As we see from the headlines and from all the FUD, there are many threats out there attacking from many different angles. New attacks, old attacks revisited, sophisticated attacks with numerous obfuscation layers, and simple attacks based on age-old social engineering.
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Recruitment Site Scraped, Leaked 8 Million GitHub Profiles
A new tech recruitment project scraped user data from GitHub and other similar websites and inadvertently leaked it online through a misconfigured MongoDB database.
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Arizona Teen Indicted Over 911 Cyberattacks
An 18-year-old from Arizona has been indicted after an iOS exploit he posted on Twitter caused disruption to 911 emergency systems.
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Hackers Access Private Details of Three Mobile Customers
Computer hackers have broken into a database of Three Mobile customers and accessed their personal details in order to steal smartphones, the UK network said on Thursday.
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1/3 of Websites Use SHA-1 Certificates Despite Looming Deadline
In 45 days, Certificate Authorities (CAs) will no longer issue certificates using the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function, but 35% of websites still use such certificates today, a new research from Venafi reveals.
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U.S. Intel Chief: Russia ‘Curtailed’ Hacking of U.S. Targets
Russian cyber attacks on US political and commercial targets, including hacks of internal Democratic Party emails, have been "curtailed" since Washington publicly accused Moscow, US intelligence chief James Clapper said Thursday.
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Ransomware Authors Ask Security Researcher for Coding Advice
The developers of the Apocalypse ransomware have contacted a security researcher to ask for help after discovering that a coding bug was haunting their creation.
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Qualcomm Bug Bounty Program Offers $15,000 Payouts
Semiconductor and telecommunications giant Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) announced on Thursday the launch of a bug bounty program with rewards of up to $15,000 for each vulnerability found in its products.
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Mirai Used STOMP Floods in Recent DDoS Attacks
The Mirai Internet of Things (IoT) botnet has been using STOMP (Simple Text Oriented Messaging Protocol) floods to hit targets, a protocol that isn’t normally associated with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
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U.S. Intelligence Chief James Clapper Resigns
US intelligence chief James Clapper, whose 2013 denial that the US collects personal communications data on millions of citizens led to the stunning Snowden spying expose, on Thursday announced his resignation.
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