As many around the world struggle to come to terms with the full impact that the Coronavirus will have on each of our families and communities, people are desperate for both information and hope. Threat actors exploit vulnerabilities, and many see the uncertainty of our circumstances as an opportunity. They are capitalizing on the need… Read more »
Σε συνέχεια ανακοίνωσης στην ιστοσελίδα μας για ψευδείς ειδήσεις σχετικά με τον Κορωνοϊό, η Αρχή Ψηφιακής Ασφάλειας Κύπρου προειδοποίησε τους συμπολίτες μας με μήνυμα στα κινητά τους τηλέφωνα. Η Αρχή κρούει τον κώδωνα του κινδύνου καθώς κάποιοι επιτήδειοι προσπαθούν να εκμεταλλευτούν την περίοδο που διανύουμε εν μέσω της μάχης με τον Κορωνοϊό, αποσπώντας τα στοιχεία… Read more »
A group of academics from Ruhr University Bochum and New York University Abu Dhabi have uncovered security flaws in 4G LTE and 5G networks that could potentially allow hackers to impersonate users on the network and even sign up for paid subscriptions on their behalf. The impersonation attack — named “IMPersonation Attacks in 4G NeTworks”… Read more »
Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability residing in the widely-used Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress—apparently powering over a billion devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, routers, and IoT gadgets. Dubbed ‘Kr00k‘ and tracked as CVE-2019-15126, the flaw could let nearby remote attackers intercept and decrypt some wireless network packets transmitted over-the-air by… Read more »
Security researchers have discovered a new critical vulnerability in the OpenSMTPD email server. An attacker could exploit it remotely to run shell commands as root on the underlying operating system. OpenSMTPD is present on many Unix-based systems, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, Linux (Alpine, Arch, Debian, Fedora, CentOS). Bug present since late 2015 Tracked as CVE-2020-8794,… Read more »
