Security News
WordPress core contributor proposes treating Google FLoC as a security vulnerability
Let's opt every WordPress site out of FLoC. Nice idea, but security update? Really? A proposal by a WordPress core contributor to treat Google's FLoC ad tech as a security vulnerability, and therefore backport an automatic opt-out to previous...
The Register
20 Apr 2021 17423 Views
Growing reliance on third-party suppliers signals increasing security risks
Adversaries are turning their focus on cheaper, easier targets within an organisation's supply chain, especially as businesses increasingly acquire software from external suppliers.
ZDNet
19 Apr 2021 1005 Views
Chrome and Chromium updated after yet another exploit is found in browser's V8 JavaScript engine
JS component seems to be focus of researchers and miscreants alike Google has announced new updates to Chrome 89 following the discovery of yet another live exploit for a vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine.…
The Register
15 Apr 2021 18894 Views
FBI Clears ProxyLogon Web Shells from Hundreds of Orgs
In a veritable cyber-SWAT action, the Feds remotely removed the infections without warning businesses beforehand.
Threatpost
15 Apr 2021 853 Views
Ransomware Attack Creates Cheese Shortages in Netherlands
Not a Gouda situation: An attack on a logistics firm is suspected to be related to Microsoft Exchange server flaw.
Threatpost
15 Apr 2021 1026 Views
Critical security alert: If you haven't patched this old VPN vulnerability, assume your network is compromised
Hundreds of organisations that haven't applied a Fortinet VPN security update released in 2019 should assume that cyber criminals are trying to take advantage, NCSC warns.
ZDNet
13 Apr 2021 806 Views
IcedID Circulates Via Web Forms, Google URLs
Attackers are filling out and submitting web-based "contact us" forms, thus evading email spam filters.
Threatpost
13 Apr 2021 725 Views
Sitting comfortably? Then it's probably time to patch, as critical flaw uncovered in npm's netmask package
Are you local? Catastrophically local? The widely used npm library netmask has a networking vulnerability arising from how it parses IP addresses with a leading zero, leaving an estimated 278 million projects at risk.…
The Register
30 Mar 2021 33816 Views
PHP Infiltrated with Backdoor Malware
The server for the web-application scripting language was compromised on Sunday.
Threatpost
29 Mar 2021 908 Views
Watch Out! That Android System Update May Contain A Powerful Spyware
Researchers have discovered a new information-stealing trojan, which targets Android devices with an onslaught of data-exfiltration capabilities — from collecting browser searches to recording audio and phone calls.
While malware on Android has previously taken the guise of copycat apps, which go under...
The Hacker News
27 Mar 2021 32844 Views
