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A UK government report indicates a flaw of national significance in Chinese company Huawei. The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) was set up by the UK government and the tech company to evaluate equipment meant for UK networks. HCSEC…
The so-called iPhone Calendar virus is a common threat name that refers to a group of specific suspicious apps currently affecting Apple devices. Affected devices could be iPhones, Mac computers, and iPads. This type of virus app impacts the Calendar…
GitHub is getting a new feature that will inform the platform’s users about security flaws in their code. The feature is called Code Scanning, and it is available for both free and paid user accounts. The feature was first announced…
Microsoft has been pushing Windows users towards its Edge Browser and Bing search engine. Unfortunately, a new security report reveals that a back-end server associated with Bing has exposed sensitive data belonging to users of the mobile application. Bing Associated…
A new vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox for Android was just discovered. The vulnerability was made public by security researcher Lukas Stefanko who disclosed it in a Twitter alert. The vulnerability is high-risk and it can lead to remote code execution.…
Here comes a new major, massive vulnerability that affects billions of devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and IoT appliances. Dubbed BLESA, OR Bluetooth Low Energy Spoofing Attack, the flaw affects devices that run the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, shortly known…
Microsoft is not giving up on pushing its Edge browser to Windows users, and another mandatory update proves that. Despite adopting the Chromium engine, the company doesn’t want you to use Chrome or any other browser, and just released a…
Ransomware actors are getting greedier, and another proof for that statement is the latest ransom demanded by the Netwalker group. The most recent high profile attack carried out by Netwalker ransomware is against Equinix, where clients’ data was encrypted. NetWalker…
A security researcher recently discovered and reported a Google Drive vulnerability which could lead to malware attacks. The bug is unpatched and could allow threat actors to spread malicious files masqueraded as legitimate documents or images. Further, this could then…
Another case of an organization paying ransom to cybercriminals has been registered. The University of Utah in the United States just revealed that it paid a ransom in the amount of $457,059. The reason for the payment is that cybercriminals…
Have you noticed an out-of-band security update on your Windows? The patch is an emergency update which fixes privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-1530, CVE-2020-1537) that affect the Windows Remote Access service in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB4578013). CVE-2020-1530,…
Security researchers recently discovered a sophisticated P2P (peer-to-peer) botnet that has carried out attacks against at least 500 government and enterpise SSH servers throughout 2020. Dubbed FritzFrog, the botnet was detected by Guardicore Labs in January. Apparently, the botnet has…
A newly added feature in a previously known cryptomining operation is targeting AWS credentials, according to a report by security firm Cado Security. The malware group behind this new campaign is known as TeamTNT, a cybercrime group which has been…
The CVE-2020-1464 vulnerability was part of the 120 security flaws addressed in August’s Patch Tuesday. This vulnerability particularly stands out as it was actively expoited in malicious attacks for at least two years before Microsoft fixed it. What Is CVE-2020-1464?…
Instagram has violated the privacy of its users by retaining peoples’ photos and private direct messages on its servers even after people deleted them. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Saugat Pokharel when he downloaded his data from Instagram last…
Currently, more than 200 million Alexa-powered devices are being used worldwide. Amazon’s intelligent virtual assistant is holding top positions in most markets. In the U.S. alone, an eMarketer predictive analysis for 2021 shows that 70% of all smart speaker owners…
The well-known Have I been Pwned project is going open source. The data breach search engine with hundreds of thousands of exposed records has been developed and maintained by Troy Hunt, a well-respected security and privacy expert. Who Is Troy…
Cybersecurity researchers recently discovered an advanced threat with a set of malicious capabilities, including ransomware. Dubbed Ensiko, the malware is a PHP web shell with ransowmare capabilities, which is capable of targeting Linux, Windows, and macOS machines. However, it can…
Mozilla is adding a new protection feature to its Firefox browser that is designed to impede redirect tracking. In other words, Firefox 79 has added protection against redirect tracking. Redirect tracking is a new user tracking technique utilized by online…
Security researchers reported a list of 295 Chrome extensions that hijack Google and Bing search results, and inject ads. The extensions have been installed by more than 80 million users of Google’s browser. AdGuard security researchers recently came across the…
