Results are in from the US Defense Department’s pilot “Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty initiative. Source: Sophos
Web browsers are full of dangerous options that nobody uses. Most computers come with pre-loaded web browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari, but these default web browsers are not configured for secure web browsing. Anytime users are surfing the web, there can be a “variety of computer problems caused by anything […]
GoToMyPC, a service that helps people access and control their computers remotely over the Internet, is forcing all users to change their passwords, citing a spike in attacks that target people who re-use passwords across multiple sites. Owned by Santa Clara, Calif. based networking giant Citrix, GoToMyPC is a popular software-as-a-service product that lets users access and control […]
Introduction Last week we reported on the xDedic underground marketplace that facilitated the selling and buying of access to compromised RDP servers. We counted over 70,000 hacked server accounts from 173 countries for sale on the marketplace. After the public announcement the xDedic website very quickly went offline, thanks to the cooperation of several major […]
Although it is not a buzzword quite yet, the reality is, digital transformation is already impacting our professional and personal lives. Not a day passes without the media telling us what “it” is, why “it” is necessary, while bombarding us with examples of companies that are immersed in “it”. It’s a fact that our lives […]
Adobe on Thursday issued a critical update for its ubiquitous Flash Player software that fixes three dozen security holes in the widely-used browser plugin, including at least one vulnerability that is already being exploited for use in targeted attacks. The latest update brings Flash to v. 22.0.0.192 for Windows and Mac users alike. If you […]
Millions of people have been virtually stood-up by a potential partner that swiped left on the dating service, Tinder. To swipe left or swipe right—a decision made in an instant—is love in the times of the Smartphone…or so we think. There is something that we didn’t take into account while using Tinder to find […]
Earlier this year, we deployed new technologies in Kaspersky Lab products to identify and block zero-day attacks. This technology already proved its effectiveness earlier this year, when it caught an Adobe Flash zero day exploit (CVE-2016-1010). Earlier this month, our technology caught another zero-day Adobe Flash Player exploit deployed in targeted attacks. We believe the […]
