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Sony’s most prestigious gaming console till date PlayStation 4 or PS4 contains a bug that exploits and crashes the console through a text message. It is believed that malicious threat actors are sending infected messages to the console to crash it. Reddit is bursting with reports from PS4 users who are complaining about receiving strings […]
Facebook now says hackers accessed 29 million Facebook users data by the recent data breach and stolen users personal details such as Email and phone number and other data what compromised user had in their accounts. Facebook initially said Security breach allow hackers to steal more than 50 million accounts access tokens by exploiting the […]
The distribution of latest Windows 10 update for October 2018, released by Microsoft this week, has been halted after reports about it causing grave data loss started emerging. Dubbed version 1089, the update was released for Windows 10 users to check for updates manually but it turns out that it is deleting user data including […]
Ryan Lin was just recently sentenced to 17 years in prison. He was sentenced for committing a range of crimes including cyberstalking, computer fraud and abuse, aggravated identity theft, and distribution of child pornography. These are all serious crimes that I in no way support or condone, but why am I particularly interested in the […]
This can be one of one of the largest corporate spying and hardware hacking campaigns ever launched by a nation-state. Bloomberg has revealed in its recently published report that a nation-state has launched a significant supply chain attack. It is believed to be one of the largest corporate spying and hardware hacking campaigns ever launched […]
The vulnerability affected Telegram’s desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux OS. Telegram, a popular privacy-focused instant messaging application, reportedly contained a bug that can leak the IP addresses of users. Known for providing end-to-end encryption, Telegram’s desktop app has been discovered to be leaking not just public but private IP addresses of its users […]
Another day, another trove of sensitive data exposed online. This time, a MongoDB database containing a whopping 43.5GB of the dataset used in marketing campaigns has been left exposed for public access. The data was discovered by Bob Diachenko, an independent security researcher who noted that the database was available on an unprotected MongoDB hosted on Grupo-SMS hosting and […]
If you are a VPN user it is time to come out from the myth that every VPN is here to secure your privacy. Internet censorship is on the rise, and data from Freedom on the Net, based on an annual assessment of the situation of Internet freedom in 65 countries, reveals that not only […]
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 […]
Adware Doctor and Trend Micro Apps have been kicked out by Apple. Apple Inc. has always propagated its products as designed with most advanced security and privacy practices. The company has also promoted itself as the only firm that prioritizes and safeguards user privacy. The iOS and Mac App Stores are referred to as the […]
Tor is a browser known to keep the IP addresses of its users private and confidential due to which users can surf the web anonymously. However, according to RiskIQ’s threat researcher Yonathan Klijnsma, it is possible to identify the IP addresses of Tor users. Klijnsma states that misconfigured Dark Web servers are mainly responsible for […]
Google and MasterCard have jointly cut an ad deal to track your retail transactions. So far, we only knew that Google can track out online shopping preferences as we clicked on ads. However, this is quite surprising that it can now keep track of our retail transactions history from brick-and-mortar outlets as well. This is […]
Spyware is supposed to spy upon people, most notably criminals or threat actors. However, nowadays even spyware aren’t protected from vulnerabilities and are exposed to hackers. Recently we reported on the hacking of several spyware apps including FlexiSpy, Retina-X and TheTruthSpy. Now there is another spyware to join the list of victimized apps. Motherboard reports that a parental […]
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has made startling new revelations about CSS or cell-site stimulators. These cell surveillance devices, better known as Stingray, are used to disrupt communications of cell phones, mostly of criminals and lawbreakers. However, Sen. Wyden asserts that the devices may impact other phones and potentially makes contacting emergency services like 911 […]
Cybercrime is on the rise, there is no denying this fact. With people becoming more reliant on technology, using their smartphones to log into their bank accounts and using social media which stores and uses your data, hackers are sometimes able to take advantage of this. You may think your business is impenetrable, however, this […]
The stolen data also includes “encrypted” passwords. Another day, another T-Mobile data breach. This time, the telecommunication giant T-Mobile has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have stolen personal data of 2 million customers. According to the official statement by T-Mobile, on August 20th, its cybersecurity firm identified an unauthorized access to certain information […]
The same company was once caught spying on its Keyboard app users. GOMO, which is also known as Sungy Mobile, is a well-known Chinese mobile app and software developer company. It is famous worldwide for GO series applications (Yes, the developers of popular GOKeyboard app that was caught spying on millions of its users last year). […]
If you are unable to access your Instagram account, then it is quite possible that your account has been hijacked. Reportedly, in the past few days, hundreds of Instagram accounts have been hacked. Some user accounts are partially accessible while some are completely hijacked. In its recent blog post, Instagram acknowledged this hacking spree and […]
Thanks to Ignorant App Developers At Defcon 2018, we have so far witnessed many innovative forms of compromising devices including electoral voting machines. However, this latest revelation “Man-in-the-disk Attack” is quite surprising and to a great extent concerning for Android users. According to researchers at CheckPoint security firm, the new attack method dubbed as Man-in-the-disk […]
Spreading fake news through WhatsApp was never so easy before. According to the latest research from Check Point security firm, WhatsApp users are at the risk of getting their private chats and group conversations hacked and exploited. Researchers discovered a new wave of attacks that allow cybercriminals to penetrate your messages on WhatsApp. This penetration […]
Pakistani Hacker Posted Authentic Snapchat Source Code on GitHub – Snapchat’s source code is stolen…can there be a piece of bigger news than that? Perhaps there is! Not only that the source code has been stolen but also posted on Microsoft-owned GitHub of all the platforms. Reportedly, the hacker hails from a small village in Pakistan and […]