Information Security (Page 59)

Mobile App that sold women shut down by cyber police

On: January 5, 2022

Tagged: cyber harrassment, cyberbullying, cybersecurity, GitHub, Hacking, India, Information Security, malicious apps, Mobile apps, Mobile Security, social media

Cybersecurity specialists report that Bulli Bai, the mobile app developed in India that allegedly would have put some Muslim women “on sale” has finally been shut down. Authorities in atRead More →

3 severe vulnerabilities in Django that can leak application data

On: January 4, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), content management system (CMS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Django CMS, Hacking, Information Security, remote code execution (RCE), security flaws, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists reported the finding of three vulnerabilities in Django, a free and open source content management system (CMS) platform for publishing content on the Internet. According to the report,Read More →

New zero day attack on iPads and iPhones turns them into unusable objects

On: January 4, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Apple, Apple HomeKit, Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), iOS, iPad, iPod, security flaws, Smartphones

Trevor Spiniolas is a renowned mobile security researcher who has reported various issues and bugs affecting multiple commonly used technological devices. In his latest report, the expert details the findingRead More →

Critical vulnerabilities in HCL Digital Experience (DX), a platform for creating and managing web portals

On: January 3, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, Hacking, HCL Digital Experience, incidents, Information Security, remote code execution (RCE), Security breach, security flaws, Server-side request forgery (SSRF)

HCL Digital Experience (DX), a platform for creating and managing web platforms, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution (RCE) scenarios, the researchers claim. AlthoughRead More →

6 critical vulnerabilities in Netgear routers

On: January 3, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: cybersecurity, data leaking, firmware, Hacking, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), NETGEAR, Passwords, remote code execution (RCE), Routers, security flaws, technology, usernames, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of at least six high-risk vulnerabilities and no known updates in the latest firmware version for Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 routers. These devices are widely usedRead More →

How to find location of a phone with just the phone number free of cost?

On: December 30, 2021

In: Tutorials

Tagged: cybersecurity, ethical hacking, Firefly, Hacking, Information Security, International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), Mobile Security, security flaws, Smartphones, technology, tutorial, Tutorials

Determining the location of a device is one of the most complex hacking tasks, although there are several tools that can incredibly simplify this process, reducing everything to a matterRead More →

How Chinese cyber army is hacking into universities to steal research materials

On: December 30, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Aquatic Panda, China, CrowdStrike, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), data theft, GitHub, Hacking, Information Security, Log4j, malware, security flaws, VMware

CrowdStrike researchers report the detection of a hacking group operating from China and that has managed to infiltrate an academic institution by exploiting one of the flaws found in theRead More →

How cybercriminals are using MSBuild to bypass enterprise security solutions

On: December 29, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cobalt Strike, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Microsoft Build Engine, MSBuild, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), security flaws, Windows

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of various malicious campaigns based on the abuse of a component in Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) in order to execute a Cobalt Strike payload onRead More →

CVE-2021-44832: The fifth critical vulnerability discovered in the Apache logging library

On: December 29, 2021

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Apache Software Foundation, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Information Security, Log4j, man-in-the-middle (MITM), remote code execution (RCE), security flaws, security patches, vulnerability

This week, the Apache Software Foundation issued a new set of patches to address remote code execution (RCE) flaws in Log4j, which could be exploited by threat actors to compromiseRead More →