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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
“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…
What Can Hackers Do If You Have an Insecure Connection? The fear of hackers exists because that is a legitimate threat. There are different hackers out there, but your biggest concern should be black-hat hackers. Black hats break into networks…
The story of infected Android apps is endless, and the possibility you’ve downloaded a malicious app instead of a useful one is not small at all. Some malicious apps are worse than others, and such is the case with a…
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…
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,…
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…
Data that belongs to more than 66 million users has been found on a website which was completely accessible to everyone. The records seemed to appear as if they were scraped from profiles in LinkedIn. The data may also include…
The Adobe Flash Player has been found to contain a critical security bug along with another high-impact vulnerability. The issues are being tracked in the CVE-2018-15982 and attacks using these weaknesses have already been reported. All users using the Flash…
A large WordPress botnet is currently attacking other blogs powered by the platform. It is particularly worrying as it has already gained a large number of recruited victims. What we know so far is that the network is tunneled through…
Security experts discovered a major weakness in M2M protocols that allows hacker to overtake IoT devices. The experts state that this can result in the sabotage of production facilities and serious consequences for smart home owners. M2М Protocols Abuse Leads…
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…
We have just received reports that a team of researchers discovered a new variation of the Spectre CPU bug known as the SplitSpectre CPU Vulnerability. It allows malicious users to hijack sensitive data vi the same speculative execution approach as…
Quora has sent out notifications to all of its users notifying them that it has been breached. According to the information received, an unknown hacker or collective was able to access their database of user data on Friday (November 30).…
The Zoom conference service has been found to contain a dangerous vulnerability tracked in CVE-2018-15715 that allows hackers to hijack their sessions. A proof-of-concept code demonstration shows that the flaw not only allows the malicious users to listen in to…
