Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada

The Hacker News Daily Updates The Essentials of IT Security - 2019 Kit Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT Security. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Dec 17, 2018 Critical SQLite Flaw Leaves Millions of Apps Vulnerable to Hackers Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in widely used SQLite database software that exposes billions of deployments to hackers. Dubbed as 'Magellan' by Tencent's Blade security team, the newly discovered SQLite flaw could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary or ... Read More New Facebook Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users Photos to Third-Party Apps Facebook's latest screw-up — a programming bug in Facebook website accidentally gave 1,500 third-party apps access to the unposted Facebook photos of as many as 6.8 million users. Facebook today quietly announced that it discovered a new API bug in its photo-sharing system that let 876 developers ... Read More New Shamoon Malware Variant Targets Italian Oil and Gas Company Shamoon is back… one of the most destructive malware families that caused damage to Saudi Arabia's largest oil producer in 2012 and this time it has targeted energy sector organizations primarily operating in the Middle East. Earlier this week, Italian oil drilling company Saipem was attacked and ... Read More Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada "Pay $20,000 worth of bitcoin, or a bomb will detonate in your building" A massive number of businesses, schools, government offices and individuals across the US, New Zealand and Canada on Thursday received bomb threats via emails that caused nationwide chaos, forcing widespread evacuations and ... Read More Adobe's Year-End Update Patches 87 Flaws in Acrobat Software Adobe is closing out this year with its December Patch Tuesday update to address a massive number of security vulnerabilities for just its two PDF apps—more than double the number of what Microsoft patched this month for its several products. Adobe today released patches for 87 vulnerabilities ... Read More The Essentials of IT Security - 2019 Kit Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT Security. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India