• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-18-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Another serious vulnerability found in Android’s media processing service

The Android service that processes multimedia files has been the source of several vulnerabilities recently, including a new one that could give rogue applications access to sensitive permissions.The latest vulnerability in Android’s mediaserver component was discovered by security researchers from […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-18-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Darkode vendor of Facebook malware pleads guilty to one charge

A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to one federal spam-related charge for selling access to a botnet of Facebook accounts on a now-shuttered cybercriminal forum.Eric L. Crocker, 29, of Binghamton, New York, could face up to three years in prison […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-18-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Gaming services, hosting companies hit with new type of DDoS attack

Gaming and hosting companies have been hit with a new kind of DDoS attack that could snowball without preventive steps, Level 3 Communications warned on Monday.Attackers have figured out how to abuse portmap services that have been left openly accessible on […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-18-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Gaming services, hosting companies hit with new type of DDoS attack

Gaming and hosting companies have been hit with a new kind of DDoS attack that could snowball without preventive steps, Level 3 Communications warned on Monday.
Attackers have figured out how to abuse portmap services that have been left openly accessible on […]