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…
Today’s web hackers are ever more advanced and are working hard to come up with new techniques and weapons to infiltrate networks. As attacks get more sophisticated, security providers are responding to these evolving threats. There are a lot of…
If you have downloaded software, mostly freeware, you have definitely experienced adware, or the unexpected, intrusive pop-up advertisements that come out uninvited on your screen. PUPs are annoying and that’s a fact no one can deny, but they can also…
Following the recent Gentoo Linux hack the distribution’s security team started to investigate how the intrusion was made. The published report showcases exactly how the criminals have been able to break into their GitHub accounts and embedded malicious code. The…
The Stylish extension used by many Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome users has been removed from their plugin repositories due to security concerns. A dangerous privacy leak has been exposed by a blogger which reported that the plugin reports private…
A new type of attack could allow a malicious actor with a mid-range thermal camera to capture keys pressed on a standard keyboard. The discovery has been made by three University of California professors. In other words, our fingers’ thermal…
Computer hackers have devised a new way to infect target hosts by using malicious Windows 10 shortcuts. This strategy is being used at large by numerous hacker groups and individual hackers as it is relatively easy to implement. The malicious…
Have you heard of the so-called “download bomb” bug which occurs when hundreds or even thousands of downloads are initiated? The result of this technique is that the affected browser stops functioning properly as it typically freezes on a specific…
Facebook is once again facing public opinion as it admitted that it granted special access to users’ data to 61 technology companies. A 747-page document has been handed over to the US House of Represantives’ Energy and Commerce Committee on…
