During ethical hacking, a researcher searches for vulnerabilities. An ethical hacker may have several reasons for gaining unauthorized access to a web server, but the main one is to test server applications for gaps. To gain access, as a rule, the same tools and methods are used that the attackers possess, and if successful, you can…
Some Video Game Developers were allegedly hit by Winnti Group. The attack was to get a hold of in-game rewards and the in-game currency. The PipeMon Modular Malware was used to victimize the vulnerable game developers. Video game developers have been attacked by the Winnti group. Attackers are allegedly targeted at stealing in-game money and…
A Prolock Ransomware has been used recently for attacks on the US Government and other financial institutes along with healthcare facilities. The FBI has been clear that this Ransomware was used for the attacks, while Prolock is among the world’s largest supplier of ATMs and technology providers for Payments. Earlier this month, the US FBI…
An unknown hacker claims to have theft 500GB worth of data from not just any organization, from Microsoft’s GitHub Repository. Microsoft itself is such a huge name that seems impossible to trust the authenticity of the leak yet the hacker offered 1GB of data of a hacker forum. The hackers on the Bleeping Computer Portal…
Vulnerabilities were found in VPN services that allowed the intruders to intercept and distribute fake updates. However, out of the twenty most popular services, only two of them were found risking the users. The PrivateVPN and Betternet VPN were accused of these vulnerabilities. Which gave the attackers a key source to spread malware or steal…
Google Chrome is one of the widely used web-browser, the perks of Google Chrome are its wide variety of extensions. Lately, Google addressed the issue with an updated Chrome Web Store Policy, which blocks the spam extensions which might be significantly a vulnerability to a user’s data. The extensions take the users to misleading content…
Google Project Zero Team researched on a framework and found somewhat six vulnerabilities in the multimedia processing component of Apple. The vulnerabilities were originated from the Image I/O framework. The team found eight more of these fragilities in the OpenEXR library. Researchers managed to identify six vulnerabilities in Image I / O and eight more…
A security-based researcher Usman Ahzaz Mufti, researched and opinionated that, a fresh manipulating vector permits an attacker to exploit a PowerPoint file, the exploitation is done as it downloads and installs a malware as the mouse is floated. Restriction in PowerPoint which forbids attaching a deleted file to the action called as ‘Follow the Hyperlink’…