Newly discovered security vulnerabilities in ADT’s Blue (formerly LifeShield) home security cameras could have been exploited to hijack both audio and video streams. The vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2020-8101) were identified in the …
Top Cyber Attacks of 2020
With so much of the world transitioning to working, shopping, studying, and streaming online during the coronavirus pandemic, cybercriminals now have access to a larger base of potential victims than …
New Attack Could Let Remote Hackers Target Devices On Internal Networks
A newly devised variant of the NAT Slipstreaming attack can be leveraged to compromise and expose any device in an internal network, according to the latest research. Detailed by enterprise IoT security …
Using the Manager Attribute in Active Directory (AD) for Password Resets
Creating workflows around verifying password resets can be challenging for organizations, especially since many have shifted work due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. With the numbers of cyberattacks against businesses …
Apple Warns of 3 iOS Zero-Day Security Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
Apple on Tuesday released updates for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS with fixes for three security vulnerabilities that it says may have been actively exploited in the wild. Reported by an …
Targeted Phishing Attacks Strike High-Ranking Company Executives
An evolving phishing campaign observed at least since May 2020 has been found to target high-ranking company executives across manufacturing, real estate, finance, government, and technological sectors with the goal …
In the Wake of the SolarWinds Hack, Here’s How Businesses Should Respond
Throughout 2020, businesses, in general, have had their hands full with IT challenges. They had to rush to accommodate a sudden shift to remote work. Then they had to navigate …
TikTok Bug Could Have Exposed Users’ Profile Data and Phone Numbers
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed a now-patched security flaw in TikTok that could have potentially enabled an attacker to build a database of the app’s users and their associated phone …
vCISO Shares Most Common Risks Faced by Companies With Small Security Teams
Most companies with small security teams face the same issues. They have inadequate budgets, inadequate staff, and inadequate skills to face today’s onslaught of sophisticated cyberthreats. Many of these companies …
N. Korean Hackers Targeting Security Experts to Steal Undisclosed Researches
Google on Monday disclosed details about an ongoing campaign carried out by a government-backed threat actor from North Korea that has targeted security researchers working on vulnerability research and development. …