A new strand of malware uses Word files with macros to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. This PowerShell script further downloads a legitimate image file from... Read More
Ax Sharma
Ax Sharma is a Security Researcher, Engineer, and Tech Columnist. His works and expert analyses have frequently been featured by leading media outlets like Fortune, BleepingComputer, The Register, TechRepublic, CIO, etc.
Ax's expertise lies in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, software development, and web app security. He's an active community member of the OWASP Foundation and the British Association of Journalists (BAJ).
News tips welcome via Twitter DM (@Ax_Sharma) or email (ax@hey.ax).
UK energy provider E.ON has apologised for mistakenly debiting customer bank accounts earlier than expected for their energy bill payments.... Read More
Medical labs appointed by governments to test incoming international passengers for COVID-19 contain insecure QR code implementations that may lead to data exposure.... Read More
Facebook has fixed an Instagram bug which leaked users' private email address and date of birth. The company awarded the researcher a $13,125 bug bounty for the report.... Read More
American Bank Systems (ABS) has been sued by a class of plaintiffs for their failure to protect customer data and for delaying the disclosure of ransomware attack.... Read More
This week, the source code of CMA, a software provider relied on by leading central banks across nations and stock exchanges has been exposed online.... Read More
Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Stream gaming service that remain unpatched can make it easy for malware and malicious threat actors to gain persistence and escalate permissions on Windows systems.... Read More
Government of Canada website canada.gc.ca is throwing SSL errors due to an expired certificate.
Multiple Canadian government sites continue to have links to this older site which are now breaking.... Read More
Mitsubishi Electric and sister companies such as Mitsubishi Polycrystalline have been hit by cyberattacks, including ransomware... Read More
In a joint effort, international law enforcement authorities including the FBI, Europol, and the Romanian police have arrested a hacker duo that sold malware encryption tools.... Read More
