Yearly Archives: 2019

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Welcome to the sunlit uplands of HTTP/2, where a naughty request can send Microsoft’s IIS into a spin

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Updated Oops! Microsoft has published an advisory on a bug in its Internet Information Services (IIS) product that allows a malicious HTTP/2 request to send CPU usage to 100 per cent.

An anonymous Reg reader tipped us off to the advisory, ADV190005, which warns […]

By |February 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Indane leaked millions of Aadhaar numbers: French security researcher

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Credits: India Times

A French researcher has claimed that he found a major security lapse that allegedly exposed millions of Aadhar numbers of dealers and distributors associated with Indane, an brand owned by the Indian Oil Corporation.

Baptiste Robert, who goes by the […]

By |February 19th, 2019|Cyber News|

Chinese and Iranian hackers increase cyber attacks on US

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Chinese and Iranian hackers have been aggressively targeting US businesses and government agencies because of Donald Trump’s ongoing conflicts with the two countries, the New York Times has reported.

According to the newspaper, dozens of US banks, businesses and government offices […]

By |February 19th, 2019|Cyber News|

Are you an ethical hacker? Join Dubai Police ‘Capture the Flag’ cyber security challenge

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Dozens of professional and amateur young people in the information technology, digital applications and programming field are poised to the launch of second version of the “Capture The Flag”, the cyber security challenge, to demonstrate their technical capabilities against […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

Cyber Security Risk in Retail and How to Handle It

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Credits: Forbes

Hackers and their tactics are continually evolving but one thing remains the same: retailers are prime targets for a cyber-attack. This is such a widespread issue that in nearly every cyber-security report in the past few years retail is the industry […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

What if the internet suddenly stopped? Russian tests raise devastating prospect of cyber war

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Credits: AU News

What if the world wide web suddenly went dark? No Netflix? No YouTube? No Facebook? While this may sound like bliss for some, the full extent of our reliance on internet would quickly become evident. And it would be […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

US counterintelligence agent helped Iran lob cyber-bombs at America, say Uncle Sam’s lawyers

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US prosecutors on Wednesday announced the indictment of a former US counterintelligence agent on charges of helping Iran conduct cyberattacks on her former colleagues.

The legal eagles also charged four Iranian nationals said to have carried out related computer crimes.

Former US Air […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

Hackers KO Malta’s Bank of Valletta in attempt to nick €13m

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Malta’s Bank of Valetta (BOV) has pulled the plug on its entire internet access, including shutting down cashpoints and branch offices, after detecting a “cyber intrusion” by crims that tried to steal nearly €13m.

The Times of Malta reported: “All of […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

Ever used VFEmail? No? Well, chances are you never will now: Hackers wipe servers, backups in ‘catastrophic’ attack

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A hacker wiped every server and backup of VFEmail this week in a “catastrophic” attack, according to the webmail service.

VFEmail admins detailed the network intrusion on Monday in a grim red-letter update on the site’s front page. The service’s founder […]

By |February 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

One click and you’re out: UK makes it an offence to view terrorist propaganda even once

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It will be an offence to view terrorist material online just once – and could incur a prison sentence of up to 15 years – under new UK laws.

The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill was granted Royal Assent yesterday, updating a […]

By |February 13th, 2019|Cyber News|