Two-thirds (66%) of global CISOs say they are struggling to recruit the right talent and a similar number believe shortages will only get worse, according to a new study from Marlin Hawk. The global executive recruiter surveyed 500 cybersecurity leaders

Security researchers are warning of a new plugin vulnerability which is exposing over 200,000 WordPress sites to the risk of being remotely wiped by an attacker. The problem lies with versions 1.3.4 and above and 1.6.1 and below of the

A security expert found a flaw in SharePoint that could be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted SharePoint application package. Summary: A few days ago I saw a post from Alienvault which says attackers are still exploiting

Researchers discovered a widespread Iranian malware campaign called Fox Kitten that targeting the several organization networks by exploiting the Vulnerabilities in VPN. The organization its targets are mainly related to IT, Telecommunication, Oil and Gas, Aviation, Government, and Security sectors

The popular hacker group OurMine has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of Olympics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The popular hacker group has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC

New figures tabled in Canada’s House of Commons have revealed that at least 144,000 Canadians have had their personal information mishandled by federal departments and agencies over the past two years. The figures were part of an 800-page document written

A popular photo app has leaked the personal data and images of thousands of customers via an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage bucket, it has emerged. Researchers at vpnMentor discovered the misconfigured S3 database, which was left without any

IBM has confirmed that it plans to not participate in next week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. Citing the “health of IBMers” as its primary concern, the company said it is continuing to monitor upcoming events and travel relative to

The UK’s anti-doping agency has been on the receiving end of over 11,000 malicious emails in the final three months of 2019, according to new Freedom of Information (FOI) data. Think tank Parliament Street collected the FOI evidence from UK

A local authority in the north-east of England appears to have suffered a major ransomware attack, leaving online public services down for 135,000 locals, for over a week. At the time of writing, the website of Redcar & Cleveland Borough

Iran-linked attackers targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies as part of the Fox Kitten Campaign. The campaign targeted dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and around the world, experts pointed

A group of security researchers uncovered a 12 Bluetooth based vulnerabilities dubbed “SweynTooth” in BLE software development kits of seven major system-on-a-chip (SoC) vendors. BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) a technology developed for wireless communication with a set of many standardized

Researchers uncovered a stealthy Android malware called XHelper that has unseen reinstalling capability after the malware removed from the infected Android device. Once removed the XHelper malware from the devices, within an hour, the variants of xHelper Trojan agent was

IOTA Foundation behind the IOTA cryptocurrency was forced to shut down its entire network following a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of funds. Hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the official IOTA wallet to steal funds from the