A lesser-known technology known as “mailto” links can be abused to launch attacks on the users of email desktop clients. …
US Army report says many North Korean hackers operate from abroad
Image: zhushenje, ZDNet Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. …
US regulators settle with CenturyLink over anti-competition violations
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the settlement of anti-competition allegations made against CenturyLink in association with the …
Mac malware spreads through Xcode projects, abuses WebKit, Data Vault vulnerabilities
Xcode projects are being exploited to spread a form of Mac malware specializing in the compromise of Safari and other …
For six months, security researchers have secretly distributed an Emotet vaccine across the world
Image: CDC Most of the time, fighting malware is a losing game. Malware authors create their code, distribute payloads to …
FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now …
RedCurl cybercrime group has hacked companies for three years
Image: Group-IB Security researchers have uncovered a new Russian-based hacking group that they claim has been focusing on the past …
Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 vulnerabilities, two zero-days
Tag CVE ID CVE Title .NET Framework CVE-2020-1476 ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability .NET Framework CVE-2020-1046 .NET Framework …
Security researcher publishes details and exploit code for a vBulletin zero-day
Image: ZDNet A security researcher has published details and proof-of-concept exploit code for a zero-day vulnerability in vBulletin, one of …
FBI says an Iranian hacking group is attacking F5 networking devices
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now …