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Jenkins, an open source server used to perform automated tasks, can be abused to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks are possible because of a vulnerability in the Jenkins codebase. The bug (tracked as CVE-2020-2100) has been fixed in Jenkins v2.219, released last month. According to the Jenkins security advisory, Jenkins installations […] More
Has the 2020 election news cycle got you anxious, depressed, confused, or just plain exhausted? Have you started hating friends and mistrusting most of what you read? Well, there are some apps I recommend. Really. Under the best of circumstances, political discussions can get heated and even venomous. But this is no normal election year. […] More
Macs have often been presented as the safer computing option but now cyber criminals are increasingly switching their attention towards those who use Apple computers. Researchers at cybersecurity company Malwarebytes analysed a year of data on cyber attacks targeting its customers and found that malware attacks and other malicious activity targeting Macs have risen significantly […] More
Without a doubt, the Emotet trojan is today’s top malware threat, in both terms of quantity (due to its huge spam campaigns) and risk (due to its known history of allowing ransomware gangs to buy themselves access to infected networks). Historically, Emotet has worked by getting a foothold inside a company after careless employees open […] More
Enterprise companies are struggling to contain the security and control implications of using multiple cryptographic keys and digital certificates, new research suggests. On Tuesday, Keyfactor and the Ponemon Institute released the 2020 “The Impact of Unsecured Digital Identities” report, which examines how cryptographic keys and certificates are handled in enterprise environments. Responses from over 600 […] More
It has been over a decade since the famous ILOVEYOU virus was let loose on the world, MyDoom was considered an email menace back in the day, and the Slammer virus is remembered for crashing the Bank of America’s ATM service. Computer viruses and worms were once common but have now given way to more sophisticated […] More
The Outlaw hacking group has remerged after months of quiet with an upgraded toolset designed for data theft and for plundering enterprise resources in the quest for cryptocurrency. Outlaw, first spotted back in 2018, is a threat group that has been in testing and malware development stages over the past year. In June 2019, researchers […] More
The Internet of Things is getting mainstream enough that we need new acronyms to differentiate medical (IoMT) and industrial (IIoT) connected devices from consumer doorbells, security cameras, weather stations, tennis rackets and nappies that are already streaming data. IDC estimated some $200 billion was spent on Industrial IoT modules and sensors in 2019 as we […] More
