Security experts at FireEye are warning attackers can exploit the JSPatch hot patching technique to serve malicious code and put iOS users at risk. The release of hot patches forRead More →
Unprotected HP printer HDDs can be abused if not protected. Security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered that HP LaserJet printers may be abused as an anonymous data storage unit by maliciousRead More →
Short Bytes: According to the latest documents provided by Edward Snowden to The Intercept, NSA and GCHQ were involved in surveillance activities pertaining to Israeli and Syrian drones presumed toRead More →
Lately, I was doing research connected with different updating strategies, and I tested a few applications working under Mac OS X. This short weekend research revealed that we have manyRead More →
Default Settings In Apache Servers Can Leak Details about Tor traffic. This has happened the second time in this week. Leaving default setting open after the product has been released canRead More →
WhatsApp is working on making your chats more secure by introducing end-to-end encryption along with a much deeper Facebook integration. A developer by the name of Javier Santos shared aRead More →
Malaysia extradited a hacker charged by DoJ with stealing the personal data of US members and passing it to the ISIS. A former computer science student accused of supporting theRead More →
Recently we came across a new family of cross-platform backdoors for desktop environments. First we got the Linux variant, and with information extracted from its binary, we were able toRead More →
MediaTek may not be on the short list of SoC companies whose chips you seek out when buying a new phone, but the company’s latest components have delivered some solidRead More →
The British branch of the HSBC bank has suffered for the second time in a month a cyber attack that brought its services offline. It’s happened again, HSBC customers were notRead More →
The APT group behind the attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine is spreading BlackEnergy malware through specially crafted Word documents. Malicious campaigns leveraging the BlackEnergy malware are targeting energy and ICS/SCADARead More →
Short Bytes: Tor Browser 5.5 is the first stable release in the 5.5 series of Tor. It is released for all the supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS XRead More →
Much information from our private and work related lives is stored in our smart phones. Losing a device or getting it stolen can be disastrous, way beyond the monetary loss. Apple has a niftyRead More →
Hackers can hack LG G3 smartphones using SNAP vulnerability in Smart Notice App. Security researchers from BugSec and Cynet have discovered a critical vulnerability in LG G3 smartphones which can allowRead More →
Facebook patched the issue in about six hours. British security researcher Jack Whitton has identified a critical XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability on Facebook that could be leveraged via malicious PNG imagesRead More →
THE GOVERNMENT’S USE of a controversial invasive technology for tracking phones just got a little more controversial. The Anaheim Police Department has acknowledged in new documents that it uses surveillanceRead More →
WhatsApp also adds option to share data with Facebook. Version 3.0 of the WhatsApp mobile messaging application will be sporting two new features, one that will bolster the its security andRead More →
Android.Lockdroid.E poses as a porn app and tricks users into giving it admin rights. Almost 67 percent of Android devices are at risk. Symantec has found an Android ransomware variantRead More →
Rare public appearance from Tailored Access Operations leader. USENIX ENIGMA The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is a notoriously secretive organization, but the head of its elite Tailored Access OperationsRead More →
New Hacking Tools To Come Preinstalled With BackBox Linux 4.5 Security-Oriented OS. The release of BackBox Linux 4.5 has been announced by the developers of the BackBox Linux operating system,Read More →
