article thumbnail

Ghost Blogging Platform Hacked To Mine Cryptocurrency

Adam Levin

Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. Ghost, a Singapore-based blogging platform with 2,000,000 installations and 750,000 active users, announced that hackers had breached their systems. .

article thumbnail

Google Glitch Left Passwords Unprotected for 14 Years

Adam Levin

In a blog post released this week, the company admitted the passwords of “some” of its G Suite customers had been stored on internal servers without cryptographic protection, also known as a hash. We will continue with our security audits to ensure this is an isolated incident,” announced the blog.

Passwords 247
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

BlackLotus bootkit patch may bring “false sense of security”, warns NSA

Graham Cluley

The NSA has publsihed a guide about how to mitigate against attacks involving the BlackLotus bootkit malware, amid fears that system administrators may not be adequately protecting against the threat. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

article thumbnail

Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software

Krebs on Security

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. In a July 4 blog post , DIVD’s Victor Gevers wrote that Kaseya was “very cooperative,” and “asked the right questions.”

Software 337
article thumbnail

‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Krebs on Security

” CVE-2020-1350 is just the latest worry for enterprise system administrators in charge of patching dangerous bugs in widely-used software. Also, keep an eye on the AskWoody blog from Woody Leonhard , who keeps a reliable lookout for buggy Microsoft updates each month.

DNS 351
article thumbnail

PowerShell: An Attacker’s Paradise

Quick Heal Antivirus

PowerShell was originally intended as a task automation and configuration management program for system administrators. The post PowerShell: An Attacker’s Paradise appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. However, it.

article thumbnail

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and Their Importance in Cybersecurity

Heimadal Security

Informatics security (InfoSec) experts and system administrators may use these traces to identify infiltration attempts and other possible harmful activities. The post Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and Their Importance in Cybersecurity appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

InfoSec 116