A US court has sentenced a man to over five years for his part in a massive telecommunications fraud involving stolen cellphone accounts and reprogrammed phones.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Matrix under the microscope: what a niche ransomware can teach us
The malware middle ground is full of journeymen, wallflowers and also-rans that’ll bite you hard, if you let them.
Privilege escalation vulnerability uncovered in Microsoft Exchange
A researcher has discovered an alarming way that an attacker controlling a Microsoft Exchange mailbox account could potentially elevate their privileges to become a Domain Administrator.
It’s mop-up time for WebStresser DDoS-for-hire users
Cops from 14 countries are seeking to inflict a bit of distributed denial-of-freedom to whoever’s behind 6 million around-the-globe attacks.
Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Japan will hack citizens’ IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don’t like the notion? Here’s how to lock ’em down!
Thieves’ names and descriptions made public on B&Q database
DIY giant B&Q reportedly suffered an Elasticsearch database breach this week that gave up information on around 70,000 shoplifters.
Credential-stuffing attack prompts Dailymotion password reset
Dailymotion is resetting the account passwords of an unknown number of users after being hit by a “large-scale” credential stuffing attack.
BGP secure routing experiment ends in online row
An experiment to make the internet safer ended up breaking parts of it last week.
Fighting Emotet: lessons from the front line
Emotet is moving, shape-shifting target for admins and their security software. Here’s what we’ve learned from dealing with outbreaks.
US gov declares emergency after wave of domain hijacking attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency directive tightening DNS security after a recent wave of domain hijacking attacks targeting government websites.