Month: September 2017

August 31st, 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu   Sucuri, a cyber security company recently acquired by GoDaddy, has detected a massive online scanning campaign that’s searching for websites that use the Adminer database management script. Adminer is a tool similar to phpMyAdmin, but smaller in size and with fewer features, a reason why it became popular… Continue reading Scan Campaign Detected Looking for Adminer Database Management Tool

Locky seems to be rampant lately, See Also: New Locky Variant ‘IKARUSdilapidated’ Strikes Again and This giant ransomware campaign just sent millions of malware-spreading emails   August 31st, 2017  By Malwarebytes Labs By Marcelo Rivero and Jérôme Segura     The Locky ransomware has been very active since its return which we documented in a… Continue reading Locky ransomware adds anti sandbox feature (updated)

August 31st, 2017  By Michael Mimoso     An extension of the WooCommerce WordPress plugin, used by 28 percent of all online stores, has been patched against a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.   The vulnerability was found in the Product Vendors plugin, which allows an existing ecommerce site to support multiple vendors, products and payment… Continue reading Reflected XSS Bug Patched in Popular WooCommerce WordPress Plugin

No. While both are responsible for network security, the approach they adopt is different. Antivirus defends against security threats through surveillance. That is, by constantly looking out for malicious software (and not just viruses). Whereas firewall defends against security threats through governance. That is, by setting rules and forcing you and the internet to play… Continue reading Antivirus or Firewall – Don’t They Mean The Same Thing?