Tag Archives: Hackers
Hackers Pivoting Around Macro Blocking in Microsoft Office
Hackers Pivoting Around Macro Blocking in Microsoft Office by using file formats such as ISO, RAR, ZIP, and IMG to send malicious documents.
Hackers From Iran Are Spreading Dharma Ransomware Via RDP Ports
A group of hackers from Iran are targeting worldwide companies that use public-facing Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and infecting them with the Dharma Ransomeware. The attackers would lunch their campaign by first scaning ranges of IPs for hosts that contained these vulnerable RDP ports like 3389 which is the default RDP port, afterwards attempt weak…
Netgear Zero-Day Vulnerability Allows Full Takeover
A cybersecurity researcher found a Netgear Zero-Day vulnerability which allows full takeover of about 79 Netgear router models. “The specific flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP Port 80 by default,” according to the ZDI report, which covers the bug’s presence in the R6700 series Netgear routers. “The issue results from the…
Recent Plex Vulnerability Allows Full System Takeover
Recently it was found that Plex had a vulnerability that allowed hackers to do a full system takeover. The three vulnerabilities that were found are CVE-2020-5740, CVE-2020-5741, and CVE-2020-5742 which was detected by Tenable security researcher Chris Lyne and reported to Plex on May 31st. If hackers are able to exploit this vulnerability they could execute code…
Comodo Forums Hacked By Exploiting vBulletin Flaw
Comodo, one of the largest SSL Security Certificate Authorities notifies that their vBulletin Forum has been hacked. Comodo Group reported that 170,000 forum users had their data stolen by a hacker who exploited a recently disclosed vulnerability in vBulletin’s internet forum software. Comodo notifies its forum users According to the announcement from Comodo, an attacker exploited…
Identity Thieves Pushing New Chase Phishing Scams
Identity thieves continually develop new ways to obtain your personal information. I personally have gotten the latest Phishing email scam these thieves are using. Looks like these Hackers didnt stop at just hacking Chase but now also taking advantage of the Chase breach to do more harm to people. This email is not legitimate. If…
Millions of Qualcomm based Android Smartphones Vulnerable
Security researchers from Tencent’s Blade Team released a notice that the Qualcomm chipset exposes millions of android smartphones to hackers. Any user with a tablet or phone that uses this cpu is effected by the flaw called QualPwn. The bug allows attackers to take control of the phones remotely by crafting special packets that are…
Windows Actively Exploited Privilege-Escalation Bugs
The software giant recently released important-level patches for two of the privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in Win32k and splwow64, which are being actively exploited in the wild. Qualys said that the patches, though labeled as important, should be quickly deployed as they could be chained with other vulnerabilities to provide the hacker with complete system access. In…
Patch That WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploit
Facebook has recently patched a critical zero-day exploit in WhatsApp, WhatsApp is urging users to update as soon as possible because hackers are able to exploit you remotely to install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device. WhatsApp did not name the threat actor exploiting the CVE-2019-3568, it described the attackers as an “advanced…
Everyone Needs To Patch 3 Nvidia Driver Flaws
If your a Business, Gamer or a regular awesome person using the Nivida Chipset you definitely need to patch the Nvidia driver as soon as possible because of the following 3 flaws. “[The driver] contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product does not properly synchronize shared data,…
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