Farewell Flash, Forevermore

Read the original article: Farewell Flash, Forevermore Dear Flash, You helped us get our coding legs with Dreamweaver on sites like MySpace and the early web, but you were easily overtaken and hackable. The security and performance holes in your… Read more → The post Farewell Flash, Forevermore first appeared on IT Security News.
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SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed U.S. Justice Department's Email Server

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. "On December 24, 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) learned of previously unknown malicious activity linked to the global SolarWinds incident that has affected
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Greg Nicastro joins SmartBear as EVP/GM of Products and Technology

Read the original article: Greg Nicastro joins SmartBear as EVP/GM of Products and Technology SmartBear announced Greg Nicastro has joined the company as EVP/GM of Products and Technology. He was previously Chief Product Officer at cloud cost management leader, CloudHealth… Read more → The post Greg Nicastro joins SmartBear as EVP/GM of Products and Technology first appeared on IT Security News.
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FBI Warn Hackers are Using Hijacked Home Security Devices

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently reported that the threat actors are hacking home security systems and applying them to place fake calls to emergency services.  The F.B.I. has issued an announcement to warn all the users of smart home devices with cameras and voice skills to apply all kinds of complex, unique […] The post FBI Warn Hackers are Using Hijacked Home Security Devices appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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FBI, CISA, NSA Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Cyber Attack

The U.S. government on Tuesday formally pointed fingers at the Russian government for orchestrating the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that came to light early last month. "This work indicates that an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and
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Vertiv appoints Stephanie Gill as Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Read the original article: Vertiv appoints Stephanie Gill as Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary Vertiv named Stephanie Gill, Esq., the company’s new Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She will report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Rob Johnson, effective… Read more → The post Vertiv appoints Stephanie Gill as Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary first appeared on IT Security News.
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Warning: Cross-Platform ElectroRAT Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Users

Cybersecurity researchers today revealed a wide-ranging scam targeting cryptocurrency users that began as early as January last year to distribute trojanized applications to install a previously undetected remote access tool on target systems. Called ElectroRAT by Intezer, the RAT is written from ground-up in Golang and designed to target multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and
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Google Speech-to-Text API Can Help Attackers Easily Bypass Google reCAPTCHA

A three-year-old attack technique to bypass Google's audio reCAPTCHA by using its own Speech-to-Text API has been found to still work with 97% accuracy. Researcher Nikolai Tschacher disclosed his findings in a proof-of-concept (PoC) of the attack on January 2. "The idea of the attack is very simple: You grab the MP3 file of the audio reCAPTCHA and you submit it to Google's own speech-to-text API
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Microsoft Source Code Exposed: What We Know & What It Means

Read the original article: Microsoft Source Code Exposed: What We Know & What It Means Microsoft says there is no increase in security risk; however, experts say access to source code could make some steps easier for attackers.   Become… Read more → The post Microsoft Source Code Exposed: What We Know & What It Means first appeared on IT Security News.
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Secret Backdoor Found in Zyxel Firewall and AP Controllers

The Niels Teusink of Dutch cybersecurity firm EYE has recently revealed a secret backdoor official account in the latest “4.60 patch 0” for some Zyxel devices. Nearly 100,000 Zyxel devices got vulnerable to a hidden backdoor (CVE-2020-29583) that has been caused by hardcoded credentials, which are used to update firewall and AP controllers’ firmware. We […] The post Secret Backdoor Found in Zyxel Firewall and AP Controllers appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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