Commission settlement officially $17.5 million, but fine reduced due to inability to pay. Ashley Madison, the dating website for married people seeking extramarital affairs, will pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Read More →
The Joomla Project released version 3.6.5 of the Joomla CMS that addresses three security bugs, of which one can allow attackers to take over vulnerable sites. If this wasn’t badRead More →
Just in time for the Christmas holiday shopping spree, the group behind the Cerber ransomware has launched a spam campaign that uses fake credit card reports to trick users intoRead More →
Security firm warns of Trojans shipping with stock firmware. Russian security company Dr. Web, who also makes a PC antivirus solution bearing the same name, warns that it discovered a totalRead More →
A soon-to-be-deprecated API included with Skype for Mac contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass authentication procedures and query for user data or interact with a local SkypeRead More →
The basement of the Democratic National Committee’s Washington, DC, headquarters holds one of the most fitting images to come out of the hacks that dogged Democrats in the 2016 presidentialRead More →
McAfee patches flaws in its Linux security solution. Remote code execution flaws found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges, and a securityRead More →
In the second half of 2016, ESET researchers identified a unique malicious toolset that was used in targeted cyberattacks against high-value targets in the Ukrainian financial sector. We believe that theRead More →
Malware authors have released a new version of the Android Loki trojan, which can now infect native Android OS libraries after an earlier version had previously gained the capabilities toRead More →
A criminal group has made at least $450,000 by infecting organizations with the Samas ransomware in the past year, according to an analysis by researchers from security firm Palo AltoRead More →
