Google has announced the launch of a knowledge base called XS-Leaks to help web browser developers and security engineers prepare defense mechanisms against rising side-channel threats.
Manufacturers are increasingly being targeted not just by traditional malicious actors such as unorganized cybercriminals, but by competing companies and nations engaged in corporate espionage.
Security researchers have uncovered a critical flaw in Microsoft Teams that could allow an attacker to access confidential conversations and files from the communications service.
Cybercrime against digital media and entertainment organizations is on the rise. Hackers formulate new and innovative ways to defeat security measures and controls to pilfer sensitive data.
Guardicore first spotted the attack back in January 2020. After that, it witnessed a total of 92 attacks emanate from 11 IP addresses, with most based in Ireland and the UK at the time of analysis.
The zero-day vulnerability affects WP SMTP 1.4.2 and earlier versions, it resides in a feature that creates debug logs for all emails sent by the site and store them in the installation folder.
It’s still unclear what kind of information might have been compromised. Much of the city’s files — budget documents, building plans, and council minutes — are records available to the public under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
The new code-injection technique essentially allows cybercriminals to inject code to launch dangerous XSS (cross-site scripting) attacks within the bounds of a PDF document.
Retailers are on high alert during the holiday season of Magecart attacks, which implant malicious computer code into websites and third-party suppliers of digital systems to steal credit card info.
ESET researchers discovered that chat software called Able Desktop, used by 430 government agencies in Mongolia, was used to deliver the HyperBro backdoor, the Korplug RAT, and a RAT called Tmanger.