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WordPress Block Editor could let even most basic users exploit XSS vulns!

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Ax Sharma news, security, updates, vulnerability, wordpress

WordPress 5.4.2 release announcement stated the update shipped with multiple fixes for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Out of this the most significant

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Keepnet Labs case study: how NOT to handle a data incident

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Ax Sharma data breach, data leak, news, security, technology

Here’s what happened. In March 2020, Bob Diachenko, cyber threat intelligence director of Security Discovery reported coming across a leaky

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Italian business operation CloudEye helps hackers spread GuLoader malware

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Ax Sharma 0 Comments infosec, malware, news, security

Conservative estimates put company’s monthly income at a minimum $500,000. According to a recently released report, researchers at Checkpoint blame an

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ZEE5 allegedly hacked by ‘Korean hackers’, customer info at risk

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Ax Sharma 0 Comments breach, data breach, news, security

A hacker identifying themselves as “John Wick” and “Korean Hackers” claim to have breached the systems for Indian video on demand

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“Sign in with Apple” vulnerability earns researcher $100,000

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Ax Sharma apple, apps, news, security, vulnerability

Remember seeing that slick “Sign in with Apple” button across many websites and apps? It turns out that a vulnerability allowed

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Microsoft IIS servers hacked by Blue Mockingbird to mine Monero

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Ax Sharma breach, microsoft, news, security, vulnerability

This month news broke about a hacker group, namely Blue Mockingbird, exploiting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers to plant Monero (XMR)

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