Google has just fixed a three-year old vulnerability in Chrome for Android. The vulnerability was originally discovered in May 2015, but it took a while for Google to evaluate the threat and its potential. In 2015, Nightwatch Cybersecurity researchers discovered…
For years, social media has been rapidly growing in influence. From once being a simple way to meet up with old school friends to be a very powerful medium of expression, free speech, social engineering, gender equality, business, politics, entertainment,…
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.…
Several of the major US newspaper saw a deliberate sabotage caused by a cyberattack taking down parts of their publishing and distribution. According to the available information the incident happened last week and the cause of it was a virus…
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…
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…
With Windows 10 coming out, there were a lot of new smart embedded gadgets and features that were introduced. But what about the older ones? Being in the trade for quite some time, we have decided to create this article…
As 2018 draws to a close, it is time to get into the spirit of the New Year. It is a time of reflection and preparation for both individuals and businesses. In the field of cybersecurity, whose primary focus is…
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…
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,…
