Surprise! Coldplay lyrics hidden in Kingston SSD firmware
What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That’s the question that crossed a security researcher’s mind as he analyzed Kingston’s firmware and…
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Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments
May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented…
Secure Boot vulnerability causes Patch Tuesday headache for admins
On a significantly lighter Patch Tuesday than of late, a publicly disclosed and actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Secure Boot security feature looks…
Hacker ‘PlugwalkJoe’ pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter breach
Joseph James O’Connor, aka ‘PlugwalkJoke,’ has pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime offenses, including SIM swapping attacks, cyberstalking, computer hacking, and hijacking high-profile accounts on Twitter…
Black Basta ransomware attack to cost Capita over £15m
UK outsourcer and public sector specialist Capita expects to incur “exceptional costs” in the region of £15m to £20m as a result of the March…
Supporting the Source: Why HackerOne is Upgrading its Free Tools for Open Source
Protecting open source is our social responsibility and essential to internet well being. We believe this is important and essential. Open source software powers HackerOne.…
Newly added security tests, September 14, 2017: Selenium Grid
If you don’t have time to read up on the latest vulnerabilities, we’ve got you covered. To help you keep up with the latest developments…
Hackers Deploy Sophisticated Snake Loader Malware Worldwide
The Five Eyes member nations’ cybersecurity and intelligence agencies collaborated to dismantle the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware, originally developed by Russia’s FSB, which…
Salt Security Achieves AWS WAF Ready Designation
Today, API security company Salt Security announced it is now an Amazon Web Service (AWS) Web Application Firewall (WAF) Ready Partner. This service helps customers…
Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection
A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin…
Turla’s Snake malware network disrupted by Five Eyes’ authorities
The US Justice Department announced the completion of court-authorized operation MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called “Snake”…
Defra’s legacy IT unsupported and ill-equipped for digital services
A report from the Public Accounts Committee has warned that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is at risk of wasting…