Online-note-sharing company Evernote has patched a hole that allowed attackers to infect notes shared via its service.
Tag Archives: Security threats
WhatsApp ‘martinelli’ warning is a hoax, don’t forward it
A WhatsApp chain letter is warning of a malware-packing video called “martinelli”, and selling its lie with a grain of truth.
FIFA, hacked again, is leaking like a sieve
Football shockers started to flow on Friday, after journalists analyzed more than 70m exfiltrated documents, totaling 3.4 terabytes of data.
How one man could have taken over any business on Facebook
The recently patched flaw would have enabled anyone to make themselves an administrator for any Facebook business account.
Mirai author fined $8.6million, gets 6 months house arrest
An Alaskan court has handed one of the Mirai authors a huge fine.
Gov worker visits 9k porn sites without protection, spreads infection
A now very “ex”-government employee provides a teachable moment.
Snakes in the grass! Malicious code slithers into Python PyPI repository
Not for the first time, typosquatting malware made its way into an open source code repository.
China hijacking internet traffic using BGP, claim researchers
Researchers claim that unusual BGP routing changes are actually man-in-the-middle surveillance.
Researchers exploit Microsoft Word through embedded video
A group of researchers has found a way to infect computers via Word documents without triggering a security warning.
WordPress takes aim at ancient versions of its software
If you’re running a very old version of WordPress on your website, the project’s staff would like a word with you.