Tag: NEWS&INDUSTRY
Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in SD-WAN, DNA Center, SSMS Products
Cisco this week released patches to address a significant number of vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including several critical flaws in [...]

Amazon Awards $18,000 for Exploit Allowing Kindle E-Reader Takeover
Amazon has awarded an $18,000 bug bounty for an exploit chain that could have allowed an attacker to take complete control of a Kindle e-reader simply [...]
Scanning Activity Detected After Release of Exploit for Critical SAP SolMan Flaw
A Russian researcher has made public on GitHub a functional exploit targeting a critical vulnerability that SAP patched in its Solution Manager produc [...]
‘LuckyBoy’ Malvertising Campaign Hits iOS, Android, XBox Users
A recently identified malvertising campaign targeting mobile and other connected devices users makes heavy use of obfuscation and cloaking to avoid de [...]

Snort 3 Becomes Generally Available
Snort 3 was officially released on Tuesday and users have been advised to switch to Snort 3 from any previous version of the popular intrusion prevent [...]
Oracle’s January 2021 CPU Contains 329 New Security Patches
Oracle this week announced the availability of its first cumulative set of security fixes for 2021, which includes a total of 329 new patches.
The Jan [...]
Ransomware Took Heavy Toll on US in 2020: Researchers
Ransomware attacks took a heavy toll on the United States last year with more than 2,000 victims in government, education and health care, security re [...]
Chrome 88 Drops Flash, Patches Critical Vulnerability
Google has released Chrome 88 to the stable channel with several security improvements inside, including patches for 36 vulnerabilities, one of which [...]
New ‘FreakOut’ Malware Ensnares Linux Devices Into Botnet
A recently identified piece of malware is targeting Linux devices to ensnare them into a botnet capable of malicious activities such as distributed de [...]
Malwarebytes Targeted by SolarWinds Hackers
Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes on Tuesday revealed that it too was targeted by the hackers who breached the systems of Texas-based IT management comp [...]