Massive privacy risk as hacker sold 2 million MyFreeCams user records

By Deeba Ahmed
The same hacker also sold almost 19,000 customers’ records stolen from a Hong Kong-based online shop.
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Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping

By Deeba Ahmed
Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user’s privacy and security.
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Warning as hackers breach MFA to target cloud services

By Deeba Ahmed
According to CISA, it has verified one of the users had their account breached even though they were using “proper multi-factor authentication (MFA).”
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Google reveals high-profile attack targeting Android, Windows users

By Deeba Ahmed
According to Google’s Project Zero team, threat actors exploited 0-day vulnerabilities to successfully carry on their attack.
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Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data

By Deeba Ahmed
The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
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UN hacked for good as 100K+ employee records accessed

By Deeba Ahmed
UN’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program Leads to Startling Discovery as Researchers Accessed Private Data of 100,000 UNEP Employees.
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Russian hacker jailed in US over $19M fraud, 100M users’ data theft

By Deeba Ahmed
The 37-year-old hacker Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the US from Georgia in September 2018.
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Fake Trump’s scandle video campaign spreading QNode RAT

By Deeba Ahmed
Hackers are benefitting from the unrest after the US Presidential elections and spreading QNode malware. Here’s what’s going on behind the scene.
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WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits

By Deeba Ahmed
WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy – You must agree to WhatsApp’s new terms if you want to keep using it!
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SolarWinds supply chain attack affected 250 organizations

By Deeba Ahmed
According to a report, the SolarWinds attack has impacted over 250 organizations, including government agencies and private businesses.
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