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Serious Vulnerability Allows Hijacking of VPN Connections Across Many Linux Based Systems (Including Android and MacOS)

A serious vulnerability has surfaced affecting VPN connections on many systems. Upon exploitation, this vulnerability allows a potential attacker toSerious Vul…

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Multiple Vulnerabilities Found In OpenBSD Including Authentication Bypass

Researchers from Qualys have discovered four different vulnerabilities in OpenBSD that developers have now patched. These include some serious securityMultiple…

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Facebook Filed Lawsuit Against Chinese Firm For Ad Fraud

Facebook has recently filed a lawsuit against a Chinese malware operator for ad fraud. As revealed, the tech giant believesFacebook Filed Lawsuit Against Chine…

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Ffuf (Fuzz Faster U Fool) - An Open Source Fast Web Fuzzing Tool

Ffuf - Fuzz Faster U Fool is a great tool used for fuzzing. It has become really popular lately withFfuf (Fuzz Faster U Fool) - An Open Source Fast Web Fuzzing…

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Heroku PaaS Service Found Hosting Numerous Magecart Skimmers

Recently, researchers have found Magecart attackers exploiting Salesforce Heroku for hosting Magecart skimmers. The attackers also exploit this service toHerok…

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Google Patched Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities In Android With December Update

Google has recently rolled-out numerous Android updates for December. These even include patches for some critical vulnerabilities in Android. OneGoogle Patche…

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OpenBSD devs patch authentication bypass b

Are you an OpenBSD user? OpenBSD, one of the internet's most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls, effectivel…

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New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connectio

A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, …

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New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connections

A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, …

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Facebook Sued Hong Kong Firm for Hacking Users and Ad Fraud Scheme

Following its efforts to take legal action against those misusing its social media platform, Facebook has now filed a new lawsuit against a Hong Kong-based adv…

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US Data Center Provider CyrusOne Suffered Ransomware Attack

American data center provider, CyrusOne, has fallen prey to a ransomware attack. The firm CyrusOne faced the Sodinokibi ransomware attackUS Data Center Provide…

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FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware

The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banki…

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UK Activewear Retailer Sweaty Betty Falls Prey To Magecart Attack

The Magecart attackers seem very active these days. Carrying on with their malicious campaign, they have once again preyed onUK Activewear Retailer Sweaty Bett…

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Mozilla Removed Avast and AVG Browser Extensions From Firefox For Spying on Users

Mozilla has recently removed four browser extensions from its add-ons listing for the Firefox browser. Mozilla removed these AVG andMozilla Removed Avast and A…

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5 Robust Cybersecurity Practices for Your Email Marketing Campaigns

If you're an online business owner that runs email marketing campaigns, you should know that phishing campaigns still prevail to5 Robust Cybersecurity Practic…

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Canonical Patches Intel Microcode Regression on Ubuntu PCs with Skylake CP

Canonical has published a new security advisory today where the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system apologizes for a regression introduced…

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS 7 Receive Important Kernel Security Upda

Red Hat and CentOS haveÂannouncedÂthe availability of important kernel security updates for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS Linux 7 operating syste…

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Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD

OpenBSD, an open-source operating system built with security in mind, has been found vulnerable to four new high-severity security vulnerabilities, one of whic…

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Nmap Automator - a tool I used during OSCP for simple recon

Nmap Automator is a great tool for initial port scans of a given ip address. It automates the scan techniquesNmap Automator - a tool I used during OSCP for sim…

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ZeroCleare: New Iranian Data Wiper Malware Targeting Energy Sector

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, previously undiscovered destructive data-wiping malware that is being used by state-sponsored hackers in the wi…

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CallerSpy Android Malware Masquerades Itself as a Chat App

A new trojan is in the wild that seems part of a cyberespionage campaign. Dubbed as CallerSpy, this Android malwareCallerSpy Android Malware Masquerades Itself…

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China Implements Mandatory Facial Recognition Scans For New Cell Phone Use

The government claims that the new requirement will prevent fraud for citizens, but critics see it as the furthering of invasive surveillance measures. What ar…

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Sen. Cantwell Leads With New Consumer Data Privacy Bi

There is a lot to like about U.S. Sen. Cantwell's newÂConsumer Online Privacy Rights ActÂ(COPRA). It is an important step towards theÂcomprehensiveÂconsumer da…

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Attackers Actively Exploiting Android StrandHogg Vulnerability To Steal Banking Credentials

Researchers have discovered another serious vulnerability affecting Android phones. Dubbed as StrandHogg, the vulnerability even affects the latest devices run…

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