The Meltdown and Spectre bugs have generated a lot of media attention, and users have been urged to update their machines with fixes made available by various vendors. While some patches have createdRead More →
Security researchers have revealed details of a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s security that could be used to compromise the secrecy of encrypted group chats on the messaging platform. The risk associatedRead More →
Connecticut man hacked more than 250 people.Connecticut-based George Garofano has agreed to plead guilty to charges of hacking more than 250 Apple iCloud accounts, including many that belonged to celebritiesRead More →
2018 is barely two weeks old, and already it looks like we’ve got new piece of macOS malware! Hooray 🙂 Want to play along? I’ve shared both the malware’s binaryRead More →
The vulnerability fiasco continues for Intel with new bug. As if the Meltdown and Spectre bugs weren’t enough trouble for Intel already, security researcher Harry Sintonen working for Finnish company F-SecureRead More →
Backups of virtual machines on some hosts could be accessed or altered by an attacker. While everyone was screaming about Meltdown and Spectre, another urgent security fix was already in progressRead More →
While helping a large organization with improving their overall security posture, I came across an interesting endpoint which I have never come across before. It immediately sparked my interest. TheRead More →
Fruitfly creepware turned on cameras and mics, automatically detected porn searches. Early last year, a piece of Mac malware came to light that left researchers puzzled. They knew that malware dubbed FruitflyRead More →
There’s a newly discovered security hole in the current version of macOS High Sierra that allows anyone with access to your Mac to unlock your App Store System Preferences withoutRead More →
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced the WPA3 standard officially on Monday. The new wireless network security standard will replace WPA2 eventually. WPA2, which stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, is theRead More →
Exploit published in December makes cracking unpatched Oracle servers easy. In a report published on January 7 by SANS Technology Institute, Morphus Labs researcher Renato Marinho revealed what appears to be anRead More →
ESET researchers have found that Turla, the notorious state-sponsored cyberespionage group, has added a fresh weapon to its arsenal that is being used in new campaigns targeting embassies and consulatesRead More →
For the Crackme0x02, I’ll follow two approaches. First, I’m going to find out the password through analysis. Then, I’ll modify the program in order to accept any password. If you’reRead More →
For almost two years, hackers could have easily stolen your prized stash of bitcoins if you were keeping them in the popular software wallet Electrum, thanks to a critical securityRead More →
China has been tightening controls over internet content and last year shut down 128,000 so-called harmful websites. China shut as many as 128,000 websites that contained obscene and other “harmful”Read More →
Is that incriminating data in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? Over the holidays I bought Apple’s newest, shiniest face scanner. For the first fortnight –Read More →
A comprehensive guide for choosing and setting up secure Wi-Fi. our router, that box sitting in a corner of your house giving you internet access, is in many ways moreRead More →
Some weeks ago I read about this Starbucks case where hackers hijacked laptops on the WiFi network to use the devices computing power to mine cryptocurrency, and I thought it might beRead More →
Researchers have discovered severe vulnerabilities in the suite which can lead to full system takeover. Security researchers have discovered a set of zero-day vulnerabilities within the Dell EMC Data ProtectionRead More →
Intel said no slowdown likely to be noticed by average users. One of the biggest concerns over the Meltdown and Spectre patches supposed to fix vulnerabilities in Intel, AMD, andRead More →
