“Google’s Gmail email service is used by upwards of 1.5 billion people. The Google Calendar app, meanwhile, has been downloaded more than a billion times from the Play Store.”
Robocaller firm Stratics Networks exposed millions of call recordings
“If you’ve ever had a voicemail appear out of nowhere, there’s a good chance Stratics Networks was involved.”
Sacked IT guy annihilates 23 of his ex-employer’s AWS servers
“An employee-from-hell has been jailed after he got fired (after a measly four weeks), ripped off a former colleague’s login, steamrolled through his former employer’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, and torched 23 servers.”
Patch now! Magento e-commerce sites targeted by SQLi attacks
“Cybercriminals are reportedly exploiting a critical flaw in the Magento e-commerce platform only days after it was made public by the researchers who discovered it. Scoring a 9.”
Gmail, Netflix and PayPal Users Targeted In DNS Hijacking Campaign
“On Friday (5 April), it emerged that home routers such as those manufactured by D-Link were being targeted by DNS hijacking. Security researchers at Bad Packets identified three waves which took place between December last year and the end of March this year, detailed in a blog.”
Gmail, Netflix and PayPal Users Targeted In DNS Hijacking Campaign
“On Friday (5 April), it emerged that home routers such as those manufactured by D-Link were being targeted by DNS hijacking. Security researchers at Bad Packets identified three waves which took place between December last year and the end of March this year, detailed in a blog.”
Ongoing DNS hijacking campaign targeting consumer routers
“Over the last three months, our honeypots have detected DNS hijacking attacks targeting various types of consumer routers. All exploit attempts have originated from hosts on the network of Google Cloud Platform (AS15169).”
‘Biggest breach recorded’: 982 MILLION people’s personal information exposed
“Email addresses from 982 million people were listed in what researchers are calling one of the ‘biggest and most comprehensive email database’ ever recorded. Personal information including names, gender, date of birth, address, employer and details of social media accounts were also listed.”
Researchers find 36 new security flaws in LTE protocol
“The vulnerabilities allow attackers to disrupt mobile base stations, block incoming calls to a device, disconnect users from a mobile network, send spoofed SMS messages, and eavesdrop and manipulate user data traffic.”
Firefox, Edge, Safari, And Tesla Hacked At Pwn2Own 2019
“Earlier this week, Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019 kicked off with participants from all around the world. This year was the first time in the contest’s history to include an automotive category. The event was sponsored by Microsoft, VMware, and Tesla.”
