A high severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability patched last month in the popular DNS software BIND has been exploited in the wild to crash systems.
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Facebook Paid Out $5 Million in Bug Bounties Since 2011
Five years after the launch of its bug bounty program, Facebook says it has paid out a total of more than $5 million to the researchers who have helped the company find and patch vulnerabilities in its systems and products.
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Attackers Use Internet Explorer Zero-Day to Avoid Researchers
One of the Internet Explorer zero-days patched by Microsoft on Tuesday has been exploited in malvertising campaigns to help attackers avoid automated analysis systems and researchers.
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Cerber 4.0 Fuels New Wave of Ransomware Attacks
The latest variant of the notorious Cerber ransomware family is currently featured in several infection campaigns, security researchers warn.
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Amazon Preventively Resets Customer Passwords
Amazon has prompted some of its customers to reset their passwords after learning that these might have been used to secure other online accounts as well.
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SAP Patches Multiple Implementation Flaws
SAP this week released its monthly patches for October 2016 to resolve 48 vulnerabilities in its products, including 25 implementation flaws and 12 Missing Authorization checks.
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Moscow Says U.S. Hacking Claims ‘Flattering’, But False
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said that US claims Moscow is meddling in the American election process are "flattering" but baseless.
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Preventing Account Creation Fraud with Two-Factor Authentication
Recent reports of fraudulent account creation by employees at large banks to generate a boost in fees have raised many questions. How can such practices grow to such an immense scale?
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Hackers Can Hijack Dell Email Security Appliances
Dell has patched several vulnerabilities in its SonicWALL Email Security product, including four high severity issues that can be exploited to take control of a system and intercept corporate emails.
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Guccifer Returns to Romania After U.S. Conviction
Marcel Lehel Lazar, the 44-year-old Romanian national known online as “Guccifer,” has returned to Romania after being convicted in the United States on hacking and identity theft charges.
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