As the pandemic continues to accelerate the shift towards working from home, a slew of digital threats have capitalized on the health concern to exploit weaknesses in the remote work infrastructure and carry out malicious attacks. Now according to network security platform provider SAM Seamless Network, over 200,000 businesses that have deployed the Fortigate VPN solution to … [Read more...] about Fortinet VPN with Default Settings Leave 200,000 Businesses Open to Hackers
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Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software
Fair elections are the lifelines of democracy, but in recent years election hacking has become a hot topic worldwide.Whether it's American voting machines during the 2016 presidential election or India's EVMs during 2014 general elections, the integrity, transparency, and security of electronic voting machines remained questionable, leaving a wound in the minds of many that is … [Read more...] about Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software
Open Document format creates twist in maldoc landscape
Threat Research By Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Cisco Talos recently observed attackers changing the file formats they use in an attempt to thwart common antivirus engines. This can happen across other file formats, but today, we are showing a change of approach for an actor who has deemed antivirus engines perhaps “too good” at … [Read more...] about Open Document format creates twist in maldoc landscape