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18 Feb

Kali Linux 2019.1 Released — Operating System For Hackers

Wohooo! Great news for hackers and penetration testers. Offensive Security has just released Kali Linux 2019.1, the first 2019 version of its Swiss army knife for cybersecurity professionals. The latest version of Kali Linux operating system includes kernel up to...
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16 Jan

Flight Booking System Flaw Affected Customers of 141 Airlines Worldwide

Almost half of the fight travelers around the world were found exposed to a critical security vulnerability discovered in online flight ticket booking system that allowed remote hackers to access and modify their travel details and even claim their frequent...
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15 Jan

Two Hackers Charged with Hacking SEC System in Stock-Trading Scheme

The U.S. authorities have charged two Ukrainian hackers for hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR filing system and stealing sensitive market-moving reports of companies before their public release. EDGAR, or Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, is an...
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19 Oct

Critical Flaws Found in Amazon FreeRTOS IoT Operating System

A security researcher has discovered several critical vulnerabilities in one of the most popular embedded real-time operating systems—called FreeRTOS—and its other variants, exposing a wide range of IoT devices and critical infrastructure systems to hackers. What is FreeRTOS (Amazon, WHIS...
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18 Aug

Local #company’s #system #hacked; employee #info #stolen

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Green Bay Police say they are investigating the hacking of a local corporation’s computer network, resulting in the theft of “significant amounts of money” from victims in the organization. Police did...
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12 Jul

Hacker Puts Airport’s Security System Access On Dark Web Sale For Just $10

If you can’t find it on Google, you will definitely find it on the Dark Web. Black markets on the Dark web are not known for just buying drugs, it is a massive hidden network where you can buy pretty...
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29 May

Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in Blockchain-Based EOS Smart Contract System

Security researchers have discovered a series of new vulnerabilities in EOS blockchain platform, one of which could allow remote hackers to take complete control over the node servers running the critical blockchain-based applications. EOS is an open source smart contract...
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31 Mar

Hack of #Baltimore’s 911 #dispatch system was #ransomware #attack, city #officials say

The hack that forced Baltimore’s 911 dispatch system to be temporarily shut down over the weekend was a ransomware attack, city officials said Wednesday. Such attacks — another of which occurred in Atlanta last week — take over parts of...
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27 Mar

Intel #Chairman: Election #Cybersecurity Fixes ‘Might Not be in #Time to Save the #System’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told senators that most states are being cooperative with the whole-of-government effort to protect voting systems from cyberintrusions, though there are two unnamed states “who aren’t working with us as much as we would like...
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13 Mar

Will Your #Cybersecurity Defense #System Protect Your #Organization?

For a homeowner, the knowledge that a trained eye has evaluated the home security system — and attested that it is in good working order — can go a long way toward a good night’s sleep. The same goes for...
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