Windows is IE, OS X is Firefox
Many are wondering how OS X will fare against malware once it becomes a serious target. We won’t have to wait long; OS X is…
Month: April 2025
Ivanti 0-Day RCE Flaw Exploitation Details Revealed
A critical unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, CVE-2025-22457, has been disclosed by Ivanti, sparking concerns across the cybersecurity industry. The flaw, which affects several Ivanti products, allows…
Maryland Community Colleges to Host Ribbon Cutting Events as Maryland’s Cyber Workforce Accelerator Program Ramps Up
Seven Schools Have Confirmed Event Dates for April and May BCR Cyber, a leading provider of comprehensive cybersecurity training and job placement services, and the…
Why remote work is a security minefield (and what you can do about it)
Remote work is seen as more than a temporary solution, it’s a long-term strategy for many organizations. Remote work cybersecurity challenges Unsecured networks: Workers often…
Hacker News is the New Reddit
Anyone who likes Reddit needs to check out another similar site called Hacker News. It’s rather like Reddit used to be before it went mainstream,…
Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch to Fix Office Update Crash
Microsoft has released an urgent patch for Office 2016 to address a critical issue causing key applications like Word, Excel, and Outlook to crash unexpectedly.…
Why security culture is crypto’s strongest asset
In this Help Net Security interview, Norah Beers, CISO at Grayscale, discusses key security challenges in managing crypto assets, adversary tactics, private key management, and…
OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
Apr 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability A newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few…
Driving and Mobile Phones | Daniel Miessler
A study has been released that says that talking on a mobile phone while driving is still very dangerous even if it’s hands-free. The interesting…
Jenkins Docker Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Network Traffic
A newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Jenkins Docker images has raised serious concerns about network security. The vulnerability, stemming from the reuse of SSH host keys,…
Ransomware groups push negotiations to new levels of uncertainty
Ransomware attacks increased by nearly 20% in 2024, and the severity rose by 13%, according to At-Bay. The blast radius of ransomware continues to grow…
2 SSH Brute-Force-Attack Countermeasures | Daniel Miessler
Switch to Pure Key-based AuthenticationI say pure because it doesn’t help to just enable key-based authentication; you have to disable passwords as an option altogether…