National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. In partnership with DHS, the National Cyber Security Alliance has released the first in a series of tips focused on helping people protect their online activities and increase their...

Yahoo Built a Secret Tool to Scan Your Email Content for US Spy Agency

Users are still dealing with the Yahoo's massive data breach that exposed over 1 Billion Yahoo accounts and there’s another shocking news about the company that, I bet, will blow your mind. Yahoo might have provided your personal data to United States intelligence agency when required. Yahoo...

WikiLeaks Promises to Publish Leaks on US Election, Arms Trade and Google

Wikileaks completed its 10 years today, and within this timespan, the whistleblower site has published over 10 million documents, and there’s more to come. In the name of celebration of its 10th Anniversary, Wikileaks promises to leak documents pertaining to Google, United States presidential...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 53.0.2785.143 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releas...

ISC Releases Security Updates for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released updates that address a vulnerability in BIND. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Available updates include: BIND 9 version 9.9.9-P3 BIND 9 version 9.10.4-P3 BIND 9 version 9.11.0rc...

ironmountain.ca XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.ironmountain.ca/en/About-Us.aspx/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/Search-Result.aspx?topic=%22%3E%3Csvg/onload=window.onerror=alert;throw/OPENBUGBOUNTY/%3E0=teubieni Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 30.07.2017 Vulnerability...

Hacker Who Helped ISIS to Build 'Hit List' Of US Military Personnel Jailed for 20 Years

A computer hacker who allegedly helped the terrorist organization ISIS by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison. Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, from Kosovo was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria, for "providing...

FTC Releases Data Breach Recovery and Prevention Video

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released a step-by-step video to users whose personal information may have been exposed in a data breach. This video provides instruction on how to report an incident and develop a personal recovery plan after a data breach has occurred. US-CERT encourages use...

VMWare Releases Security Updates

VMware has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in vSphere Hypervisor ESXi, Workstation Pro, Workstation Player, Fusion, and Tools. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 53.0.2785.113 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases pa...

Microsoft Releases September 2016 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released 14 updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Microsoft Security Bulletins...

FBI Arrests Two Hackers Who Hacked US Spy Chief, FBI and CIA Director

US authorities have arrested two North Carolina men on charges that they were part of the notorious hacking group "Crackas With Attitude." Crackas with Attitude is the group of hackers who allegedly was behind a series of audacious and embarrassing hacks that targeted personal email accounts of...

FTC Releases Alert on Securing Personal Information When Using Rental Vehicles

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released recommendations for consumers to protect their personal data when using rental vehicles. Rental vehicles may contain infotainment systems that can connect with personal devices to stream music, allow hands-free calls and texts, or guide navigation...

Apple Releases Security Update

Apple has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilites in iOS. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. The update is for iPhone 4s and later, iPad 2 and later, and iPod touch 5th generation and later. US-CER...

Unknown Bidder Buys 2,700 Bitcoins (worth $1.6 million) at US Government Auction

A winning anonymous bidder bought 2,700 Bitcoins worth roughly $1.6 Million in an auction held by the United States Marshals Service USMS on Monday. The US government announced at the beginning of this month its plans to auction 2,719 Bitcoins that were seized during several criminal, civil and...

Eddie Bauer Confirms Payment Card Breach of US, Canadian Stores

Clothing store Eddie Bauer has become the latest retail chain to acknowledge that malware has led to a breach of its point of sale systems. In a press release .PDF late last week Eddie Bauer confirmed that any customers who used a payment card at a store over the past seven months, from January 2...

Fortinet Releases Security Advisory

Fortinet has released a security advisory to highlight a vulnerability in versions of FortiGate firmware that were released before August 2012. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Using unpatched software increases risks from...

Cisco Releases Security Update

Cisco has released a security update to address a vulnerability in its IOS XR Software for ASR 9001 Aggregation Services Routers. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Cis...

VMware Releases Security Update

VMware has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, vSphere Hypervisor ESXi, Workstation Pro, Workstation Player, Fusion, and Tools. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages...

Apple Releases Security Update

Apple has released a security update to address a vulnerability in iOS. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. The update is for iPhone 4s and later, iPad 2 and later, and iPod touch 5th generation and later. US-CERT encourages users...