Thousands of Hacked Home Routers are Attacking WordPress Sites
Last week, while creating the Wordfence monthly attack report, we noticed that Algeria had moved from position 60 in our “Top Attacking Countries” list to position 24. That was a …
Critical Security Updates from Adobe, Microsoft
Adobe and Microsoft separately issued updates on Tuesday to fix a slew of security flaws in their products. Adobe patched dozens of holes in its Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader p…
Major Security Flaws Uncovered in Samsung's Tizen Operating System
Equus Software security researcher Amihai Neiderman recently uncovered several major security flaws in Samsung's Linux-based Tizen operating system, which the company uses in its …
UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini PCs
Experts at Cylance disclosed two UEFI flaws that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs.
Social engineering leads to ransomware for Skype users
Once again, Microsoft’s secure communication tool is used to spread malware, according to several complaints on Reddit last Wednesday. Criminals targeted Skype users with fake, ye…