Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone

Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Certification Guide Kit

Learn, upgrade, and maintain penetration testing skills, tools, and techniques while studying for your ethical hacking certification. The kit teaches sustainable and pracitcal security testing methods from Cybrary’s master instructor, Ken Underhill, in a comprehensive and consumable manner.

Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone

Ever wonder how hackers can hack your smartphone remotely? In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by ...

Detecting and Preventing Critical ZeroLogon Windows Server Vulnerability

If you're administrating Windows Server, make sure it's up to date with all recent patches issued by Microsoft, especially the one that fixes a recently patched critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise the domain controller. Dubbed 'Zerologon' (CVE-2020-1472) ...

A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware

As ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure continue to spike in recent months, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new entrant that has been actively trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in ...

Unsecured Microsoft Bing Server Exposed Users' Search Queries and Location

A back-end server associated with Microsoft Bing exposed sensitive data of the search engine's mobile application users, including search queries, device details, and GPS coordinates, among others. The logging database, however, doesn't include any personal details such as names or addresses. The ...

British Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Blackmailing U.S. Companies

A UK man who threatened to publicly release stolen confidential information unless the victims agreed to fulfill his digital extortion demands has finally pleaded guilty on Monday at U.S. federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, who is a key member of the infamous ...

Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Certification Guide Kit

Learn, upgrade, and maintain penetration testing skills, tools, and techniques while studying for your ethical hacking certification. The kit teaches sustainable and pracitcal security testing methods from Cybrary’s master instructor, Ken Underhill, in a comprehensive and consumable manner.