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Facebook recently suffered a massive breach of login tokens that posed a risk to 50 million accounts all over the world. A recent article by The Independent reveals that the hacked data is available on Dark Web and can be grabbed for as low as $3.90. There are many listings found the Dark Web that […]
Sick of paying money for coffee at your favorite chain? Well, this Japanese cafe offers free coffee, but for a different currency. At Japanese chain Shiru Cafe, you pay with your personal information, instead of money. Students and faculty members give away their ID which includes personal information like names, dates of birth and work experience. Afterward, they […]
According to a report by Forbes, the FBI recently forced an iPhone X owner to unlock the phone using his face. This is the first known case in which feds used the FaceID feature to get access to some suspect’s smartphone. Last year when Apple launched iPhone X with FaceID feature, legal questions were raised: […]
In an official blog post, Facebook has confirmed that at least 50 million user accounts have been affected due to a newly discovered security flaw. The bug that has wrecked this havoc is related to Facebook’s “View As” feature, which allows you to view your profile as seen by some other user. By exploiting this flaw, […]
Update: The Taiwanese hacker has suspended his plans to attack Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page and make attempts to delete it. “I am canceling my live feed, I have reported the bug to Facebook and I will show proof when I get bounty from Facebook, to delete it,” he said on his page. Original story continues […]
Your mobile has a swathe of sensors that are used for adjusting your phone’s orientation, movement, detecting IR light, and biometric authentication. While mobile apps require you to grant access if data has to be collected from your phone’s sensors, there are no such rules for mobile websites. And many popular websites are using it […]
A 16-year-old Australian teenager who repeatedly hacked Apple servers over a period of two years has evaded jail. He is set to serve a probation period of 8 months. As reported earlier by Fossbytes, the teenager, who cannot be named owing to privacy concerns, hacked Apple servers between June 2015 and April 2017. He stored the collected […]
A security researcher from ESET has announced that he has unearthed new Android-based spyware that is capable of accessing the Whatsapp database and features a host of surveillance features. As reported by ZDNet, the spyware has been discovered on Github in a repository named “OwnMe.” It features a MainActivity.class that initiates a new service OwnMe.class, […]
Yet another privacy concern for Google Chrome users! Previously, we talked about Google’s auto-login mechanism which is hijacking our local Google Chrome data. Now, another Chrome 69 setting has come to light which is risking our freedom to remove data. Spotted by Jan ?? Wildeboer, now Chrome won’t remove cookies and other site data of its own services in the […]
A security flaw has been unearthed in macOS Mojave, Apple’s latest desktop OS update, by a well-known security researcher Patrick Wardle. As reported by Bleeping Computer, Wardle has discovered a bypass flaw in macOS Mojave using which hackers can gain access to contacts data from the address book with the help of an app that does not have […]
Security researcher Sabri Haddouche has found a bug in the Firefox web browser that can crash the browser and also the entire operating system running underneath. As reported by ZDNet, this Firefox bug can force the browser to crash on all the three popular desktop platforms — Mac, Linux, and Windows. On a Windows machine, this bug […]
Google brought in a bunch of new features in the new Chrome 69 version. While many of them were much appreciated, some didn’t go well with the users. Apparently, there is another less advertised tweak that people are not happy about. Google has introduced an auto-login mechanism from Chrome 69. First covered by ZDNet, whenever a […]
Back in July 2018, it was reported that Google shares Gmail user data with third-party apps and US lawmakers had asked the company to explain what it was up to. Now Google has officially admitted to not only giving Gmail account data to third-party developers, but also allowing them to share that data with other […]
It seems like digital currencies like Bitcoin will never stay out of trouble. And any day could turn out to be the last day for digital money infrastructures. Here, we are talking about the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack. While developers are issuing the patch for anyone running nodes and appeal to update the software, Bitcoin miners don’t […]
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have found a new malware called Xbash which is a lethal cocktail of botnet, ransomware and cryptocurrency mining software combined in a single worm. Xbash targets servers running on Linux or Windows and prey on systems that are protected by weak passwords or devices running with unpatched known vulnerabilities. This new malware behaves […]
There is a Windows file named WaitList.dat that covertly collects your passwords and email information, with the help of Windows Search Indexer service. Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) expert Barnaby Skeggs first discovered the information about the file back in 2016 but wasn’t paid much attention. However, in after a new and exclusive interview with ZDNet – […]
In Greek Mythology, Kronos is known as the father of lightning God Zeus. However, in the real world, “KRONOS” named virus is infamous for hijacking online bank accounts, conducting identity theft and much more. According to Securonix researchers, the $7,000 Banker Trojan, available on the Russian Underground forum, has received a new update. For those who […]
A research report published by F-Secure has unearthed a new flaw that makes most of the devices including those that are equipped with disk encryption vulnerable to an attack that could steal personal data within minutes. As reported by ZDNet, F-Secure’s findings say that contemporary security measures are enough to prevent the theft caused by […]
A zero-day vulnerability for Tor browser was revealed yesterday on Twitter by Zerodium — a company that buys and sells exploits in software. Zerodium published the details of the vulnerability which was present in the Firefox extension NoScript (built-in to the Tor browser), which prevents web pages from executing JavaScript, Flash, or Silverlight. Advisory: Tor […]
Aadhaar, the unique identification system of India, has got a bad rep all over the world. From personal data being available on Google search to Edward Snowden informing about the dangers of Aadhaar, the “secure” system has gone through a lot of troubles. Now, a new and exclusive investigation from HuffPost India has revealed a software patch […]
Tesla is the epitome of innovation combined with unmatched features, including utmost comfort and tight security that provides a completely digitized driving experience. However, it seems that hackers are always a step ahead. Researchers from KU Leuven University in Belgium were successful in hacking the key fob of the Tesla Model S with equipment worth $600. […]