NIST Releases New Digital Identity Guidelines

The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST has released the Digital Identity Guidelines document suite. The four-volume suite offers technical guidelines for organizations that use digital identity services. US-CERT encourages information security practitioners in industry, governmen...

IRS Warns of Summertime Scams

The Internal Revenue Service IRS has released an alert warning of various types of scams targeting taxpayers this summer. The alert describes common features of these cyber crimes, including robocalls, demands for immediate payment, and threats to have taxpayers arrested immediately. Taxpayers an...

FTC Releases Alert on Tech-Support Scams

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert on technical-support scams. In these schemes, deceptive tech-support operations offer to fix problems that don't exist, placing calls or sending pop-ups to make people think their computers are infected with viruses. Users should not give...

IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2016

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released its 2016 Internet Crime Report, describing the numbers and types of cyber crimes reported to IC3. Business Email Compromise BEC, ransomware attacks, tech support fraud, and extortion are all common schemes affecting people in the U.S. and aroun...

callrealty.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.callrealty.com/contact-us/index.asp?theProperty=1/-///'/"//--...

25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Military Satellite Phone System

A British computer hacker who allegedly hacked a United States Department of Defense satellite system in 2014 and accessed the personal information of hundreds of military personnel has pleaded guilty on Thursday. Sean Caffrey, a 25-year-old resident of Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, has...

ISC Releases Security Updates for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released updates that address several vulnerabilities in BIND. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: BIND version 9.11.1-P1 BIND version 9.10.5-P1 BIND version 9.9.10-P1 ISC...

Mozilla Releases Security Update

Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Thunderbird 52.2...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 59.0.3071.104 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses several vulnerabilities, including one that an attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases page and app...

DHS, FBI Warn of North Korea 'Hidden Cobra' Strikes Against US Assets

United States top cybersecurity cops warned Tuesday that North Korean government threat actors are targeting U.S. businesses with malware and botnet-related attacks that are part of concerted effort dubbed “Hidden Cobra.” According to a United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team US-CERT...

mcpl-websvr.co.midland.tx.us XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://mcpl-websvr.co.midland.tx.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 29.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP website status:| No...

Camstudio 2.0 XSS / XSF / Content Forgery

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Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Captivate, and Digital Editions. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates

Mozilla has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Firefo...

FTC Recommends Steps to Protect Against Mobile Phone Theft

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert about the theft of mobile phones and the best way to prepare for and recover from this kind of theft. Precautionary steps include regularly backing up the data on the phone, using strong passwords, and using two-factor authentication on any...

FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Secrets – Here's How they Caught Her

The FBI arrested a 25-year-old NSA contractor on Saturday 3rd June for leaking classified information to an online news outlet which published its report yesterday 5th June — meaning the arrest was made two days before the actual disclosure went online. Reality Leigh Winner, who held a top-secret...

Password manager “OneLogin” hacked; data stolen

By Waqas OneLogin, Inc., the developers of single sign-on and identity management for cloud-based applications has announced that its servers for the US region have been hacked and accessed by a third party. As a result; encrypted information related to its password management service OneLogin ha...

Secret Pentagon Files Left Unprotected on the Amazon Server

By Ali Raza Accidents happen to everyone but according to a recent report, this one is a pretty big one. Apparently, some of the confidential data related to the US military project was simply left completely unprotected on a server belonging to Amazon. The data included over 60,000 files with so...

Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide

Security researchers have discovered a massive malware campaign that has already infected more than 250 million computers across the world, including Windows and Mac OS. Dubbed Fireball, the malware is an adware package that takes complete control of victim's web browsers and turns them into...

SEI Issues Advice on Ransomware

The Software Engineering Institute SEI of Carnegie Mellon University has released a blog post on best practices for preventing and responding to ransomware. This common malware captures, encrypts, and holds your data to extort a ransom. SEI’s top recommendation to thwart ransomware attacks is to...