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The network technology company, Cisco is set to pay a settlement agreement worth $8.6 million for an alleged violation of the U.S. False Claims Act (FCA). The case was brought-up eight years ago in May 2011, it stemmed from the claim that Cisco was neglecting its responsibility to patch its Video Surveillance Manager. James Glenn, […]
Update VideoLAN has tweeted that the security issue reported by CERT-Bund is not as severe as claimed. VideoLAN says the issue lies in a third-party library, called libebml, that was fixed 16 months ago. VLC makers say that the claim was based on a previous (and outdated) version of VLC. Meanwhile, the VLC CVE has […]
Today Google has announced a security flaw in its Bluetooth Titan Security Key that is used for 2-factor authentication. The security flaw could allow hackers in close proximity to bypass the security mechanism and connect their own devices. Google says that the flaw exists “due to a misconfiguration in the Titan Security Keys’ Bluetooth pairing […]
Internet Explorer was already useless for most of us, but now it is dangerous to have the obsolete browser on your computer. A security researcher, John Page, found a new security flaw in Internet Explorer that allows hackers to steal data. Here’s the craziest part: This flaw affects your Windows PC even if you never open the browser. So just […]
Spectre and Meltdown attacks were initially discovered in early 2018. Following which, many security researchers have tried and tested different methods to put an end to the security flaws. However, researchers at Google have concluded that Spectre-type vulnerabilities are most likely to sustain as a feature in processors. Therefore, software-based techniques alone are inadequate to […]
Twitter users who tweet from their Android devices should review their settings now — especially if they have tweeted at any time between 2014 and 2019. Apparently, a bug has been plaguing Twitter since 2014 which exposed the tweets of some Android users that were supposed to be private. In a statement released by Twitter, […]
When it comes to file explorer apps for Android, ES File Explorer is undoubtedly one of the most popular apps. I, myself, use the app for managing files and folders on my smartphone. However, it came as shock for me that ES File Explorer has a hidden web server running in the background and my […]
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 […]
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 […]
Epic Games’ decision to make its popular game Fortnite available on Android through its own website instead of Google Play Store seems to have backfired. Google has publicly disclosed an extremely dangerous security flaw in Fortnite’s installer that allows attackers to download anything on an Android phone. This flaw lets any app on your phone to […]
The Zero-day vulnerability presented by IBM’s researchers Or Peles and Roee Hay will affect all Android devices. The two researchers from IBM’s X-Force Application Security Research Team presented a paper titled One Class to Rule Them All at the USENIX WOOT 2015 Security Conference held in Washington D.C. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/android-malware-development-17-sec/”]Hackers Develop Android Malware Every 17 […]
A security flaw in the Facebook API allows hackers to decrypt and scan IDs, which left 1.44 billion Facebook users identities at risk of being stolen, web security expert has claimed. Hackers can use a security exploit in Facebook to “decrypt and sniff out” IDs of Facebook users by using one of the vulnerable Facebook […]
Researcher discovered a flaw that could help him Delete photos from Anyone’s account. To delete someone’s pictures from Facebook is certainly not an easy task. However, an Indian web developer Laxman Muthiyah claims that he discovered a flaw with which he can easily remove photos from almost all user accounts on Facebook. He immediately notified […]
Microsoft has released an emergency update on Tuesday to patch a security flaw in the Windows operating system (that remained unnoticed for 19 years). Amazingly, this vulnerability was present in every version of Windows including Windows 95 to Windows 8, allowing hackers to take control of any computer remotely whenever a user visits a malicious website. […]