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PayPal Confirms Password Vulnerability

January 15, 2020

A security researcher discovered a high-severity bug affecting PayPal’s most visited pages: the login form.

Google Announce's Project Zero's Full 90-Day Disclosure Policy

January 9, 2020

Google has announced that its Project Zero disclosure guidelines are changing for 2020.

Facebook Refuses to Give Law Enforcement Access to Its Messaging App, WhatsApp

December 11, 2019

Facebook said it would proceed with “end-to-end” encryption for its WhatsApp and Messenger services, rejecting a U.S. and Attorney General William P. Barr's plea to allow government access.

Obscure & Undetected: Hacking Into Hardware of Mission-Critical Infrastructure Using Side-Channel Attacks

Alexander Kesler

November 14, 2019

A new vector of cybersecurity threats is on the rise – this time in hardware security.

National Security Agency, NCSC Publish Advisory on Russian Government-Associated Threat

October 30, 2019

The US’s National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory detailing the activities of the Russian government-associated advanced persistent threat (APT) Turla group, also known as Uroburos, Waterbug, or VENOMOUS BEAR.

It's Time to Change Your Perception of the Cybersecurity Professional

Cybersecurity Company Avast Breached by Hackers

October 30, 2019

Threat actors breached the network of cybersecurity company Avast in a sophisticated cyber operation, referred to as “Abiss,” that likely attempted to poison the supply chain and target its anti-virus software, CCleaner.

Alabama's DCH Health System Paid Ransomware for Decryption Key

October 7, 2019

Alabama's DCH Health System chose to pay ransom after hackers disrupted their computer systems and threatened to shutdown their services.

90 Percent of Organizations Exhibit Malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Behaviors

September 25, 2019

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is one of the top tools utilized by cyber attackers to move laterally and exfiltrate data from a network before introducing their malicious software to perform internal reconnaissance, according to a new Vectra 2019 Spotlight Report on RDP.

What are Hacker Preferences When Targeting Privileged Credentials?

September 19, 2019

During the Black Hat annual conference in Las Vegas August 3-8, 2019, Thycotic conducted research with nearly 300 attendees identifying either as “hackers” (49 percent) or “security professionals” (51 percent).

Fla. City to Pay $600K Ransom to Hacker

June 20, 2019

A Florida city is paying $600,000 in Bitcoins to a hacker who took over local government computers after an employee clicked on a malicious email link.