Expert: Hackers Could Disrupt Elections by Altering Websites
(TNS) — Florida’s top election official on Tuesday warned that attackers could attempt to disrupt elections without even breaking into the voting systems — by simply changing the results on Continue Reading
Research center planned to help companies protect ‘Internet of Things’
LAWRENCE — More and more, the internet connects to devices in our homes, our offices and even to critical infrastructure that supports the American way of life. Yet, this snowballing Continue Reading
Defending Accounts from Credential Stuffing and Complete Takeovers
Fraudulent account access is nothing new, but recent reports show a significant increase in this type of attack. With credential stuffing attacks and account takeover being closely related, it is Continue Reading
Avoid ransomware by moving to the cloud, says AWS Public Sector boss
Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector vice president Teresa Carlson believes the best place for governments to run their business securely is in the cloud. Speaking at the AWS Continue Reading
The most copied StackOverflow Java code snippet contains a bug
The most copied StackOverflow Java code snippet of all time contains a bug. The admission comes from the author of the snippet itself, Andreas Lundblad, a Java developer at Palantir, Continue Reading
Attackers Continue to Exploit Outlook Home Page Flaw
A 2-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook continues to cause headaches for companies, as attackers are able to use a specific feature of the program to execute code and persist on Continue Reading
Reserve Bank of India to release new security guidelines for ATMs
In view of the increasing cyber threats, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said that very soon new guidelines will be issued for the ATM service providers. The monetary Continue Reading
Lazarus group goes back to the Apple orchard with new macOS trojan
The Lazarus group, which has been named as one of North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking teams, has been found to be using new tactics to infect macOS machines. Dinesh_Devadoss, a threat Continue Reading
Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter
Updated Twitter security celeb SwiftOnSecurity on Tuesday inadvertently disclosed a zero-day vulnerability affecting enterprise software biz Atlassian, a flaw that may be echoed in IBM’s Aspera software. The SwiftOnSecurity Twitter account revealed that Continue Reading
Another fake Google domain found infecting systems with malware
The malicious Google domain is named as fonts[.]googlesapi[.]com. The purpose of the fake domain is to distribute malware that collects browser cookies. Researchers have uncovered a new fake Google domain Continue Reading