Web Applications

Critical vulnerability in PHP allows easy DoS attack on millions of websites

On: April 1, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Information Security, PHP, Security breach, technology, web application security, Web Applications

A severe vulnerability in a PHP function would allow threat actors to evade security measures implemented for the protection of web applications. The affected feature is filter_var(), which allows developersRead More →

Thousands of websites are showing porn instead of ads. Domain takeover fiasco

On: July 23, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, GIPHY, Hacking, incidents, pornography, Twitter, Vidme, Web Applications, websites

Over the past few hours, some of the world’s biggest news sites, such as The Washington Post, HuffPost and New York Magazine, have been showing pornography instead of normal content.Read More →