Author Archives: CSIRT

NCSC: One Million Phishing Messages Reported in Two Months

from www.infosecurity-magazine.com The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced that in just two months of its Suspicious Email Reporting Service being launched, it has received one million reports. According to a statement, the service, which was launched in April as part of the Government’s Cyber Aware campaign, receives a daily average of 16,500 emails. […]

Hacker Group Stole $200 Million From Cryptocurrency Exchanges

from www.bankinfosecurity.com A hacking group dubbed CryptoCore has stolen more than $200 million in virtual currency from several cryptocurrency exchanges over the past two years, the security firm ClearSky Cyber Security reports. The CryptoCore gang has used spear-phishing emails and social engineering techniques to target employees and executives at cryptocurrency exchanges, mainly in the U.S. […]

Critical Bugs and Backdoor Found in GeoVision’s Fingerprint and Card Scanners

from thehackernews.com GeoVision, a Taiwanese manufacturer of video surveillance systems and IP cameras, recently patched three of the four critical flaws impacting its card and fingerprint scanners that could’ve potentially allowed attackers to intercept network traffic and stage man-in-the-middle attacks. In a report shared exclusively with The Hacker News, enterprise security firm Acronis said it […]

Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of Serious Graphics Driver Bugs

from threatpost.com Several high-severity flaws in Nvidia’s GPU display drivers for Windows users could lead to code-execution, DoS and more. Graphics chipmaker Nvidia has fixed two high-severity flaws in its graphics drivers. Attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to view sensitive data, gain escalated privileges or launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks in impacted Windows gaming devices. Nvidia’s […]