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For eight years, hackers have been able to exploit this password-stealing flaw in Joomla

For eight years, hackers have been able to exploit this password-stealing flaw in Joomla

For the last eight years a critical vulnerability has lurked within the code of the Joomla CMS which could have allowed malicious hackers to steal every user’s login credentials – including those belonging to administrators.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

A new Bluetooth exploit leaves billions of devices vulnerable – Android Authority (blog)


Android Authority (blog)

A new Bluetooth exploit leaves billions of devices vulnerable
Android Authority (blog)
According to a new report, roughly 5.3 billion of the 8.2 billion Bluetooth connected devices on the planet are vulnerable to a new exploit. Nearly every connected device on earth features Bluetooth and now over half of them are at risk from BlueBorne

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Royal pain: Websites compromised to deliver Princess ransomware via RIG exploit kit – SC Magazine


SC Magazine

Royal pain: Websites compromised to deliver Princess ransomware via RIG exploit kit
SC Magazine
Hackers are compromising websites with iframe injections that redirect visitors to the RIG exploit kit landing page. The EK then infects the victim with Princess ransomware. A newly discovered drive-by download campaign is infecting victims with

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Hackers using Neptune exploit kit to drop Monero miners in new malvertising campaign – International Business Times UK


International Business Times UK

Hackers using Neptune exploit kit to drop Monero miners in new malvertising campaign
International Business Times UK
The Neptune exploit kit, aka the Terror exploit kit, was used in the new malvertising campaign to drop Monero miners and involved hackers abusing legitimate pop-up ad services "within Alexa's top 100" to redirect victims to malicious sites. Researchers

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