A serious vulnerability in a popular Android file has been discovered and exposes all the user’s data to attackers on the same network. In essence, the victim would only need to open the app once. This bug was found by researching Elliot Alderson, who posted about it on Twitter.
Researchers from Check Point today shared details of vulnerabilities that could have affected any player of the hugely popular online battle game, Fortnite. If exploited, the vulnerability would have given an attacker full access to a user’s account and their personal information as well as enabling them to purchase virtual in-game currency using the victim’s payment card details. The vulnerability would also have allowed for a massive invasion of privacy as an attacker could listen to in-game chatter as well as surrounding sounds and conversations within the victim’s home or other location of play.
Following a short period of low activity during the holiday, Emotet operators are back at distributing through malicious email campaigns a new strain of their payload that carries new tricks.
Researchers from Check Point have shared details of vulnerabilities that could have affected any player of the hugely popular online battle game, Fortnite. If exploited, the vulnerability would have given an attacker full access to a user’s account and their personal information as well as enabling them to purchase virtual in-game currency using the victim’s payment card details. The vulnerability would also have allowed for a massive invasion of privacy as an attacker could listen to in-game chatter as well as surrounding sounds and conversations within the victim’s home or other location of play.
Cybersecurity researchers today shared details of vulnerabilities that could have affected any player of the hugely popular online battle game, Fortnite. If exploited, the vulnerability would have given an attacker full access to a user’s account and their personal information as well as enabling them to purchase virtual in-game currency using the victim’s payment card details. The vulnerability would also have allowed for a massive invasion of privacy as an attacker could listen to in-game chatter as well as surrounding sounds and conversations within the victim’s home or other location of play.
Researchers have disclosed a huge leak of government data stemming from the Oklahoma Securities Commission. In total, roughly 3 TB of data was exposed, including millions of files, many of which pertained to FBI investigations.
Security researchers testing web hosting security have found at least one client-side vulnerability in all the platforms that were tested, with some allowing account takeover when the victim clicks a link or visits a malicious website. Websites hosted on Bluehost, Dreamhost, HostGator, OVH, or iPage were tested.
News has just broken that 3TB of unprotected data from the Oklahoma Securities Commission was recently discovered to be left wide open on a server with no password, accessible to anyone with an internet connection.This amounted to millions of files, many on sensitive FBI investigations.
Hackers have been found to be impersonating HR staff to gain employee credentials to access employee payroll accounts and banking details.
Seven men, three vehicles, and 5,000 kilometers of ice. It took 20 days for the Icelandic-American expedition to drive from the southern coast of Greenland to the land’s northernmost spot and back. One of the team’s special vehicles built by Arctic Trucks was equipped with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 44 tires, which are tailored for real winter. This wild adventure in the uncompromising Arctic climate was a tough test for the participants and equipment alike.