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The United States Postal Service has patched a critical security vulnerability that exposed the data of more than 60 million customers to anyone who has an account at the USPS.com website. The U.S.P.S. is an independent agency of the American federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is one of … Devamını oku

Earlier this week Dropbox team unveiled details of three critical vulnerabilities in Apple macOS operating system, which altogether could allow a remote attacker to execute malicious code on a targeted Mac computer just by convincing a victim into visiting a malicious web page. The reported vulnerabilities were originally discovered by Syndis, a cybersecurity firm hired … Devamını oku

Here we have great news for all bug bounty hunters. Now you can get paid up to $40,000 for finding and responsibly reporting critical vulnerabilities in the websites and mobile applications owned by Facebook that could allow cyber attackers to take over user accounts. In the latest post published Tuesday on the Facebook page, the … Devamını oku

The real identity of Tessa88—the notorious hacker tied to several high-profile cyber attacks including the LinkedIn, DropBox and MySpace mega breaches—has been revealed as Maksim Vladimirovich Donakov (Максим Владимирович Донаков), a resident of Penza, Russian Federation. In early 2016, a hacker with pseudonym Tessa88 emerged online offering stolen databases from some of the biggest social … Devamını oku

This is why you should always think twice before opening innocent looking email attachments, especially word and pdf files. Cybersecurity researchers at Cisco Talos have once again discovered multiple critical security vulnerabilities in the Atlantis Word Processor that allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and take over affected computers. An alternative to Microsoft Word,

It seems as though not a day goes by without a new story breaking about a high-level cyber attack on a major corporation or national government. Hackers are becoming increasingly adept at breaking through a variety of super-secure firewalls, and they’re not just after the riches of Fortune 500 companies. Hackers are equally (if not … Devamını oku

Two hackers have been sent to prison for their roles in hacking TalkTalk, one of the biggest UK-based telecommunications company, in 2015 and stealing personal information, banking, and credit card details belonging to more than 156,000 customers. Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both from Tamworth in Staffordshire, were sentenced Monday to 12 months … Devamını oku

Instagram has recently patched a security issue in its website that might have accidentally exposed some of its users’ passwords in plain text. The company recently started notifying affected users of a security bug that resides in a newly offered feature called “Download Your Data” that allows users to download a copy of their data … Devamını oku

DanaBot operators have been expanding the malware’s scope with new spam-sending capability. ESET researchers discovered a set of previously undocumented Linux malware families based on OpenSSH. Plus fitness-tracking apps use dodgy in-app payments to steal money from unaware iPhone and iPad users The post Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET research shows that DanaBot operators have been expanding the malware’s scope and possibly cooperating with another criminal group The post DanaBot evolves beyond banking Trojan with new spam-sending capability appeared first on WeLiveSecurity