SophosLabs has detected a new DDoS botnet targeting poorly secured SSH servers – called Chalubo, it is named in honour of its use of the ChaCha stream cipher.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities
A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities’ and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.
Patch now! Multiple serious flaws found in Drupal
Drupal website owners have some important patching homework to do.
Phishing is still the most commonly used attack on organizations, survey says
The survey found that the majority of cyberattacks – 75% – came from outsiders, while 25% were due to insiders.
Adult websites shuttered after 1.2 million user details exposed
It’s not even close to the number of users affected by the massive Ashley Madison breach, but the results could be just as devastating to those who are affected.
Popular website plugin harboured a serious 0-day for years
The flaw in the popular file uploader allows an attacker to upload files and run their own command line shell on any affected server.
Maker of LuminosityLink RAT gets 30 months in the clink
Prosecutors said that the 21-year-old LuminosityLink author had no respect for the law and showed contempt for moral rules and social norms.
Serious D-Link router security flaws may never be patched
Six routers with serious security flaws are considered end of life (EOL) and may never be updated.
New iPhone lock screen bypass exposes your photos
José Rodríguez has demonstrated how an attacker with physical access to a device running iOS 12.0.1 can gain access to photos stored on it.
Is this the simple solution to password re-use?
Researchers concluded that passphrase requirements such as a 15-character minimum length deter the majority users from reusing them on other sites.