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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum since the project started. A professional with 10+ years of experience in creating engaging content. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim

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EU Funds Bug Bounty Programs for 14 Open Source Projects

The European Union is about to sponsor 14 bug bounty programs for vulnerabilities in 14 popular open-source software projects. The announcement was made a few days ago by Julia Reda, who represents the German Pirate Party in the European Parliament.…

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The 5G Technology Raises Cyber-Espionage Concerns

5G networks are rapidly expanding across the globe, with many countries launching commercial 5G services and deploying infrastructure. Apparently, Qatar’s Ooredoo has already launched a commercial service, and South Korea and China are planning to launch 5G next year. 5G…

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Clickjacking Vulnerability Can Be Exploited to Create Facebook Worm

2018 hasn’t been easy on Facebook. The social platform has been through some dramatic data and security breaches that affected millions of its users. Facebook also experienced several drops on the stock market. It is interesting to note that Facebook’s…

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Google and Yahoo Targeted in Tricky Phishing Campaign That Bypasses 2FA

Google and Yahoo have been targeted in new phishing attacks that are able to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). Secure email services are also victims of these attacks as they can be successfully compromised, researchers said in a report published by…

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CVE-2018-8653 in Internet Explorer: Microsoft Patches Yet Another Zero-Day

Microsoft has just released a security update for Internet Explorer after receiving a report from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks. The vulnerability, which was given the CVE-2018-8653 identifier, could allow for arbitrary code execution. Affected…

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NASA Data Breach Potentially Exposes Personal Information of Employees

NASA has been through a data breach which most likely affected the personal details of both current and former employees. At least one of NASA’s servers has been hacked. According to the agency, unknown hackers successfully gained access in late…

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Windows Sandbox Feature Will Be a Fact in Early 2019

Microsoft just announced that Windows 10 19H1 will be equipped with a sandbox feature starting early in 2019. Windows Sandbox is an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where users can run untrusted software without the fear of negative effects on their…

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Text-Based CAPTCHA Protection Defeated by Machine Learning Algorithm

Scholars have identified yet another way to defeat text-based CAPTCHA systems using a machine learning algorithm. The new “captcha solver” method was developed by scientists from UK’s Lancaster University, China’s Northwest University and Peking University. The method is built upon…

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Magellan SQLite Vulnerability Affects Chromium, Thousands of Apps

Security researchers just discovered a security flaw residing in the popular SQLite database engine. The vulnerability hasn’t been given a CVE identifier yet but is dubbed Magelan. It affects thousands of desktop and mobile applications, including IoT devices, desktop software,…

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US Ballistic Missile System Lacks Basic Cybersecurity Implementations

A security audit of the US ballistic missile system carried out by the US Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) has revealed a range of severe security issues. The report was conducted in response to a congressional requirement to…

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Deleting Your Data, Reclaiming Your Online Privacy, and Wishful Thinking

“My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about,” said spy novelist Valerie Plame. Defending your…

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CVE-2018-8611 Used in Malware Attacks Shortly After Microsoft Patched It

CVE-2018-8611 is one the vulnerabilities addressed in December 2018’s Patch Tuesday. The flaw is a kernel zero-day which was just patched but appears to be exploited by several threat actors, Kaspersky Lab researchers report. CVE-2018-8611 Kernel Zero-Day Bug Recently Exploited…

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Windows 10 Activity History Sent to Microsoft Even When Disabled

Microsoft’s Windows 10 has been associated with dubious data collection and telemetry techniques since its inception. And it is indeed a widely known fact that the operating system logs data about users on their computers. This is not the issue,…

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Adware on Play Store Disguises Android Devices as iPhones for More Profit

22 Android apps were removed from Google Play Store because they were involved in a rather untraditional adware operation. The compromised apps were performing click fraud while disguising the Android devices as iPhones to trick online advertisers. Researchers dubbed the…

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Will Malware and Privacy Matters in 2019 Be Echoes of the Past?

Nothing bands individuals together like a good old security breach. We are all equal in the face of hacks and data breaches, aren’t we? Did you know that there were 2,216 data breaches and more than 53,000 cybersecurity incidents registered…

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500 Million Customers Affected by Marriott’s Starwood Data Breach

A data breach that affects 500 million individuals was just announced. The affected party is US hotel chain Mariott, and more specifically, its Starwood subsidiary’s guest reservation network. Apparently, the network has exposed its entire database consisting of 500 million…

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KingMiner Malware Utilizes 100% of the CPU of Windows Servers

Cryptocurrency mining, or cryptojacking for short, is one of the major cybersecurity threats aimed at both individual users and enterprises, entire networks included. According to statistics, one in three organizations has been targeted by cryptocurrency miners. The number of cryptocurrency…

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1.7 Million Windows Computers Enslaved by 3ve Click Fraud Operators

There are successful malicious campaigns, and then there are successful malicious campaigns. This story falls into the second category, as more than 1.7 million infected Windows-running computers were exploited for click fraud. The campaign has been dubbed 3ve, and has…

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Microsoft Shares Details of Indian Bank Customers with the US

DNA Money, an Indian newspaper, released a report detailing how Microsoft routinely shared the financial details of Indian bank customers with US intelligence agencies. More specifically, “the data of customers running an account with banks that have migrated to Microsoft…

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