According to a security researcher, an unpatched vulnerability in PayPal’s money transfer service could allow attackers to deceive victims into completing attacker-directed transactions with a single click. Clickjacking, also known as UI redressing, is a method of tricking an unwary…
The email campaign also made use of Microsoft Word, which exploited a 22-year-old Office RCE flaw. While most malicious e-mail campaigns employ Word documents to disguise and spread malware, researchers have uncovered that a recently discovered campaign combines a malicious…
More than 90,000 websites are affected by the privilege escalation bug discovered in the Jupiter and JupiterX Core Plugin. According to scientists, a significant privilege escalation problem discovered in two themes used by over 90,000 WordPress web pages can allow…
IBM has extended a program that improves cybersecurity defenses of public schools with$5 million in grants. On Tuesday, IBM announced that it would offer a $5 million grant to public schools, including K-12 institutions in the United States. IBM’s existing…
Ransomware is not a novel type of attack. Indeed, the first malware surfaced almost 30 years ago and was delivered using 5.25-inch floppy discs. The victim had to send money to a P.O. Box in Panama to pay the ransom.…
If an attacker gains access to a transit agency’s networks, the consequences might be considerably more serious than server outages or exposed emails. Consider an attack on a transportation agency in charge of railway and subway routes. The consequences could…
A security researcher asserts that he has uncovered an unpatched flaw in PayPal’s money transfer service. The flaw can allow attackers to deceive victims into inadvertently completing attacker-directed transactions with a single click. Clickjacking, also goes by the name UI…
XorDdos, a Linux botnet malware, has been used extensively—a 254% increase—in the last six months, a Microsoft research reports. The trojan derives its name from its denial-of-service attacks on Linux; it uses XOR-based encryption for communicating with its command-and-control (C2)…
Last month Google patched a severe flaw in its OAuth client library for Java; the actors can exploit the flaw by using a compromised token to plant arbitrary payloads. The flaw, tracked CVE-2021-22573 and rated 8.7 out of 10 on…
On Tuesday, Microsoft warned about a malicious campaign targeting SQL servers that uses a built-in PowerShell binary to persist on affected systems. The intrusions, which make the most of brute-force attacks as an initial compromise vector, are exceptional for their…
