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Unpatched Flaw in UC Browser Apps Could Let Hackers Launch Phishing Attacks

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A bug hunter has discovered and publicly disclosed details of an unpatched browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 08, 2019

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The GitHub extortion victims are outsmarting their Bitcoin scammers

Blackmailers have been wiping GitHub repositories and withholding code to extort Bitcoin BTC from their victims. Over 390 respos have been affected, but so far, the attackers haven’t made enough to even buy a coffee.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 06, 2019

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This password-stealing malware just evolved a new tactic to remain hidden

A well-known form of malware which has been stealing login credentials and finances from enterprises for over a decade has once again been updated with new tricks to make it more effective at avoiding detection.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2019

Extortionists leak data of huge firms after IT provider refuses to pay

Financial data from some the world’s biggest companies – including Porsche, Oracle, Toshiba and more – has been stolen and published in a ransomware attack on the large, Germany-based IT provider Citicorp.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2019

Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware

Taking advantage of newly disclosed and even patched vulnerabilities has become common among cybercriminals, which makes it one of the primary attack vectors for everyday-threats, like crypto-mining, phishing, and ransomware.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 01, 2019

The Microsoft Outlook hackers are stealing victims’ Bitcoin

Earlier this month, hackers accessed the emails of numerous Microsoft Outlook users after snatching the credentials of one of the company’s customer support reps. But now it turns out the hackers were also able to steal users’ cryptocurrency.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 30, 2019

Docker Hub hack exposed data of 190,000 users

Docker Hub, the official repository for Docker container images, has announced a security breach on late Friday night.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 27, 2019

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Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension

If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could allow attackers to compromise your online store.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 26, 2019

Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers

Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily as a somewhat distant issue for organizations such as banks to deal with. But recent attacks such as the 2017 Wannacry incident, in which a cyber attack disabled the IT systems of many organizations including the NHS, demonstrates the real-life consequences that cyber attacks can have.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 25, 2019

Epic Bug Lets Anyone Unlock the Nokia 9 With a Pack of Gum

A security issue on the high-end Nokia 9 PureView smartphone allows anyone to unlock the device, using not only unregistered fingerprints, but even things like a pack of gum.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 22, 2019

US feds’ names, home and email addresses hacked and posted online

A group of hackers that doxxed thousands of federal law enforcement employees last week has followed up with more posts offering even more victims’ personal information.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 16, 2019

Cisco bungled RV320/RV325 patches, routers still exposed to hacks

Cisco acknowledged yesterday that it bungled a crucial patch for a vulnerability in two router models. The company's shoddy initial patches allowed hackers to continue attacks throughout the past two months.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 28, 2019

Round 4: Hacker returns and puts 26Mil user records for sale on the Dark Web

A hacker who has previously put up for sale over 840 million user records in the past month, has returned with a fourth round of hacked data that he's selling on a dark web marketplace.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2019

WordPress shopping sites under attack

WordPress-based shopping sites are under attack from a hacker group abusing a vulnerability in a shopping cart plugin to plant backdoors and take over vulnerable sites.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 12, 2019

Marriott CEO shares post-mortem on last year's hack

Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson testified in front of a US Senate subcommittee yesterday, revealing new details about a security breach the hotel chain disclosed last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2019

Ransomware attack on Israeli users fails miserably due to coding error

Hackers launched a failed cyber-attack on Saturday in an attempt to infect millions of Israeli users with ransomware.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 05, 2019

WordPress accounted for 90 percent of all hacked CMS sites in 2018

Roughly 90 percent of all the hacked content management systems (CMSs) Sucuri investigated and helped fix in 2018 were WordPress sites. In a distant second, third, and fourth came Magento (4.6 percent), Joomla (4.3 percent), and Drupal (3.7 percent), according to a report the company published yesterday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 05, 2019

Hackers have started attacks on Cisco RV110, RV130, and RV215 routers

Two days after Cisco patched a severe vulnerability in a popular brand of SOHO routers, and one day after the publication of proof-of-concept code, hackers have started scans and attacks exploiting the said security bug to take over unpatched devices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 03, 2019

Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement

Wendy’shas agreed to pay $50 million to settle negligence claims following its 2015-2016 data breach that affected more than 1,000 of the burger chain’s locations.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 26, 2019

POS firm says hackers planted malware on customer networks

North Country Business Products (NCBP), a Minnesota-based provider of point-of-sale (POS) products, announced a security breach last week. The company said hackers compromised its IT system and later planted POS malware on the network of some of its customers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 20, 2019

Akira Ransomware Gang Targets Linux Servers, Extorts $42 Million

Threat Actors Are Actively Using Pupy RAT Malware to Attack Linux Systems

Linux Version of DinodasRAT Raises Serious Security Concerns