WooCommerce fixes critical Upload Files vulnerability
A critical vulnerability CVE-2021-24171 in WooCommerce Upload Files plugin can be exploited through multiple routes like double extension and path traversal attacks.... 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).
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A gray hat hacker has published over 7,000 dependency confusion packages to npm and PyPI repositories, and continues to post thousands more, in real time.... Read More
ThyssenKrupp suffers ransomware attack for the third time
ThyssenKrupp has again been hit by a cyber attack from the NetWalker ransomware group, after previously having been stricken by two other ransomware groups.... Read More
Hacker claims to sell 1.3 million Hyundai Russia customer records
Hacker claims to sell 1.3 million records of Hyundai Russia customers on hacker forum... Read More
Data of 500,000 Betway gambling customers being allegedly sold on hacker forum
A hacker is allegedly selling data of 500,000 Betway UK customers, with 10,000 records leaked at almost no cost. The data can be abused in sophisticated spear-phishing attacks to target online gambling players.... Read More
PoC exploits for Apache Flink Path Traversal vulnerabilities posted
This week Apache Flink has disclosed 2 path traversal vulnerabilities CVE-2020-17518 and CVE-2020-17519. Hackers have already posted Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploits for these bugs.... Read More
Source code revealed for malware that locks IoT male chastity devices
The ChastityLock malware locks your tool up and has got you by the balls, literally. ... Read More
Cloudflare WAF bypass exploits revealed
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A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) protection bypass technique has been revealed for Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF). The exploit has been publicly known since 2019 but remains unpatched.... Read More
Amey suffers cyber attack from ransomware
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UK's prominent infrastructure management company Amey has been hit by Mount Locker ransomware group in what the company has called a "complex" cyber attack.... Read More
Backdoor master password for thousands of Zyxel firewalls revealed
Thousands of Zyxel firewalls and access point controllers contain a secret, undocumented hardcoded password giving anyone admin access through this zero-day.... Read More
A spreadsheet hosted on Intel.com is flagged as malware—but is it? 
NS trains halted for hours after IT system ‘failure’ 
Beware of zero-click attacks, you may already be infected 
Movie studios sue TorGuard after $10 million legal battle with LiquidVPN