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PC Gamer has a good article on how long an unprotected Windows XP machine can last on the internet before becoming hopelessly compromised and infected with malware. According to their findings the machine will become infected in less than 10 minutes simply by being connected to the internet, no action from the user required! If … Read More “Windows XP BECOMES INFECTED IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES IN 2024” »
There is a very interesting writeup at ars technica on a sophisticated malware attack that allowed bad actors to compromise infrastructure that was used to update and distribute Linux. The attack took place back in 2011 which led to 448 accounts being compromised and created a backdoor in OpenSSH that allowed for access to a … Read More “LINUX KERNEL SUPPLIER-SIDE OpenSSH BACKDOOR” »
A threat actor has revealed they were able to steal the data of 50 million Dell customers including names, addresses and other data related to purchases made at Dell. The compromise was accomplished by setting up a number of partner accounts within the Dell company portal which, after they were approved, allowed them to brute … Read More “BREACH AT Dell LEADS TO DATA OF 50 MILLION CUSTOMERS” »
A novel VPN attack being called TunnelVision is able to force encrypted VPN traffic to route outside of the secure tunnel, potentially allowing a bad actor to intercept communication thought to be encrypted and secure. According to researchers the vulnerability may have existed since as early as 2002. The attack does not appear to effect … Read More “NOVEL VPN ATTACK FORCES TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF ENCRYPTED TUNNEL” »
In a recent court case Marriott has revealed that it was actually securing data using SHA-1 and not the more secure AES-128 encryption algorithm. Marriott was arguing that the encryption they were using was so strong the case against them should have been dismissed, however they recently revealed they were actually using SHA-1 at the … Read More “MARRIOTT ADMITS IT FALSELY CLAIMED IT WAS USING ENCRYPTION” »