A zero-day vulnerability in Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash Player software is being exploited to launch malware attacks, the company warned in an advisory issued today.
The vulnerability, rated critical, will not be patched until May 12th.
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Blind XSS Vulnerability Allowed Compromise of GoDaddy Support
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Continue readingSyrian Electronic Army Hacker Extradited to U.S.
Peter “Pierre” Romar, a 36-year-old Syrian national suspected of being a member of the notorious Syrian Electronic Army hacktivist group, has been extradited from Germany to the United States.
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FBI Suspects Insiders in $81 Million Bangladesh Central Bank Theft: Report
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects the computer hacking theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank was in part an inside job, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Quoting sources familiar with the matter, the Journal said FBI agents investigating the case "have found evidence pointing to at least one bank employee acting as an accomplice."
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New iOS App Detects Compromised iPhones
New App Helps Detect Secretly Jailbroken, Compromised iOS Devices
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Hack Me: You Asked for It. You Got It!
Can’t hack this? Oh yes, they can. A few months back when New York Magazine’s Kevin Roose dared (see embedded video below) a couple of expert hackers to hack him, it reminded me of that old Toyota commercial: “You asked for it. You got it!” Only poor Roose didn’t wind up with a Corolla.
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ImageTragick Exploits Used for Reconnaissance, Remote Access
CloudFlare and Sucuri reported observing various types of ImageTragick exploits used by malicious actors for reconnaissance purposes and to gain access to vulnerable web servers.
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UK Businesses Lax on Incident Response Planning: Survey
British businesses have a high awareness of cybersecurity risk, but do relatively little about it. This is one of the key findings of a new government-sponsored survey into cyber security and data breaches in the UK.
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Bangladeshi Police Blame SWIFT Over $81 Million Cyber Theft
Blame for the February cyber theft of $81 million dollars from the Bangladesh central bank New York reserves in February has been levelled at SWIFT technicians by the investigating Bangladeshi police, according to Reuters. Swift has rejected these claims.
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FCC, FTC Investigate Mobile Device Patching Practices
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have joined forces in an effort to analyze the security update practices of mobile carriers and device manufacturers.
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