Whatsapp accounts are based on phone numbers. This means your phone number is your username and it’s also used for authentication. While this is not perfect from a privacy standpointRead More →
Only a local hacker in a facility would be able to run an attack. General Electric (GE) has pushed out an update to its industrial control systems following the discoveryRead More →
Security researchers have discovered a new Android trojan named Skyfin that can infiltrate the local Play Store Android app and download or purchase other apps behind the user’s back. UntilRead More →
Short Bytes: On Modern Intel CPUs, the USB 3.0 port can be used to access the hardware debugging interface JTAG via DCI. According to a research duo at Positive Security,Read More →
Docker has patched a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2016-9962) that could lead to container escapes, allowing a hacker to affect operations of a host from inside a container. The vulnerability isRead More →
I want to believe that all of you know about ImageMagick and its Tragick. This issue was found in the end of the April, 2016 and due to many processingRead More →
In some cases, the hard-coded secrets could allow an attacker to steal or delete data. A security research firm has found hundreds of Android apps that are leaking sensitive secretRead More →
Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam discovered today a new malware family that can infect computers and allow crooks to take control of these PCs using commands sent via an IRC channel. NamedRead More →
A security expert discovered a flaw in the Facebook Messenger audio clip recording feature that could be exploited to listen to audio chats. Voice recording is one of the mostRead More →
Researchers Exploitee.rs discovered a flaw in Samsung SmartCam IP cameras that could be exploited to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung SmartCam IP cameras are affected by a seriousRead More →
Rather than using macros, this malware uses Visual Basic Script to avoid detection. Cybercriminals are targeting a US major financial services provider with malicious emails containing the tools required toRead More →
Alarmed by allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential race, French authorities have warned political parties against the threat of cyber attacks as the country prepares to electRead More →
Cybercriminals are adopting specially crafted URLs to trick users into entering their Gmail credentials in a new sophisticated phishing campaign. Security experts discovered a new effective Gmail phishing attack that isRead More →
By abusing an insecure cryptographic storage vulnerability (link) and a reflected server cross-site-scripting vulnerability (link) it is possible to steal and decrypt the password from a McDonald’s user. Besides that,Read More →
A raw intelligence document published last week claims Russian cyber experts have cracked Telegram messaging service to spy on opponents. A raw intelligence document published last week contains much information about President DonaldRead More →
The Internet Archive has launched on Friday a Chrome extension that will detect “Page not found” and other web errors and replace them with a copy from its Wayback Machine,Read More →
According to the release notes the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 addresses eight security vulnerabilities and other 62 bugs. Wednesday the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 was released by theRead More →
Exclusive: Privacy campaigners criticise WhatsApp vulnerability as a ‘huge threat to freedom of speech’ and warn it could be exploited by government agencies A security backdoor that can be usedRead More →
The hackers have been hacked. Motherboard has obtained 900 GB of data related to Cellebrite, one of the most popular companies in the mobile phone hacking industry. The cache includesRead More →
Adobe and Microsoft on Tuesday each released security updates for software installed on hundreds of millions of devices. Adobe issued an update for Flash Player and for Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft releasedRead More →
