Tara Seals, Author at AZGAD WEBSITE SECURITY BLOG

The Pacific Northwest hospitality stalwart is also still operationally crippled by a Dec. 12 ransomware attack.

Breach Cloud Security Hacks Malware mobile security Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-12-27 Tara Seals

The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2021

A look back at what was hot with readers in this second year of the pandemic.

Cloud Security Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-12-23 Tara Seals

4-Year-Old Microsoft Azure Zero-Day Exposes Web App Source Code

The security vulnerability could expose passwords and access tokens, along with blueprints for internal infrastructure and finding software vulnerabilities.

Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-12-22 Tara Seals

All in One SEO Plugin Bug Threatens 3M Websites with Takeovers

A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability could lead to backdoors for admin access nesting in web servers.

Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-12-22 Tara Seals

Java Code Repository Riddled with Hidden Log4j Bugs; Here’s Where to Look

There are 17,000npatched Log4j packages in the Maven Central ecosystem, leaving massive supply-chain risk on the table from Log4Shell exploits.

Breach Web Security

2021-12-22 Tara Seals

Half-Billion Compromised Credentials Lurking on Open Cloud Server

A quarter-billion of those passwords were not seen in previous breaches that have been added to Have I Been Pwned.

Malware mobile security

2021-12-17 Tara Seals

Malicious Joker App Scores Half-Million Downloads on Google Play

Joker malware was found lurking in the Color Message app, ready to fleece unsuspecting users with premium SMS charges.

Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-12-17 Tara Seals

Brand-New Log4Shell Attack Vector Threatens Local Hosts

The discovery, which affects services running as localhost that aren’t exposed to any network or the internet, vastly widens the scope of attack possibilities.

Malware Web Security

2021-12-15 Tara Seals