We are still seeing a lot of Windows 7 installations around in Dar – and although with only a cursory glance ‘2020’ might feel like its 2 years away from ‘2018’ it’s actually only 16 months away. Windows 7 is already End-of-Life by Microsoft, and when “End of Extended Support” comes that means no more… Read More: Remember: Windows 7 is End-Of-Extended-Support in January 2020 »
At least 5 backdoors found in Cisco software in last 5 months. Are you still feeling secure? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-removes-undocumented-root-password-from-bandwidth-monitoring-software/
(spoiler, it was a mostly inside job) Click through for the story of how ShapeShift, a leading blockchain asset exchange platform, was betrayed. Not once, not twice, but three times in less than a month. The Shapeshift Hack
A security researcher has found a potential new attack vector using the relatively new Windows 10 feature of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). This technique, dubbed Bashware, has the potential to sidestep many Windows AntiMalware solutions. WSL makes the popular bash shell available for Windows 10 users, and in so doing, enables users to natively… Read More: Windows Subsystem For Linux Considered Potential Security Attack Vector »
A vulnerability within the glibc DNS client used by many recent Linux distributions has recently been identified. This vulnerability has the potential to allow malicious access to affected devices and software, allowing a third-party to cause a crash or run malicious code. A patch to fix the issue has already been released. This patch is… Read More: glibd/DNS vulnerability in some Linux distributions »