Newly spotted Ethereum vulnerabilities put $1 billion at stake
Researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Ethereum cryptocurrency this month that when exploited by attackers can have devastating consequences. These...
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SaltStack discloses critical bugs on Election Day
SaltStack has publicly disclosed 3 vulnerabilities that had been impacting Salt instances for some time. Two of these have been...
Lacework tracks Moobot: botnet that targets vulnerable Docker APIs
There is an abundance of Mirai-based botnets in the wild however “Moobot”, which targets vulnerable Docker APIs, recently showed up...
Bug bounty programs don’t always pay up: researchers
Bug bounty platforms have filled a genuine need by connecting security researchers and pen-testers with products vendors in a manner...
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...
Office 365 phishing page evades detection using Google captcha
A newly discovered phishing campaign makes the recipient solve captchas in an effort to both add some legitimacy to itself...
Gravatar API lets you scrape millions of user profiles
Yesterday, I reported on BleepingComputer how Gravatar API makes it easy for web scrapers and bots to automatically enumerate Gravatar...
Telegram app used by malware to infiltrate online stores
An ongoing trend observed by cybersecurity analysts and malware researchers reveals Telegram messaging service is being abused by malware authors...
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...
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...