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Mozilla Raising Firefox Bug Bounties

WebProNews Mozilla Raising Firefox Bug Bounties Mozilla has announced it is raising the bug bounties it pays for Firefox to $10,000. Bug bounties are a popular way of encouraging developers and “white...

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Sophos Issues Hotfix For Firewall Zero-Day Being Actively Exploited

WebProNews Sophos Issues Hotfix For Firewall Zero-Day Being Actively Exploited Sophos has issued a hotfix for its XG Firewall to patch a zero-day exploit that was being actively exploited by hackers....

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Majority of Users Don’t Change Passwords After Data Breach

WebProNews Majority of Users Don’t Change Passwords After Data Breach A new study has found the vast majority of users fail to change their passwords after being notified their data was impacted by a...

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Canon Suffers Major Ransomware Attack

WebProNews Canon Suffers Major Ransomware Attack Cannon has suffered a crippling ransomware attack, impacting numerous services and resulting in data loss and theft. Cannon’s online photo and video...

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Ransomware Results In a Fatality In Germany

WebProNews Ransomware Results In a Fatality In Germany Ransomware has been a growing issue for years but, in a first, ransomware appears to have caused the death of a hospital patient. According to the...

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FBI: Hackers Exploited SonarQube to Steal Government and Commercial Source Code

WebProNews FBI: Hackers Exploited SonarQube to Steal Government and Commercial Source Code The FBI has warned that hackers have been accessing proprietary source code from government agencies and...

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GoDaddy In Hot Water After Employees Help Hackers

WebProNews GoDaddy In Hot Water After Employees Help Hackers GoDaddy is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons after employees were tricked into helping hackers take over domains. This latest...

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SolarWinds Hackers Gained Access to Microsoft Source Code

WebProNews SolarWinds Hackers Gained Access to Microsoft Source Code Microsoft has revealed that hackers viewed some of its source code as part of the SolarWinds attack that government agencies are...

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FBI Warns of Cyberattacks Against Online Learning

WebProNews FBI Warns of Cyberattacks Against Online Learning The FBI is warning that hackers are increasingly targeting online learning as students get back to class after the holidays. While the...

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FBI Investigating If JetBrains Was Compromised by SolarWinds Hackers

WebProNews FBI Investigating If JetBrains Was Compromised by SolarWinds Hackers The FBI is trying to determine if JetBrains was compromised as part of the SolarWinds attack. The SolarWinds attack was...

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FBI Using Deception to Help Protect Companies From Cybercrime

WebProNews FBI Using Deception to Help Protect Companies From Cybercrime According to an Ars Technica story, the FBI is using one of the oldest tricks in the book to help companies protect data:...

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PSA: NSA Issues Warning About Windows 10 Vulnerability

WebProNews PSA: NSA Issues Warning About Windows 10 Vulnerability The National Security Agency (NSA) has issued a press release detailing a severe vulnerability in Windows 10 and encouraging all users...

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Intel Dealing With Zombieland Flaw For Third Time

WebProNews Intel Dealing With Zombieland Flaw For Third Time For the third time in a year, Intel is preparing to release a patch to address two microarchitectural data sampling (MDS) flaws, also known...

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Google Paid Record-Breaking $6.5 Million In Bug Bounties In 2019

WebProNews Google Paid Record-Breaking $6.5 Million In Bug Bounties In 2019 Google has announced it paid a record-breaking $6.5 million through its Vulnerability Reward Programs in 2019. Google’s VRPs...

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WhatsApp Bug Let Hackers Access Computers Via a Text Message

WebProNews WhatsApp Bug Let Hackers Access Computers Via a Text Message Facebook has just patched a vulnerability in WhatsApp that could allow a hacker to take control of a target’s computer via a...

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U.S. Indicts 4 China Military Personnel for Equifax Breach

WebProNews U.S. Indicts 4 China Military Personnel for Equifax Breach TheStreet.com is reporting the U.S. has handed down a nine-count indictment against four Chinese military personnel, claiming they...

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Ring Is a Case Study In Bad Privacy Policy

WebProNews Ring Is a Case Study In Bad Privacy Policy Ring has been in the news for its ongoing struggles with privacy issues. Its latest response, not to mention its approach in general, could serve...

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100,000 WordPress Sites Vulnerable To Being Wiped

WebProNews 100,000 WordPress Sites Vulnerable To Being Wiped A security issue in a popular WordPress plugin has left some 100,000 websites vulnerable to being completely wiped. Security firm WebARX...

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Hackers Targeting Unpatched Windows Bug

WebProNews Hackers Targeting Unpatched Windows Bug Microsoft has issued an advisory warning that hackers are using a new, unpatched bug to target Windows users. According to the advisory, “Microsoft is...

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Apple Says iOS Mail Vulnerability Poses No Immediate Threat

WebProNews Apple Says iOS Mail Vulnerability Poses No Immediate Threat Apple has said a recently discovered iOS Mail vulnerability poses no immediate threat and a fix is coming soon. As previously...

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