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If you have updated your MacOS from the older version to MacOS High Sierra make sure you also apply the new security patch released by Apple to protect your device from third-party intrusion. As you already know, the latest version of Apple’s desktop operating system MacOS High Sierra has hit the market with a lot of new […]
Facebook owned Instagram said that unknown hackers have exploited a critical bug in its server and have stolen personal details, including contact, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers etc. belonging to top celebrities and are trading them on underground hacking forums. The warning came on Wednesday when Instagram sent emails to celebrities with verified accounts on the platform explaining […]
German Firm Siemens will Update PET Scanner Software as DHS Issues Security Threat to Machines. Cyber-attacks on medical equipment are intensifying every passing day. The latest to join the list of unsecured medical equipment is the Positron Emission Tomography scanners or PET scanners manufactured by the Munich based company Siemens. These scanners require Microsoft Windows […]
A Redditor going by the handle of /Seattle_Horn (Nick Morrelli) from Seattle, United States posted that whenever he dials the emergency telephone number 911 his Android based OnePlus 5 (OP5) smartphone reboots itself for no apparent reason. In his Reddit post, Morrelli wrote that “I had to dial 911 on my OP5 yesterday (saw a building on fire […]
Chrome might have a lurking bug that lets websites record your audio and video content without you even knowing. That is, Chrome usually has a red indicator being displayed in a tab where the video content is being recorded. However, according to a researcher, such an indication may not always be present. The flaw: Ran […]
Most of you who are from the Windows 95 era, may remember an NTFS bug allowed hackers to attack the devices through special filenames causing the entire system to go berserk and subsequently display a blue screen of death. Well, to everyone’s disappointment, the bug is back to haunt those who are running Windows 7 […]
Short Bytes: The researchers from Google Project Zero have revealed a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Windows. The attacker doesn’t require any software to take the advantage of the serious bug. Microsoft is expected to fix the bug on May 9 Patch Tuesday release, followed by a detailed report by the researchers. Update (May […]
Researchers have detected a new zero-day bug which uses a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft Word. The bug allows attackers to send malicious document files to users and hackers have started sending out emails with fake Word documents which when downloaded and opened, start working in the background on downloading different kinds of malware and therefore spread […]
Amazon Web Service (AWS) went through outage for four hours around three days back, which took the internet security community by surprise. All sorts of speculations and rumors started spreading about the reasons behind the service outage. However, the company has now publicly announced that the actual reason behind the breakdown of its internet service […]
It is evident that Google does not like Microsoft, but it is also a fact that Microsoft is lazy at fixing critical vulnerabilities in its cyber infrastructure. Take the example from 2015 when researchers exposed an 18-year-old “Redirect to SMB” vulnerability which allowed attackers to steal data from all versions of Windows operating system. Now, security researchers […]
Change.org, a famous online petition website is sending emails to its registered petitioners encouraging them to change their account password on the website. The email came days after Google employee, Tavis Ormandy of Project Zero exposed Cloudbleed bug that seems to have leaked sensitive and personal information passing through websites using CloudFlare’s service. The email […]
[bnrad][/bnrad] The social media giant Facebook had a service interruption earlier today locking some users out from their accounts with a warning message that their account has been compromised since “someone may have logged into your account.” Further, the message explained that “in order to keep your information secure we’ve locked your account. Before we […]
Filippo Valsorda, a researcher from Cloudflare, recently discovered a bug in F5’s BIG-IP Networks. The flaw has been dubbed as Ticketbleed, keeping in mind its similarity with another such bug, Heartbleed. How does Ticketbleed work? Ticketbleed is a vulnerability in the BIG-IP SSL networks that allows for SSL sessions to be leaked which are as large as 31 bytes. This happens due to the […]
Security researcher Dan Melamed came across the vulnerability in June 2016. The bug is some ways similar to a vulnerability discovered by another researcher around the same time. There’s just one major exception. Dan Melamed said ,c Dan Melamed In addition, also had the ability to disable commenting on any video. This allows a bad […]
The official YouTube channel of WatchMojo has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy. If you don’t know WatchMojo then it is a popular video content producer, publisher, and syndicator based in Canada. Upon visiting WatchMojo’s YouTube channel a red warning sign can be seen explaining why the channel was terminated however WatchMogo’s Twitter account tweeted that […]
Andrew Leonov, a security researcher, discovered a critical remote execution bug on Facebook allowing him to breach the security of social media giant through ImageMagick flaw which was previously reported and patched in 2016 yet Leonov was successful in using the flaw to carry the attack against Facebook servers. In a blog post, Leonov explained […]
iMessage is an application developed by Apple Inc. for facilitating instant message sending across iOS devices. It lets users send out text messages as well as audio messages, videos and pictures. It is also possible to personalize the messages sent via iMessage with a variety of animations using other Apple apps. This particular app is […]
Your desktop’s hard drive might be in danger of losing a few years of its lifespan if you are an avid user of Spotify’s desktop app for accessing tuneage or satisfying your music cravings. Several Spotify subscribers are facing a serious issue. Reportedly, Spotify’s Mac, Windows and Linux based apps are involved in writing hundreds […]
Hacker who Jammed Nation-wide 911 Emergency Call System with DDoS Attack Caught by Police — He also tweeted a javascript exploit that was used by 1,000 people to DDoS 911 system. Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai from Arizona was caught and arrested [PDF] by the police for allegedly triggering a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on the 911 […]
Security Researchers Discover AtomBombing — An Injection Code that Infects Multiple Processes in Windows leading to malware installation. Ensilo’s security researchers have identified a unique method that allows injection of malicious code into multiple processes without getting identified by any endpoint security system or antivirus software. This method has been labeled as AtomBombing It has […]
For the Past 9 Years, Linux Kernel has been Plagued with Dirty Cow – A Privilege-Escalation Bug Red Hat, the leading open source software development firm, has revealed that Linux Kernel has been infected with a serious bug for the past 9 years. The bug has been dubbed as Dirty Cow. It is deemed dangerous […]