Bitcoin Core Software fixed a critical DDoS attack vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core wallet software tracked as CVE-2018-17144. The Bitcoin Core team urges miners to update client software with the latest Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 version as soon as possible. “A denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2018-17144) exploitable by miners has been discovered in Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up […]
Another fashion retailer suffered a data breach, the victim is SHEIN that announces the security breach affected 6.42 million customers. The retailer hired a forensic cybersecurity firm as well as an international law firm to investigate the security breach. SHEIN is now notifying affected users and it is urging them to change the password for […]
The popular macOS expert and former NSA hacker has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in macOS on Mojave ‘s release day. It is always Patrick Wardle, this time the popular expert and former NSA hacker has found a zero-day flaw in macOS on Mojave ‘s release day. According to the expert, the implementation bug can be […]
According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report on credential stuffing, credential stuffing continues to be growing threat. According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS“ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated. Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing […]
Researchers from ReversingLabs and Cisco Talos have uncovered a new Adwind campaign that targets Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. Security experts from ReversingLabs and Cisco Talos have spotted a new Adwind campaign that targets Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. Adwind is a remote access Trojan (RAT), the samples used in the recently discovered campaign are Adwind 3.0 RAT and […]
Cisco has patched a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain root access. Cisco has fixed a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager software running on some Connected Safety and Security Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms. The flaw could give an unauthenticated, […]
A security researcher discovered a bug affecting Firefox on Mac, Linux, and Windows that could crash the browser and in some cases the underlying OS. The security researcher Sabri Haddouche from Wire discovered a bug that affects Firefox on Mac, Linux, and Windows that could crash the browser and in some cases the underlying PC. Haddouche was focusing its […]
An issue in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to wrong developers. A bug in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to unauthorized third-party app developers. “We recently published a notice about a bug related to our Account Activity API that could have […]
The Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack, fortunately, maritime operations had not affected. On September 20, 2018 morning, the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that forced the operators of the infrastructure to launch the procedure to respond to the emergency. At the time of writing, there are no technical details about […]
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