How To Harden A MySQL Server
As with any server, whether it be a web server, file server, database server, etc, hardening is an important step in information security and protecting the data on your …
Category: Security
Adobe’s Latest Security Patch Installs Chrome Extension to Collect Data
Earlier this week, Adobe released some updates to fix security issues and vulnerabilities identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Twitter’s @SwiftOnSecurity noticed a new Google Chrome extension for Adobe Acrobat …
CVE-2016-8655 Five-Year-Old Linux Kernel Local Privilege-Escalation Vulnerability Discovered
A five-year-old serious privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that affects almost every distro of the Linux operating system, including Red Hat and Ubuntu. Back in …
Install YAWAST – The Antecedent Web Application Security Toolkit
YAWAST is an application meant to simplify initial analysis and information gathering for penetration testers and security auditors. It performs basic checks in these categories: TLS/SSL – Versions and …
QRLJacker – QRLJacking Exploitation Framework
QRLJacker is a python framework which is used to exploit services that rely on QR code authentication. #QRLJacker is a customizable framework to demonstrate “QRLJacking Attack Vector” and shows …
DDoS Attack on Dyn DNS and Level3 Outages
Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, PSN, XBox, Netflix, Github, PayPal and bunch of other websites were offline earlier today. That’s because someone conducted a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack …
How To Patch Linux Kernel Zero Day DirtyCow Vulnerability CVE-2016-5195
A zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in the Linux kernel that has existed since 2005, being called DirtyCow. This bug affects a large number of popular …
HTTP/2, HTTPS, Let’s Encrypt, NGINX and WordPress Hardening
If you’re running a WordPress site on a Linux server running NGINX, then you might be interested in setting up a free SSL (HTTPS) certificate using Let’s Encrypt. The …
New Cerber Ransomware Switches To A Random Extension And Ends Database Processes
A new variant of the Cerber ransomware kills common database-related processes like those of the MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL servers to encrypt files. The most notable change is …
Attack Allows OS X Malware To Piggyback On Your Webcam
Security researcher Patrick Wardle of Synack has discovered a new potential use of malware that targets the use of the Mac OS X webcam. This new attack allows OS …
