For almost as long as computers have existed, various companies have promised that passwords would eventually be a thing of the past.Over the years, a variety of different technologies have been introduced that promised to kill the humble and ubiquitous password. ...
Dharma is a highly successful ransomware strain.It recently has been made even more successful by a change in the way the hackers controlling it are deploying it.The first part of their latest campaign remains unchanged. They rely on well-crafted phishing emails to...
There’s a new threat in the world of ransomware to be aware of, known as MegaCortex. Based on its design, it seems clear that the malware’s authors drew inspiration from the movie, ‘The Matrix.’It first made an appearance near the start of the...
Amazon has a problem.If you’re an Amazon shopper, that means you have a problem.The company recently revealed that more than a hundred sellers using the company’s platform were victims of what the company is describing as an “extensive fraud...
This year’s Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report analyzed the anonymized data of more than 1,200 commercial codebases from 2018. According to the report, managing open source risk continues to pose a significant challenge for industry.The Synopsys...
Jeremiah Fowler, a researcher with Security Discovery recently found an unprotected Elasticsearch databased owned by a company called SkyMed on the internet. According to his findings the database was configured such that it was open and visible to any browser. This...
