Anonymous hackers have apparently breached Intel in a security intrusion in the past, as sensitive documents files totaling 20 GB which are to be leaked on the Internet. The news of this incident was was received after a developer received…
Security experts published findings on how modern facial recognition technologies can be fooled by malicious users using a discovered weakness in the machine learning algorithms used. Successful exploit of this technique will make the system think it’s seeing the target…
Computer security experts warn of a dangerous and ongoing attack against macOS users by using a flaw described in the CVE-2019-1457 advisory. Hacking groups are abusing this flaw in order to plan and execute complex infections. This is seen as…
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…
The Twitter development team announced that they have recently discovered and fixed a serious security issue in their Android client. They have found out that attackers could have used a malicious app in order to lookup private Twitter data using…
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…
Computer criminals have been found to abuse expired domain names by registering them once again and pointing the visitors to malware. This was a commonly used tactic for marketers and SEO specialists who used just names to point to landing…
Another set of critical vulnerabilities in Cisco products was just addressed; more specifically, in Cisco’s data center manager (DCNM) and SD-WAN. The data center vulnerability (CVE-2020-3382) has scored 9.8 out of 10, making it a highly critical security issue. The…
The Mirai Botnet is now targeting a flaw in the BIG-IP implementation, leading to the production of the CVE-2020-5902 advisory. This security vulnerability was identified in the first week of July 2020 and has been identified to be a critical…
BootHole is a new vulnerability in the GRUB2 bootloader used by most Linux distributions. The vulnerability, CVE-2020-10713, can be exploited for arbitrary code execution during the boot process, even with Secure Boot enabled. If exploited successfully, the vulnerability could give…
The Vatican has suffered from a hacker attack, the state’s networks have been infiltrated and it is suspected that the culprits are Chinese hackers. This information was revealed from a private security monitoring group that has revealed the intrusion. Following…
Security researchers recently discovered an unsecured database that belongs to Avon. The server didn’t have any basic security measures in place, and could be easily accessed. Thanks to this security weakness, researchers at SafetyDetectives unveiled 19 million records of individuals…
A new report was published revealing details about the dangerous VHD Ransomware which is believed to have been created by the Lazarus Group, a collective from North Korea. What is known about the intrusions is that advanced tactics have been…
A new study by Princeton University highlights the interrelation of using smartphones, associate behavioral data, and personality traits. Titled “Predicting personality from patterns of behavior collected with smartphones“, the study delves into the extent to which individuals’ personality dimensions (assessed…
Garmin is now actively recovering from a total system sabotage which was caused by the WastedLocker ransomware several days ago. A worldwide outage was caused by the criminal group behind it. Garmin Is Now Recovering From The WastedLocker Ransomware: Returns…
The Android Cerberus Trojan as one of the best examples of mobile malware is now for sale! Prospective hackers and criminal groups looking for a new weapon can now auction for the complete source code of the threat as the…
A new issue affecting Windows 10 versions 1903, 1909, and 2004 has been discovered. The issue is preventing Windows Sandbox and Windows Defender Application Guard from opening, which leads to either of the following error messages: ‘ERROR_VSMB_SAVED_STATE_FILE_NOT_FOUND (0xC0370400)’ or ‘E_PATHNOTFOUND…
A new breakthrough discovery regarding artficial intelligence (AI) was recently introduced in a research paper. Researchers from George Washington University in the United States discovered that using light rather than electricity for computing can create more powerful AI. Using Light…
Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs recently detected a new malware framework that they called MATA. The researchers believe the MATA framework is linked to the Lazarus APT group. The MATA framework contains several components, including loader, orchestrator, and plugins, and…
