Attackers Can Get Root by Crashing Ubuntu’s AccountsService A local privilege escalation security vulnerability could allow attackers to gain root access on Ubuntu systems by exploiting a double-free memory corruption bug in GNOME’s AccountsService component. AccountsService is a D-Bus service that helps manipulate and query information attached to the user accounts available on a device. The
Bugs in Billions of WiFi, Bluetooth Chips Allow Password, Data Theft Researchers at the University of Darmstadt, Brescia, CNIT, and the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have published a paper that proves it’s possible to extract passwords and manipulate traffic on a WiFi chip by targeting a device’s Bluetooth component. Modern consumer electronic devices such as
Ukraine Arrests 51 for Selling Data of 300 Million People in US, EU Ukrainian law enforcement arrested 51 suspects believed to have been selling stolen personal data on hacking forums belonging to hundreds of millions worldwide, including Ukraine, the US, and Europe. “As a result of the operation, about 100 databases of personal data relevant
Police Arrests Ransomware Affiliate Behind High-profile Attacks Romanian law enforcement authorities arrested a ransomware affiliate suspected of hacking and stealing sensitive info from the networks of multiple high-profile companies worldwide, including a large Romanian IT company with clients from the retail, energy, and utilities sectors. The 41-year-old Romanian national was arrested Monday morning at his home in Craiova,
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