26 Connected Devices Per Human by 2020 Changes the Security Equation: How to Make Sure Your Network is Prepared
We seem to be hearing about Internet of Things (IOT) and the security challenges related to it everywhere these days…
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Qualcomm Software Flaw Exposes Android User Data
FireEye has disclosed the details of a serious information disclosure vulnerability affecting a Qualcomm software package found in hundreds of Android device models.
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Cisco Patches Serious Flaws in FirePOWER, TelePresence
Cisco has released software updates to address critical and high severity vulnerabilities affecting the company’s FirePOWER and TelePresence products.
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Apple Updates Xcode to Patch Git Vulnerabilities
Apple released an update for its Xcode integrated development environment this week to address a couple of serious vulnerabilities in the Git version control system.
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272 Million Email Credentials Discovered in Cybercrime Forum
Researchers discovered 'a young Russian hacker' bragging in an online forum that he had acquired and was ready to give away 1.17 billion stolen credential records. Even after deduping, it still amounts to 272.3 million stolen accounts.
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Core Infrastructure Initiative Gives Out Best Practices Badges
The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) announced this week the names of the projects that received badges as part of its best practices program so far.
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Stored XSS Flaw Patched in bbPress WordPress Plugin
A vulnerability in the popular WordPress plugin bbPress can be exploited to insert malicious JavaScript code into forum posts, web security company Sucuri has warned.
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Incident Response: What is the Point of Analysis Anyway?
What is the point of analysis anyway? Perhaps this sounds like a bit of a shocking or radical question, but I’d argue that it is one that sorely needs to be asked — and answered. What do I mean by that? Allow me to elaborate.
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Lost Door RAT Promoted via Facebook and Google’s Blogspot
Trend Micro said that it recently analyzed a cyber attack that used a remote access Trojan (RAT) known as Lost Door." While Lost Door is not new malware, it easily customizable and consequently "can be hard to detect and protect against, posing a challenge to IT administrators."
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Iran-linked Hackers Used “Infy” Malware in Attacks Since 2007
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have come across a new malware family that appears to have been used by an Iran-based threat actor in targeted espionage operations since 2007.
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