Healthcare security update: death by ransomware, what’s next?

A recent ransomware attack which played a significant role in the death of a German woman has put into focus both the dangers and the importance of cybersecurity today. But it has also led some to point fingers as to who was responsible. As usual, playing the blame game helps no one, but it does...

Hackers Made the Snoo Smart Bassinet Shake and Play Loud Sounds

The now-patched flaws found in the popular internet-connected baby bed underscore the importance of getting security right...

Do I need a VPN? A simple explanation & some real-life uses

By Waqas If you use the internet, you definitely need a VPN. Here's why and what you should be aware of online and value using a VPN at all times. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Do I need a VPN? A simple explanation & some real-life uses...

Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

In pop culture, cybercrimes are often portrayed as mysterious and unrealistic. Hackers are enigmatic and have extraordinary tech abilities. They can discover top secrets in a short time and type at breakneck speed to hack into a database. In real life, though, hacking is not that straightforward...

The importance of protecting your devices from cyber attack

By Waqas Innovation is advancing each day. Training, which is the essential route through which we grant information... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The importance of protecting your devices from cyber attack...

Why Web Hosting Security is important?

By Waqas If you run a website, its hosting security matters more than anything. Let's discuss it in detail... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why Web Hosting Security is important?...

What Brings The Essence Of Secured Web Hosting

By Uzair Amir Here's why secure hosting is a must! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What Brings The Essence Of Secured Web Hosting...

Watchbog and the Importance of Patching

By Luke DuCharme and Paul Lee. What Happened? Cisco Incident Response CSIRS recently responded to an incident involving the Watchbog cryptomining botnet. The attackers were able to exploit CVE-2018-1000861 to gain a foothold and install the Watchbog malware on the affected systems. This Linux-bas...

Clear Message Sent: Don’t Roll the Dice on Data Privacy Compliance

Last month, two leading companies each received what were then record-setting fines for data breach violations: £183 million for British Airways and then, just two weeks later, $5 billion for Facebook. Regulators sent a clear message to organizations around the world — if you don't treat your...

The Growing Importance of Cyber Security Skills

By Bryan Davis Cyber attacks are on the rise and it isn’t just the large corporations who are targeted, anyone who does anything online is at risk of being exposed or hacked. The problem with digital crimes is that the culprit could be continents away. However, it isn’t just the hackers that you...

Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups

Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the public was already living in relative unease over the privacy of their information online. The Cambridge Analytica incident, along with other, seemingl...

A week in security (September 17 – 23)

Last week, we took a look at a low level spam campaign on Twitter, explored the signs of falling victim to phishing, and examined a massive WordPress compromise. We also explained some SASL vulnerabilities and covered a breaking Emotet spam campaign. Other cybersecurity news: NewEgg attacked by...

Cyber security developments: Keeping safe and up to date

By Patrick Vernon Cyber security is the backbone any online businesses - Here This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber security developments: Keeping safe and up to date...

February 7, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “SpaceX” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! February 7, 2018 - Headlines Nearly 75% of Organizations in 5 Countries Fail in...

Weblate: DKIM records not present, Email Hijacking is possible.....

Your SPF record is present attachments : spf Which very well shows that you don't want spoofed email to be sent from your domains, but you just forget one thing: DKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail is an important authentication mechanism to help protect both email receivers and email senders from...

Forensic FOCA - Power of Metadata in digital forensics

Forensic FOCA - Power of Metadata in digital forensics Most of the e ort in today's digital forensics community lies in the retrieval and analysis of existing information from computing systems. Metadata is data about data. Metadata plays a number of important roles in computer forensics. It can...

Privacy and Anonymity on the Modern Internet

The current online atmosphere, in which government-sponsored surveillance, data collection and sale by private companies and politically motivated attacks have become the norm, has spurred a renewed interest in many corners of the Internet in privacy and anonymity. The people behind The Crypto...

Audit Finds FBI Doing a Poor Job with Cyber Investigations

A U.S. Department of Justice audit of the FBI’s ability to investigate cyber intrusions concluded that the agency is not doing an adequate job. The audit, which reviewed 36 field agents in 10 FBI offices across the country found that the agency’s cyber investigations are hampered by difficulties...

Making Penetration Testing Mainstream

HD Moore, the founder of the Metasploit Project and now the CSO of Rapid7, talks at the SOURCE conference in Boston about the mainstream acceptance and importance of penetration testing...

verisign-xss.txt

VeriSign Kontiki Delivery Management System DMS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVE Number: CVE-2008-4393 Vulnerability Type / Importance: XSS / Medium Problem discovered: September 24th 2007 Vendor contacted: September 26th 2007 Advisory published: March 28th 2008 Abstract The Kontiki Deliver...