IT Information Security

Tainted password-cracking software for industrial systems used to spread P2P Sality bot

Dragos researchers uncovered a small-scale campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. During a routine vulnerability assessment, Dragos…

4 years ago

Experts warn of attacks on sites using flawed Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons

Researchers spotted a massive campaign that scanned close to 1.6 million WordPress sites for vulnerable Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder…

4 years ago

Holy Ghost ransomware operation is linked to North Korea

Microsoft researchers linked the Holy Ghost ransomware (H0lyGh0st) operation to North Korea-linked threat actors. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)…

4 years ago

Mantis botnet powered the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in June

The largest HTTPS DDoS attack recently mitigated by Cloudflare was launched by the Mantis botnet. In June 2022, DDoS mitigation…

4 years ago

The new Retbleed speculative execution attack impacts both Intel and AMD chips

Researchers warn of a new vulnerability, dubbed Retbleed, that impacts multiple older AMD and Intel microprocessors. ETH Zurich researchers Johannes Wikner…

4 years ago

Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of Vault 7 massive leak

Former CIA programmer, Joshua Schulte, was convicted in a US federal court of the 2017 leak of a massive leak…

4 years ago

Microsoft published exploit code for a macOS App sandbox escape flaw

Microsoft published the exploit code for a vulnerability in macOS that can allow an attacker to escape the sandbox. Microsoft publicly disclosed…

4 years ago

VMware fixed a flaw in vCenter Server discovered eight months ago

VMware addressed a high-severity privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22048, in vCenter Server IWA mechanism. VMware addressed a high-severity privilege…

4 years ago

Qakbot operations continue to evolve to avoid detection

Experts warn that operators behind the Qakbot malware operation are improving their attack chain in an attempt to avoid detection.…

4 years ago

Three UEFI Firmware flaws found in tens of Lenovo Notebook models

IT giant Lenovo released security fixes to address three vulnerabilities that impact the UEFI firmware shipped with over 70 product…

4 years ago

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