SHAttered: SHA-1 Proved Insecure
Headline: SHAttered: SHA-1 Proved Insecure SHA-1, a cryptologic hash function still widely in use, is proven to be insecure after security researchers documented a successful collision attack this ...
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CloudBleed: Cloudflare Parser Bug Causes Memory Leak
Headline: CloudBleed: Cloudflare Parser Bug Causes Memory Leak A vulnerability affecting Cloudflare, a popular Content Delivery Network (CDN), could cause a buffer overrun which could result in ...
Weekly Executive Summary for Week of February 24, 2017
Operation BugDrop - Reconnaissance Operation Targeting Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure ICS security experts at CyberX have uncovered a large-scale reconnaissance operation targeting ...
Russia Suspected in Politically Motivated Cyberattacks in Italy, France
Italy: Russia is suspected to be behind a four-month long cyber attack targeting the embassy and field offices staff email system of Italy’s Foreign Ministry last year. The Italian ...
D.C. CCTV system targeted by ransomware
HEADLINE: D.C. CCTV system targeted by ransomware before inauguration day, U.K. arrests two in connection to attack Washington D.C. city officials say that 123 out of 187 video recorders in the ...
1.5 million WordPress Sites Defaced
A security flaw has led to the defacement of more than 1.5 million WordPress sites within the last ten days. WordPress update 4.7.2, released on January 26, quietly included a security fix for a ...
Cellebrite’s Stolen Mobile Phone Hacking Tools Released Publicly
On February 2nd, a hacker publicly released what appear to be mobile phone hacking tools taken from Cellebrite, the mobile forensics company reportedly hired by the FBI to unlock the San Bernadino ...
Shamoon 2 Resurfaces to Target Organizations in Saudi Arabia
A variant of the Shamoon virus has resurfaced to target Saudi Arabian organizations nearly five years after it was first detected in 2012. According to US-CERT, Shamoon, also known as ...
Easter Seals Hawaii Hit by Ransomware
Easter Seals Hawaii was hit by ransomware on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. The non-profit charity says that their computers were infected with malware that locked their workers out and demanded ...
Hawaii State Networks Probed Up To 45 Million Times A Day
Last week, Hawaii State Chief Information Officer, Todd Nacapuy, reported that the Hawaii State networks are being probed up to 45 million times a day by automated tools in the hands of hackers ...