Tag: Web Development

  • Critical Vulnerability in Apache Struts Puts Thousands of Web Applications at Risk

    The developers of the popular Apache Struts development framework for Java-based web applications have fixed a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to compromise servers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-9805, was discovered by researchers from software engineering analytics firm Semmle and is located in the popular REST plugin for Struts version 2. Read full news…

  • Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers

    Security researchers have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Apache Struts web application framework, allowing a remote attacker to run malicious code on the affected servers. Apache Struts is a free, open-source, Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for developing web applications in the Java programming language, which supports REST, AJAX, and JSON. Read…

  • A critical Apache Struts security flaw makes it ‘easy’ to hack Fortune 100 firms

    A critical security vulnerability in open-source server software enables hackers to easily take control of an affected server putting sensitive corporate data at risk. The vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely run code on servers that run applications using the REST plugin, built with Apache Struts, according to security researchers who discovered the vulnerability. Read…

  • 4 Tips to Make You More Secure Online

    We all know that it’s important to have secure passwords for all of the online services that we use, but making sure that all those passwords are unique and that all the data that we transmit over the web is encrypted and secure is challenging – and it’s also inconvenient. Read full news article on…

  • Fileless Malware Installing Backdoor Via USB Flash Disks

    A Fileless Malware Discovered as “TROJ_ANDROM.SVN” that can ability to Create a Backdoor into Target Windows Computer which is installing via USB Flash Disks. USB Flash Disk contained  2 Different Backdoor that is fully Encrypted and initially it abuse many Legitimate functions is the System. Read full news article on GBHackers  

  • Here Are a Bunch of Trump Inner Circle Amazon Wish Lists

    drama that is the Trump presidency, secondary characters constantly float in and out as new storylines and Special Counsel inquiries come to light. It’s easy to lose track. Read full news article on Webmonkey  

  • Even Artificial Neural Networks Can Have Exploitable ‘Backdoors’

    NYU professor Siddharth Garg checked for traffic, and put a yellow Post-it onto a stop sign outside the Brooklyn building in which he works. When he and two colleagues showed a photo of the scene to their road-sign detector software, it was 95 percent sure the stop sign in fact displayed a speed limit. Read…

  • What’s in Store for Security Content at Treehouse?

    I’ve always been a big believer that technology and education are two of the best ways to empower people. Especially in today’s world where so much of what we do, from banking to shopping to transportation, is centered around technology. Read full news article on Think Vitamin  

  • All the Ways US Government Cybersecurity Falls Flat

    hacks of US government networks, once novel and shocking, have become a problematic fact of life over the last few years. So it makes sense that a cybersecurity analysis released today placed the government at 16 out of 18 in a ranking of industries, ahead of only telecommunications and educations. Read full news article on…

  • Watch Hackers Hijack Three Robots for Spying and Sabotage

    The entire corpus of science fiction has trained humanity to fear the day when helpful household and industrial robots turn against it, in a Skynet-style uprising. But a much more near-term threat lurks in the age of automation: Read full news article on Webmonkey  

  • The Confessions: What If All Your Secrets Became Public? A Story by Joshua Cohen

    how you start a letter, with a salutation, I’d almost forgot. Monica, my dear, my love, my girl woman pony heart—I’ve written you a letter! Read full news article on Webmonkey  

  • Your Handy Guide to the Many Tech Anxieties of Our Time

    are ruthlessly efficient, endlessly entertaining—and completely panic-inducing. Whether you’ve become uncomfortably dependent on your digital assistant (heyyy, Alexa), addicted to the deluge of political tweetstorms, paralyzed by phishing attacks, or terrified of a robot uprising, well, frankly, your concerns are valid. Read full news article on Webmonkey  

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