RSA has released its Fraud Attack Trends report for Q1 of 2018. The report reveals that newsjacking has become fraudsters’ favorite way of empowering phishing attacks, among other things. A recent news that fraudsters leveraged to incite a major phishing…
Online ticketing service Ticketfly has been targeted by a malicious actor and as a result, users’ personal information was stolen. In addition to that, Ticketfly’s website was defaced, and a message was dropped on the compromised homepage which said “Your…
There have been multiple cases of hackers leveraging Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and now Telegram is becoming a preferred target for hackers as evident by the increasing number of abuse cases on the service. Taking advantage of tools and services…
There are data breaches and then there are data breaches. Depending on the personal or sensitive information that is being leaked, data breaches can be true privacy nightmares. Related Story: Microsoft Builds a DNA Computer, Says Cancer Is a Computational…
Security researchers have been following the activity surrounding the infamous Rig exploit kit. In these campaigns, attackers are compromising websites to inject a malicious script that redirects potential victims to the EK’s landing page. This attack scenario slightly changed in…
A new report titled “Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan” has shed some light on the cybersecurity inadequacy of U.S. federal agencies. Please note that: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is publishing this Federal Cybersecurity Risk…
A flaw has been discovered in Windows’s JScript component. The vulnerability can lead to execution of malicious code on a vulnerable system, researchers warn. More about the JScript Component Vulnerability The JScript flaw was discovered by security researcher Dmitri Kaslov…
Is GDPR going to reflect the activity of the WHOIS database which has been helping law enforcement and security researchers uncover malware operators? According to two cybersecurity and privacy attorneys, GDPR is very likely to interfere with the availability of…
Endpoint attacks on medical management have become common today. Learn about some tips that can help you increase the security of such devices. Ponemon recently created a report in which they demonstrated how attacks on the healthcare industry aren’t only…
Chrome 67 for Windows has just been released. The stable release brings along 34 security fixes and default support for WebAuthn, the new specification that kills off passwords. More about Chrome 67 Chrome 67 is the first version of Chrome…
An industry-wide security flaw identified as CVE-2018-11235 has been discovered in Git. The vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution when a user performs operations in a malicious repository. CVE-2018-11235 Official Description In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x…
Facebook has finally introduced two-factor (2FA) authentication to users who are not willing to share their phone numbers. Instead of giving away such highly sensitive personal details, users are now welcome to try out Facebook’s 2FA via authenticator apps where…
A new privacy-related (perhaps inspired by the GDPR activation) scam, this time affecting Facebook users, has surfaced the web. Read carefully this article in case you have posted a notice to your Facebook timeline where you proclaim your copyright ownership…
Pornhub is launching a VPN service with free, unlimited bandwidth to improve the privacy of its users. The service is called VPNhub and the apps for iOS and Android are already available for download, with Windows and MacOS apps for…
Microsoft has once again been found to push Windows 10 to users who specifically said they didn’t want it. This time user complaints are about Windows 10 version 1803 – the upgrade has been pushed onto systems that were set…
Security experts discovered a dangerous malicious instance in Android devices. Yesterday one of the major anti-virus vendors announced that they have found that over 140 cheap Android devices that are being sold to customers include a threat known as the…
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently revealed that Amazon has started selling facial recognition software to at least two US law enforcement agencies. A recently published ACLU report has shown that…
Security experts discovered a dangerous bug that affects applications built for Apple’s mobile software infrastructure. According to the published information the ZipperDown vulnerability affects around 10% of all iOS apps released publicly. It is possible that this bug can function…
A relatively new research recently uncovered that there is a hidden patch gap in Android devices. Researchers spent two years analyzing 1,200 Android phones and presenting the results during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam. Now, new research…
A Spectre variant 4 vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel and represents a very dangerous threat to all affected machines. All system administrators are urged to apply the latest updates as soon as possible to mitigate any possible…
