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Experts in system audits mention that two major PGP project contributors have been victims of multiple attacks by unidentified hackers that have managed to infect the certificates used by the SKS key server network. PGP is a variant of encryption software used to ensure email communication between intelligence agencies. Robert Hansen and Saniel Kahn, two […]
Hackers implant backdoors on ‘Infrastructure as a Service’ hardware servers Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report the finding of a new vulnerability that allows hackers to leave backdoors in the firmware of physical servers that are reassigned to other users of cloud services, leaving new users vulnerable […]
An attacker could run a malicious MySQL server and gain access to the connected data, as reported in a security message MySQL administrators have posted a security alert informing users about a drawback with LOCAL LOAD DATA, noting that “the declaration can load a file located on the server host or, if the local keyword […]
Due to security incidents, certifying authorities have decided to end the implementation of this protocol Nearly year after a security incident allowed malicious users to claim encryption certificates from domains that did not belong to them, the certifying authority has decided to terminate the TLS-SIN-01 protocol lifecycle, as report by network security and ethical hacking […]
Bugs in Intel’s firmware allow remote code execution, data exfiltration and more. Bugs in the underlying firmware of multiple Intel chip families have left laptops, servers and storage appliances vulnerable to a number of security vulnerabilities, the company has admitted. The silicon giant has confirmed reports from third-party security researchers that flaws in its chips’ […]
Interpol investigators announced today they’d identified over 8,800 servers hosted across eight countries in Southeast Asia used for various cybercrime operations. According to Interpol, these are command-and-control (C&C) servers used as malware download centers, for spreading ransomware, launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and in spam distribution. Interpol only gathered the data, which it […]
We have seen some latest incidents wherein the CloudFlare Network has been mentioned to have lost its purchase records, now the company blames an unspecified inner fault for these kinds of incidents. In keeping with John Graham-Cumming, the organization’s CTO, about 1 in every 3.3 million requests that servers of the company have been managing in […]
New linux Malware, dubbed Linux/Rakos is threatening devices and servers.The malware is written in the Go language and the binary is usually compressed with the standard UPX tool. Linux/Rakos performed via brute force attempts at SSH logins, in a similar way to that in which many Linux worms operate, including Linux/Moose (which spread by attacking Telnet […]