A security researcher has found a way to tinker with Windows’ core settings while persuading users to accept the changes.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Epic in hot water over Steam-scraping code
Players noticed that Epic Games was gathering and storing data from Steam accounts without their permission.
DARPA is working on an open source, secure e-voting system
The US Government is working on an electronic voting system that it hopes will prevent people from tinkering with voting machines at the polls.
Intel releases patches for code execution vulnerabilities
Intel released patches last week, fixing a range of vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute code on affected devices.
WordPress 5.1.1 patches dangerous XSS vulnerability
Researchers have offered more detail on a recently patched vulnerability that would allow an attacker to take over a WordPress site.
Chrome will soon block drive-by-download malvertising
A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.
Update now! WordPress abandoned cart plugin under attack
Hackers have been spotted targeting websites running unpatched versions of the WordPress plugin Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce.
Misconfigured Box accounts leak terabytes of companies’ sensitive data
Easily guessable URLs led to what should have been big companies’ very private data. Even Box itself was found to be exposing folders.
Study throws security shade on freelance and student programmers
A recent study shows that if you aren’t prepared to ask or pay for security, you probably won’t get it.
Citrix admits attackers breached its network – what we know
On Friday, software giant Citrix issued a short statement admitting that hackers recently managed to get inside its internal network. According to a statement by chief information security officer Stan Black, the company was told of the attack by the FBI on 6 March, since when it had established that attackers had taken “business documents” […]