After all the noise and headache, Facebook is finally (about to be) fined – in the U.K at least, where the company has to pay £500,000 ($664,000). The decision comes after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded the social…
A new form of malware, combining the two most prominent threats out there – cryptocurrency mining and ransomware has been detected to check which is the appropriate type of virus to be installed on your PC and then installs either…
Not too long ago ransomware was “dethroned” as the number one cyber threat. However, new statistics reveal that the encryption menace has returned in an increasing number of attacks. The overall volume of malware has grown as well, shows a…
The recent rise of Spectre vulnerabilities that allows malicious code to hijack sensitive data is being addressed in the latest version Google Chrome. The latest security blog from the browser’s blog gives insight on Chrome’s ability to mitigate the issue…
Following the latest Facebook privacy data scandal, it has been revealed that the company gave extended access to user data to 61 companies, including Mail.Ru. This is one of the biggest online services in the world used by many Russian-speaking…
Over the past few years companies have been increasing their use of open source code to help them build more powerful applications faster. Open source components cut down application development time by providing powerful features that developers do not have…
The latest Dark Web sales that have been uncovered by experts reveal that hackers have gained access to very sensitive data. The latest reports reveal that among the sold goods there are secret military technology materials, operating manuals and even…
A new attack campaign utilizing updated instances of the Hide ‘N Seek IoT botnet are currently attacking users worldwide. The security analysis of the captured samples showcase that the updated code a wide range of databases servers support. This gives…
It was just reported that a bug filed on Ubuntu Launchpad (dubbed Local authorization bypass by using suspend mode) about a month ago has been confirmed by several users. The bug allows an individual with physical access to a machine…
Adobe has released the latest patch package that addresses a total of 112 vulnerabilities in all of their products, most of them concern the Acrobat and Reader applications. The updates to Flash Player and other products fixes critical security bugs…
Another set of patches has been rolled by Microsoft in the form of July 2018 Patch Tuesday. The patch batch contains a total of 54 vulnerabilities of which 17 are rated critical. 15 of those critical CVEs belong to Microsoft’s…
Macy’s Customer data has been hijacked by hackers according to a notice posted by the company. The information posted reveals details about the security incident reveals that soon after the automated security systems detected the malicious user their accounts have…
The latest variant of the Spectre series of bugs have been discovered — the newest addition is the Spectre 1.1 vulnerability which is tracked under the CVE-2018-3693 security advisory. Like previous iterations it leverages a flaw that can create speculative…
The Israeli-based cryptocurrency exchange Bancor has been hacked, resulting in the theft of about $13.5 million worth of crypto to be stolen from the exchange. The hack, which happened back In July 9th 2018 at midnight UTC has resulted in…
A new malware campaign leveraging stolen digital certificates has been discovered by security researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET. The researchers spotted the malware campaign when some of their systems marked several files as suspicious. Related Story: Malware Trends 2018: How…
A new research has revealed some troubling information about several popular smartphone apps that are covertly taking screenshots of users’ activity. More specifically, researchers from Northeastern University in the US analysed over 17,000 of the most popular apps on the…
The Arch Linux user-maintained software repository called AUR has been found to host malware. The discovery was made after a change in one of the package installation instructions was made. This is yet another incident that showcases that Linux users…
Nowadays there is hardly a person not using a smartphone. Smartphones and mobile devices as a whole have become our best friends that accompany everywhere and help us in a variety of tasks. However, it turns out that more than…
News have broken out during the weekend that the hosting provider DomainFactory that is owned by the GoDaddy provider has been hacked, resulting in tons of information leaking and even the hacker posting a note after the breach. The company…
No one is safe against hacking. However, users and organizations based in certain countries appear to be more vulnerable to cyberattacks than others, as is the case with the United States. It appears that the U.S. is the nation which…
