FBI Warned State Election Board Systems of Hacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division warned election officials nationwide this month to fortify their systems in the wake of two breaches it was able to detect earlier this summer.
Vulnerabilities
1.7 Million Opera Browser Users Told To Reset Passwords
Browser maker Opera warns 1.7 million Opera sync accounts possibly compromised and urges users to change passwords.
Pacemaker Hacking Fears Rise With Critical Research Report
Researcher warn medical devices made by St. Jude Medical are at risk of attacks via SSH certificate reuse vulnerabilities and static credentials that can easily give hackers root access to key monitoring equipment.
Apple rushed an emergency iOS update that patches three zero days being exploited in spyware sold to oppressive governments to monitor human rights activists and journalists.
VMware this week patched its Identity Manager and vRealize Automation products against privilege escalation and remote code execution vulnerabilities.
Cisco today began the process of patching a zero-day vulnerability in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software exposed in the ShadowBrokers data dump.
A breach that exposed 200,000 Grand Theft Auto fan forum users’ email addresses and private data is being blamed on an exploit of outdated and vulnerable vBulletin software.
Researchers at Silent Signal have ported the ShadowBrokers’ Equation Group exploit for Cisco ASA firewalls to newer versions of the product.
Obihai Technology recently patched a slew of issues in its ObiPhone IP phone products that could have led to memory corruption, a buffer overflow, and denial of service conditions, among other outcomes.
Macro-based attacks are a dime a dozen, but a new Hancitor variant illustrates how cybercriminals are upping their game when it comes building more sophisticated malicious attachments.
