Threats & Breaches
MirageFox Malware: the Latest Addition to APT15 Hack Arsenal
The APT15 hacking group which became well-known for its high profile attacks against US Military has developed a new dangerous malware tool called MirageFox. It is believed that it is an updated ...
CVE-2018-12020: SigSpoof PGP Bug Allows Hackers to Spoof Signatures
The SigSpoof PGP Bug has been discovered to be a decade-old threat that allows hackers to spoof any user’s signatures and identity. This is a rare instance where a security issue has ...
Intel Faces Yet Another Speculative Execution Flaw in Its CPUs
As predicted by security researchers, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities announced this year were just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to security issues related to the speculative execution feature ...
Building Zero Trust networks with Microsoft 365
The traditional perimeter-based network defense is obsolete. Perimeter-based networks operate on the assumption that all systems within a network can be trusted. However, todays increasingly mobile workforce, the migration towards public cloud ...
Vermont librarian scores symbolic $600 win against Equifax in small claims lawsuit
In the wake of the Equifax incident last year, more than 143 million people had their personal and financial information leaked by hackers. For one 49-year-old librarian in Vermont, simply watching the ...
CVE-2018-3665 Vulnerability Found in Intel Core and Xeon Processors
Yet another chip vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-3665, which has been called Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore. The flaw resides in Intel Core and Xeon processors, and is similar to Spectre since ...
Microsoft Fixes 11 Critical Flaws, Readies Patches for Spectre Variant 4
Microsoft has fixed 50 vulnerabilities in its products during this month’s Patch Tuesday, 11 of which are rated critical. The company has also released mitigation for the new Spectre variant announced last ...
Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600
In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned ...
Malicious Code Can Look Like It Has Been Signed by Apple
Security researchers just discovered a code-signing bypass vulnerability that allows malicious code to masquerade as an official Apply system file. In other words, some of the implementations of Apple’s official code-signing API ...
Dixons Carphone Data Breach Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards
According to a statement made by the company, European electronics giant Dixons Carphone has suffered a serious data breach, or what it appears to be, two separate data breaches. Dixons Carphone Official ...
