Ib specialist William Bowling earned $ 20,000 by discovering a critical vulnerability in GitLab. The bug allowed to achieve the execution of arbitrary code or steal confidential data from the server. Bowling exposed the vulnerability in March 2020. Then the expert noticed that an attacker could get arbitrary files from the server when moving the issue from one GitLab project … [Read more...] about Researcher Gets $ 20,000 For Critical Bug In GitLab
Attackers can gain access to every tenth open remote desktop
Positive Technologies experts estimated that in just three weeks (from the end of February 2020), the number of resources available through RDP increased by 9% and amounted to more than 112,000. Moreover, over 10% of such resources are vulnerable to the BlueKeep problem (CVE-2019- 0708), which allows an attacker to take complete control of a Windows-based computer. To … [Read more...] about Attackers can gain access to every tenth open remote desktop
DoS on Bluetooth. Reality of “Bluetooth Hacking”
In the world, there are not many things that infuriate almost everyone without exception. This is spring-autumn slush, summer hot water cut-off and schoolchildren with portable Bluetooth speakers. And if with the first two natural disasters practically nothing can be done, then with the third it is quite possible to fight, and almost without crime. How? We’ll talk about … [Read more...] about DoS on Bluetooth. Reality of “Bluetooth Hacking”
Backdoor spreads as a fake Chrome update
Doctor Web experts warned that a fake update for Chrome is being distributed through compromised WordPress sites. So, a JavaScript script built into the code of hacked pages redirects visitors to a phishing page where they are offered to install an important security update for the browser. The download file is a Malvari installer that allows attackers to remotely control … [Read more...] about Backdoor spreads as a fake Chrome update
Email spoofing mitigation techniques
E-mail has been one of the number one approaches of communication corporate world. Not handiest emails are used for communication a whole lot of personal records is also shared through emails. Every day around 269 billion of emails are exchanged across the globe. Those numbers are massive enough to intrigue hackers and cyber-bullies to apply emails as their target for … [Read more...] about Email spoofing mitigation techniques