Adobe seems to have trouble catching a break sometimes, Today they released an emergency patch for a vulnerability in the Cold Fusion application that Adobe bought in 2005. The bug allows an attacker to bypass the file upload restrictions, allowing an attacker to upload a malicious executable and then get the target system to execute […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just ONE day after the announcement of the NINETEEN YEAR OLD bug in the very popular WinRAR utility, Checkpoint Software found examples of it being exploited in the wild. Given that the vast majority of the 500 million copies will likely NEVER be patched and the fact that the bug allows the hacker to take […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many employees are at least curious about their next job. That is the basis for this attack. The attacker sends Linkedin direct messages from a legitimate Linkedin account. If that doesn’t appeal to the target, the attacker sends emails to the targets business email address suggesting a job offer. The links in the email points […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I wrote a while back about hackers that had compromised a law firm and its customer Hiscox insurance – or said differently Hiscox and its vendor. The law firm was handling claims related to 9/11 (almost 20 years later and still litigating!). A lot of law firms (certainly not all) have not figured out that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Stanford University is considered is fairly good college. They have some well known grads such as Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google founders), Herbert Hoover, Peter Thiel (Paypal founder), John Steinbeck and Sandra Day O’Connor. But apparently when it comes to software, they, themselves, are not so good. A little over a year ago they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Pakistani hacker who last week put up 600 million hacked accounts has added another hundred million records plus to the pie. The first batch included 617 million records from 16 hacked sites — Dubsmash – 162 million accounts My FitnessPal – 151 million accounts MyHeritage – 92 million ShareThis – 41 million HauteLook – […]
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