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Cybercriminals are quite innovative, to be honest; they are always coming up with unique ways of exploiting Windows-based systems. According to the findings of Boston-based cyber-security firm Cybereason, one of their newly identified techniques involves using keylogger malware that exploits AutoIT or AutoHotKey (AHK). Fauxpersky Malware Spreads via malicious USB drives The malware, dubbed by […]
Paolo Stagno, an Italian security researcher using the online moniker VoidSec, has revealed a startling new discovery about virtual private networks or VPNs. As per the findings of Stagno, nearly 23% of VPN providers are still leaking IP addresses of users through the VPN flaw dubbed as WebRTC Leak. This means, if you are connected […]
Last week it was reported that there were a bunch of malware-infected QR reader apps on Play Store which was downloaded half a million time. Now, Infosec’s security researcher Roman Mueller has identified a flaw in the way iOS camera application manages QR codes; the flaw leads to redirecting users to malicious destinations. The vulnerability is […]
Another day, another malware aiming at Windows devices – This time, the malware is spread from YouTube. The IT security researchers at Russian anti-virus vendor Dr. Web have discovered a dangerous malware campaign being spread by cybercriminals from YouTube, a popular video-sharing website owned by Google. Dubbed Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23012 by researchers, the malware is written in Python […]
Believe it or not but in the US, police are now using fingerprints of dead suspects to unlock iPhones. Contrary to popular belief that law enforcement agencies only recently started using dead person fingerprints for unlocking iPhones, Forbes has reported that this has been going on for years. In its latest report, Forbes confirmed that […]
The IETF has been analyzing proposals for TLS 1.3 since 2014; the final release is the result of the work on 28 drafts. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally announced the approval of TLS 1.3, the new version of the Transport Layer Security traffic encryption protocol. The TLS protocol was designed to allow […]
Facebook is in hot waters for the last couple of weeks after it was reported that the company secretly shared 50 million user profiles with a British political consulting and data mining firm Cambridge Analytica. The data was apparently used to influence Brexit campaign and US presidential election since Cambridge Analytica also worked President Trump and Republican Senator […]
A security vulnerability that is nearly 5 years old has now become the favorite tool of hackers as they are using it to infect Linux servers with crypto mining malware. The vulnerability that is being exploited in this cryptojacking campaign is classified as CVE-2013-2618. The miner is an altered XMRig tool, which is a legitimate, […]
Elon Musk has deleted the official Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla this Friday after receiving #DeleteFacebook challenge from some of his followers. Currently, both pages with millions of fans are unavailable to visitors. SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company while Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is a firm that specializes in electric vehicles, solar panel manufacturing, and energy storage. […]
A British surgeon and consultant David Nott was just trying to help wounded Syrians in the war struck Aleppo region by giving out instructions using Skype and WhatsApp. Dr. Nott’s job was to remotely supervise doctors as they carried out surgeries in an underground medical facility namely M10 hospital. Unfortunately, on Oct 3, 2016, that […]
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold the exposed databases for ransom. In order to raise awareness, hackers leaked 36 million records of internal data collected from several vulnerable servers. The seriousness of the matter can be understood by the fact that in July of 2015 John Matherly of Shodan, the world’s […]
Another day, another disappointing news for The Pirate Bay users – Today for the third time in 5 days The Pirate Bay domain has gone offline. Currently, those visiting the site can see “Error 522 Connection timed out” message generated by Cloudflare since The Pirate Bay uses its CDN and DDoS protection service. According to […]
If you are wondering what happened to The Pirate Bay and why its domain is offline then you are not alone, The Pirate Bay is currently offline in many parts of the world. Although the reason for its downtime is unknown The Pirate Bay went down at 20:18 UTC. This means the website is down for last 3 […]
Brian Acton, co-founder of popular messaging app WhatsApp wants each and every Facebook user to delete their Facebook accounts permanently and leave the social media giant created by Mark Zuckerberg. Brian who recently founded a non-profit organization “The Signal Foundation” expressed his view on Twitter with a brief tweet saying “It is time. #deletefacebook.” It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian […]
Internet safety is a key concern both professionally and personally — it’s probable that the vast majority of individuals do not know how much, or what kind of, data is being held on them. Perhaps even most employees are unaware of the sort of data they collect from their customers. As data collection and Internet […]
Controversies and scandals on Facebook don’t seem to end anytime soon. Reportedly, the social network is facing its largest data breach scandal till date. Now, according to a report from The Guardian, Cambridge Analytica illegally harvested over 50 million Facebook users’ profiles without their consent and the data was used for influencing the results of […]
You are not alone, The Pirate Bay is down for everyone and worse, its dark web domain is also offline for more than a month. Currently, those visiting The Pirate Bay can see an error message generated by Cloudflare since the site uses its CDN and DDoS protection services. According to the message: “This page […]
The bug bounty program will remain open until December 31st, 2018. Recently, the identification of serious CPU flaws called Spectre and Meltdown shook the tech community. Although the gravity of damage has been controlled considerably still there is room for mitigation. Perhaps that’s the reason why Microsoft has decided to roll out a new bug bounty […]
It was just last week when hackers identified a way to exploit PlayStation 4 (PS4) Firmware 4.05 or 4.55 for running Linux via the PS4 Linux Loader payload tool. In this particular technique, hackers leveraged IDC kernel exploit. At that time, the exploit was compatible with selected systems that run firmware 4.55 and support FAT […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) devices, especially smart home devices, are built to get things done conveniently and to some extent, these devices have been playing a major role in our lives. At the same time, these smart devices are also home to critical security vulnerabilities. Recently, the IT security researchers at the Ben-Gurion University […]
Unsecured Amazon S3 Bucket Claims Another Victim – This Time, Private Data of 1.3 Million Limogés Jewelry Customers Have Been Exposed. Have you heard about MBM Company INC.? Probably you haven’t because not many are familiar with this name but you must be familiar with the brand name Limogés Jewelry. Limogés Jewelry is actually the […]