Researchers have discovered a flaw in macOS, Linux, and several other operating systems that could let attackers hijack VPN connections.
Tag Archives: Security threats
HackerOne pays $20,000 bounty after breach of own systems
In an embarrassing twist, bug bounty platform HackerOne has paid a $20,000 reward to a researcher who reported a security flaw inadvertently caused by one of its staff during… a bug submission.
$5m bounty set on the alleged head of Evil Corp banking Trojan group
Know where Maksim “Aqua” Yakubets is? Can you pry him out of Russia and his Lamborghinis? The biggest ever cybercrook reward awaits!
OpenBSD devs patch authentication bypass bug
One of the internet’s most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls.
iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve
Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.
Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community
Python developers have once again fallen victim to malicious software libraries lurking in their favourite package manager.
Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update
Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.
Steam players – beware of fake skins as phishers try to hijack accounts
Phishing scammers have once again targeted users of the popular Steam gaming service, it was revealed this week.
FBI: Russia-based FaceApp is a ‘potential counterintelligence threat’
It’s a grabby little app, data-wise, but how is it different from, say, Google or Facebook?
SMS company exposes millions of text messages, credentials online
Researchers at VpnMentor claim that the TrueDialog data leak exposure could have compromised tens of millions of people.