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If you have downloaded software, mostly freeware, you have definitely experienced adware, or the unexpected, intrusive pop-up advertisements that come out uninvited on your screen. PUPs are annoying and that’s a fact no one can deny, but they can also…
A new type of attack could allow a malicious actor with a mid-range thermal camera to capture keys pressed on a standard keyboard. The discovery has been made by three University of California professors. In other words, our fingers’ thermal…
Have you heard of the so-called “download bomb” bug which occurs when hundreds or even thousands of downloads are initiated? The result of this technique is that the affected browser stops functioning properly as it typically freezes on a specific…
Facebook is once again facing public opinion as it admitted that it granted special access to users’ data to 61 technology companies. A 747-page document has been handed over to the US House of Represantives’ Energy and Commerce Committee on…
Do you have a Samsung smartphone? There is something you need to know. Some devices are randomly sending photos taken with the camera to contacts in the address book without permission. The problem affected Galaxy S9 and S9+ devices, but…
Facebook has notified 800,000 users whose privacy has been compromised by a “blocked” bug. It appears that blocked individuals on Facebook and Messenger of the affected users were temporarily unblocked. Facebook also has some new API restrictions aimed at protecting…
Security researchers recently found out how attackers are using macOS malware known as OSX.Dummy to target cryptocurrency investors using the Slack and Discord chat platforms. The chat platforms are abused by cybercriminals who are impersonating admins to trick users. Related…
A research that was just published reveals how attacks against the mobile communication standard LTE can occur. LTE can be compromised in three attacks where an attacker collects meta- information about the user’s traffic, among other things. More specifically, the…
Apparently, the GitHub account of the Gentoo Linux distribution has been hacked, as evident by an announcement published on the distro’s official website. The hack took place on June 28 when “unknown individuals” gained control of the GitHub Gentoo organization.…
Adidas customers should be aware of a data breach that affects consumers who made purchases on adidas.com/US. There is still no sufficient information about the incident but the company has acknowledged that an authorized party claims to have acquired data…
A new vulnerability, CVE-2018-0296, rated high-severe is affecting Cisco ASA and Firepower security appliances. The flaw is being exploited in the wild after an exploit of it showed up online a few days ago. CVE-2018-0296 Official Description A vulnerability in…
A new announcement has been made in regards of the Wi-Fi Alliance (the organization managing wireless internet technologies): the official release of WPA3 is already a fact: Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™, the next generation of Wi-Fi® security, bringing…
A new anti-spoofing feature is about to be introduced to Android which will make biometric authentication mechanisms more secure. As explained by Google: To keep users safe, most apps and devices have an authentication mechanism, or a way to prove…
A new piece of, what appears to be, highly targeted malware has been discovered by researchers at AlienVault. The new malware strain, dubbed GzipDe and most likely used in cyber-espionage campaigns, uses an article about the next Shanghai Cooperation Organization…
Several critical vulnerabilities have been uncovered in some 400 Axis camera models. The flaws could allow hackers to take full control over the affected camera or entangle them in botnets. VDOO researchers unearthed the vulnerabilities that could be compromised via…
An independent security researcher has uncovered by accident quite the unusual, high-severity browser vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, identified as CVE-2018-8235. Shortly put, the vulnerability would allow a malicious website to recapture content from other sites simply by playing audio files…
According to two researchers from University of Texas, there is a particular reason that blew the price of Bitcoin out of proportion last year. Professor John Griffin and graduate student Amin Shams believe that Bitcoin’s value boost was due to…
Yet another chip vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-3665, which has been called Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore. The flaw resides in Intel Core and Xeon processors, and is similar to Spectre since it is a speculative execution flaw. Related Story:…
Security researchers just discovered a code-signing bypass vulnerability that allows malicious code to masquerade as an official Apply system file. In other words, some of the implementations of Apple’s official code-signing API can be exploited by hackers. Apple has made…
According to a statement made by the company, European electronics giant Dixons Carphone has suffered a serious data breach, or what it appears to be, two separate data breaches. Dixons Carphone Official Statement on the Data Breach As part of…
