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, dubbed FritzFrog, that has been actively targeting SSH servers since January 2020.…

6 years ago

Actively exploited CVE-2020-1464 Windows Spoofing flaw was known since 2018

The actively exploited Windows spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2020-1464) recently patched by Microsoft has been known for more than two years. The…

6 years ago

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