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Bug bounty programs don’t always pay up: researchers

It is worth noting that critical exploits could sell on the darknet for far worth more than what a nominal…

4 years ago

Palo Alto Networks researcher discovers Linux privilege escalation vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability had been lurking in the Linux kernel all this time until being discovered by a Palo…

4 years ago

5 virtual events to attend for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020

In the U.S., Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is observed in the month of October. This is the time to…

4 years ago

Office 365 phishing page evades detection using Google captcha

A newly discovered Microsoft Office 365 phishing campaign makes the recipient solve Google reCaptchas to both add some legitimacy to…

4 years ago

Slack is down and lagging for users across the world

Popular workplace messaging app Slack is down for multiple users across the globe, or experiencing subpar performance.

4 years ago

Gravatar API lets you scrape millions of user profiles

Italian security researcher, Carlo Di Dato discovered that the hidden URL API routes as those shown below can allow a…

4 years ago

Telegram app used by malware to infiltrate online stores

Telegram is being actively used by malware authors targeting e-commerce websites built on Prestashop, Magento and WooCommerce.

4 years ago

NodeJS malware caught exfiltrating IPs, username, and device information on GitHub

Multiple NodeJS packages laden with malicious code have been spotted on npm registry. These "typosquatting" packages served no purpose other…

4 years ago

Can a Windows wallpaper really hijack your Microsoft account password?

This month security researcher bohops demonstrated a credential harvesting trick that uses Windows theme files. Setting a Windows wallpaper location to a…

4 years ago

A malware alert left hundreds of Bank of America customers panicking

Hundreds of Bank of America customers had trouble accessing their bank accounts yesterday due to Avast and AVG antivirus engines…

4 years ago

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