The Rise of the Open Bug Bounty Project

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Can you imagine launching a global bug bounty platform with almost 500,000 submissions and 13,000 researchers without consuming a cent from venture capitalists? If not, this success story is for you. The once skyrocketing bug bounty industry seems to be …

Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale

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Remember the recent payment card breach at Wawa convenience stores? If you’re among those millions of customers who shopped at any of 850 Wawa stores last year but haven’t yet hotlisted your cards, it’s high time to take immediate action. …

Broadening the Scope: A Comprehensive View of Pen Testing

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Penetration tests have long been known as a critical security tool that exposes security weaknesses through simulated attacks on an organization’s IT environments. These test results can help prioritize weaknesses, providing a road-map towards remediation. However, the results are also …

Critical Firefox 0-Day Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser Now!

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Attention! Are you using Firefox as your web browsing software on your Windows, Linux, or Mac systems? If yes, you should immediately update your free and open-source Firefox web browser to the latest version available on Mozilla’s website. Why the …

Xiaomi Cameras Connected to Google Nest Expose Video Feeds From Others

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Internet-connected devices have been one of the most remarkable developments that have happened to humankind in the last decade. Although this development is a good thing, it also stipulates a high security and privacy risk to personal information. In one …

How Organizations Can Defend Against Advanced Persistent Threats

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Advanced persistent threats (APTs) have emerged to be legitimate concerns for all organizations. APTs are threat actors that breach networks and infrastructures and stealthily lurk within them over extended spans of time. They typically perform complex hacks that allow them …

Apple Opens Its Invite-Only Bug Bounty Program to All Researchers

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As promised by Apple in August this year, the company today finally opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, offering monetary rewards to anyone for reporting vulnerabilities in the iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and iCloud to the …

Flaw in Elementor and Beaver Addons Let Anyone Hack WordPress Sites

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Attention WordPress users! Your website could easily get hacked if you are using “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” and haven’t recently updated them to the latest available versions. Security researchers have discovered a critical yet …

New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connections

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A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, iOS, and Android, that could allow remote ‘network adjacent attackers’ to spy on and tamper with encrypted VPN …

Europol Shuts Down ‘Imminent Monitor’ RAT Operations With 13 Arrests

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In a coordinated International law enforcement operation, Europol today announced to shut down the global organized cybercrime network behind Imminent Monitor RAT, yet another hacking tool that allows cybercriminals to gain complete control over a victim’s computer remotely. The operation …