Microsoft has laid out some key documents for federal agencies to use as they implement the White House’s ‘zero trust’ goals within the new US cybersecurity strategy. In January, the…
Day: February 18, 2022
10 Common Network Vulnerabilities and How to Prevent Them
Did you know that most companies are affected by high-risk network vulnerabilities? In this article, I will go over the definition of a network vulnerability, as well as the most…
Deep dive into hack against Iranian state TV yields wiper malware, other custom tools
Written by AJ Vicens Feb 18, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP The Jan. 27 hack of Iranian state broadcaster IRIB — which ran a message of support for opposition leaders and called…
Thanks, dad: jammer used to stop kids going online, wipes out a town's internet by mistake
A father who used a signal jammer to reign in his childrens’ internet use managed to wipe out an entire town’s connectivity by mistake. The French Agence Nationale des Fréquences,…
High Severity WordPress Plugin Bug Hits Three Million
Vulnerability could enable threat actors to access backups
New RCE flaw added to Adobe Commerce, Magento security advisory
Adobe has updated its advisory on an actively-exploited critical vulnerability in the Magento and Commerce Open Source platforms to include another RCE bug. The tech giant published revisions to the…
Hackers are using Microsoft Teams chat to spread malware
So far, researchers have identified thousands of these attacks involving abuse of the Microsoft Teams chat feature. As of January 2022, Microsoft Teams had surpassed the threshold of 270 million…
Vulnerability found in WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations
Updates have been released for UpdraftPlus, a WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations, after a vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Marc Montpas. In a blog post, the Wordfence…