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According to information security audit specialists there is a Microsoft Excel feature called Power Query that could be used by threat actors to inject malware into remote systems. Experts at Mimecast Threat Center described how the vulnerability could be exploited through a proof of concept. Power Query enables Excel users to embed external data sources […]
Last week, security researchers have published the details of two possibly critical flaws affecting version 5 of the vBulletin forum software. vBulletin is the most popular forum software, which is based on PHP and MySQL database server. It’s currently used by over 100,000 websites, including Fortune 500 and Alexa Top 1 million organizations websites and […]
21,000 Websites Affected after Exploiting of Three WordPress Plugins Zero-day – Solution: Update Those Plugins ASAP. Zero-day vulnerabilities are blessing for cybercriminals the most and this time around hackers have managed to exploit not one or two but three of them. Security firm Wordfence reported that the three exploited vulnerabilities have affected WordPress plugins but […]
Google is busy in updating its Android OS with the third and probably the largest security patch update that the company will be releasing this year. March 2017 Android update offer fixes for around 105 security vulnerabilities. This marks a whopping increment in the number of identified security flaws since when Google released a patch […]
It is a well-known notion that the higher the prize money, the greater will be the effort to win it. Same goes for bug bounty programs. These are specially designed programs that allow white hat hackers and upcoming or novice security researchers to identify prevalent vulnerabilities in their latest hardware/software products. A majority of tech […]
Gogo Inc., a world-renowned in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services provider for business and commercial airplanes has launched its own bug bounty program urging hackers and security researchers to discover security flaws and vulnerabilities in their website and Gogo’s airborne systems that allow users to connect to the Internet, watch live TV and on-demand videos. The sole purpose of this […]
Bug bounty programs are certainly the current rage among software developers and tech firms alike. The reason is that, through these reward programs, small time hackers and security experts all get a fair chance to polish and test their skills while the creators of the program/device get to know about potential vulnerabilities in their offerings […]
Slovenian Student Gets Sentenced for Reporting Configuration flaws in Tetra Protocol Is it possible that somebody could be sent to jail for identifying security flaws in a protocol that is being used by the local Police department? This particular news report strengthens the notion that it certainly can happen. Reports have it that a 26-year […]
Hackers target Fur Affinity art gallery website delete everything — Thanks to the backup the site is up and running once again! A well-known and widely followed online hub of furries community called Fur Affinity disappeared from the web. The furries community is a group of people having a keen interest in anthropomorphic animal characters like […]
A 10-year-old kid from Finland found a bug allowing access to Instagram servers and delete any text posted by Instagram users. If a security researcher wants to take part in Facebook’s bug bounty program there is an age requirement but the 10-year-old Finish kid Jani ( the last name not revealed) hacked Instagram and reported […]
Even though the annual cost of cybercrime to global business is a whopping £200bn, some members of staff still aren’t taking online security issues seriously enough. In fact, 93 percent of UK and US ‘knowledge workers’ engaged in at least one form of risky data security last year according to a survey by Intermedia. Therefore, […]
If you are following HackRead you must be aware of what is bug bounty and how it works but did you know who are the most famous Bug Bounty Hunters? Bug Bounty Programs are programs whereby an individual is rewarded by the company or website concerned after they have pointed out a bug in such website. […]
Voice Recognition Technology is a big thing these days but did you know the threats it carries within itself? “Hey, Siri! Who was the Prime Minister of Britain in 1868?” — You must have seen this brilliant ad featuring the ever-beautiful Penelope Cruz. Whether it be “Siri” on your Apple devices or “OK Google” on your […]
Good news for security researchers you can now earn some good money by reporting security bugs to Malwarebytes — Thanks to its bug bounty program. Malwarebytes is currently in the final stages of installing permanent patches for fixing the array of security bugs in one of its flagship products. The company received reports about the […]
You maybe a top notch developer or programmer but do you know which program languages generate most software security bugs? Recently, a lot of reports have been coming up, bringing attention to people regarding the vulnerabilities in Drupal and WordPress. Many hacks have been attributed to hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in WordPress, and similar claims have been […]
A new research has found out that numerous parking applications available in the smartphone market contain strong vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to attack the user and gain illegal access to the smartphone. NCC Group, the renowned information assurance firm tested six common Android parking applications with up to one million active users of which […]
NSA discloses 91 percent of the zero-day bugs it finds in the online systems to its manufacturers while it keeps the 9 percent to itself. This information was disclosed to defend the agency’s bug disclosure policies, according to reports from Reuters. NSA has been heavily criticized since Snowden‘s leaks and many questions have been posed to the […]