- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
Redis Servers Targeted with Fake Ransomware
Crook deletes victim's files and then asks for money
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 30th, 2016
New and Mysterious FairWare Ransomware Targets Linux Servers
Users should be cautious before paying the ransom
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 26th, 2016
Mozilla Launches Free Website Security Testing Service
Observatory code is open source and available on GitHub
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 25th, 2016
SWEET32 Attack: 3DES and Blowfish Ciphers Considered Insecure
HTTPS and VPN traffic broken with new semi-practical attack
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 25th, 2016
German Man Behind IRC-Controlled WordPress Botnet
Botnet is still active because of complex legal procedures
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 17th, 2016
WordPress Plugin Hijacks Websites to Show Payday Loan Ads
Plugin author recognizes mistake, fixes plugin
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
FalseCONNECT Vulnerability Affects Software from Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, More
Multiple other vendors may still be affected
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15th, 2016
Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files
Crooks use whatever technique they can to prevail
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 14th, 2016
New FFS Rowhammer Attack Hijacks Linux VMs
Attack was successful in tests against Debian and Ubuntu
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
Locky Ransomware Uses Vulnerable PHP Forms for Spam Distribution
Updating the vulnerable PHP scripts solves the problem
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 10th, 2016
TCP Flaw in Linux Servers Allows Web Traffic Hijacking
All Linux kernels put out in the past four years affected
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
Linux Botnets Dominate the DDoS Landscape
77.4% of targeted resources were located in China
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Expired Domains Associated with WordPress Plugin Show Ads, Scareware
The blame falls on webmasters, not plugin developers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2016
Web Server Makers Plug Four Security Holes in HTTP/2 Protocol Implementation
Major servers address important HTTP/2 attack vectors
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 27th, 2016
Citibank Sysadmin Gets 21 Months in Jail for Wiping Bank's Routers
Angry employee shuts down 90% of Citibank servers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19th, 2016
New Made-in-China Web Shell Threatens the Security of Web Servers Worldwide
New Cknife Web shell modeled after old China Chopper shell
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 18th, 2016
HTTPoxy Vulnerability Affects CGI-Based Apps in PHP, Python, and Go
Fifteen-year-old vulnerability comes back to life