It’s still not clear how, but a disproportionately large number of websites that run on the WordPress content management system are being hacked to deliver crypto ransomware and other malicious software to unwitting end users. Link: Mysterious spike in WordPress hacks silently delivers ransomware to visitors
So sadly, but also unsurprisingly ‘123456’ is still the most common password for 2015 (based on leaked password lists) the same as it was in years before, e.g. The 25 Worst Passwords Of 2013 – “password” Is Not #1. Link: 123456 Still The Most Common Password For 2015
A major flaw on eBay’s online sales platform is being used to target customers with malware across Android, iOS and Windows devices, but eBay has said that it has no intention of fixing the vulnerability. Security company Check Point uncovered evidence of the flaw last year. Link: eBay refuses to fix flaw exposing users to …
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This marked the attack’s magnitude at a steep height by infecting into other pipelines of NASA, leading to this nasty situation. Link: NASA HACKED! AnonSec tried to Crash $222 Million Drone into Pacific Ocean
Google has patched thirteen new vulnerabilities in Android, two of which could allow attackers to take control of Android devices located on the same Wi-Fi network, if the devices have Broadcom chips. Link: Google fixes critical Wi-Fi and media-processing flaws in Android
