LinkedIn is striking back against websites that are attempting to monetize the 117 million usernames and passwords stolen from the company as part of a 2012 data breach.
Tag Archives: Vulnerabilities
Protecting Cloud APIs Critical to Mitigating Total Compromise
When it comes to cloud computing, APIs more or less drive everything, but in the eyes of some researchers, existing security controls haven’t kept pace.
Ubiquiti Networks Gear Targeted By Worm
Ubiquiti Networks is fending off a stubborn worm targeting its networking equipment running outdated AirOS firmware.
2012 LinkedIn Breach Just Got a Lot Worse: 117 Million New Logins For Sale
More than 100 million LinkedIn usernames and passwords for sale on dark web as 2012 breach comes back to haunt business-savvy social network.
Scope of Gaping Android Security Hole Grows
Security researchers at Skycure are upping the ante on a vulnerability that it says now leaves 95.4 percent of all Android devices vulnerable to an attack that hands over control of a phone or tablet to an attacker.
Apple Patches DROWN, Lockscreen Bypass Vulnerability, With Latest Round of Updates
Apple on Monday rolled out a series of patches for nearly all of its operating systems, including fixes for March’s DROWN vulnerability in OS X and a lockscreen bypass vulnerability in iOS.
Giving Red-Teamers the Blues
Pen-tester Chris Nickerson will, in his Source Boston keynote, explain simple defensive approaches that can thwart the best red-teamers and advanced attackers alike.
Chrome Defaults to HTML5 over Adobe Flash Starting in Q4
Google has announced that hacker-favorite Adobe Flash Player will no longer, as of Q4, be the default in Chrome. Instead, Chrome will default to HTML5.
Malware-Laced Porn Apps Behind Wave of Android Lockscreen Attacks
Dell SonicWALL Threats Research Team says incidents of Android lockscreen malware masquerading as porn apps is a growing concern.
Cerber Ransomware On The Rise, Fueled By Dridex Botnets
Cerber ransomware leverages Dridex spambot network in massive new crypto-offensive targeting U.S. inboxes.