$130 Million Fine for Asus, Philips, Pioneer for Messing with Resale Prices

EU’s fine on Google in the size of $5 billion has been followed by a wave of penalties against huge corporations. It turns out that the European Commission has issued a fine against four big manufacturers of consumer electronics –…Read mo… Continue reading $130 Million Fine for Asus, Philips, Pioneer for Messing with Resale Prices

KB4340917, KB4338817 Fix All Sorts of Issues in Windows 10

Microsoft has released lots of fixes for the latest versions of Windows 10. More particularly, the company has released Windows 10 build 17134.191 for Windows 10 version 1803 also known as the April 2018 Update, and Build 16299.579 for Windows…Read m… Continue reading KB4340917, KB4338817 Fix All Sorts of Issues in Windows 10

CVE-2018-5383 Bluetooth Vulnerability Impacts Apple, Intel

Bluetooth exploits are not anything new on the hacking horizon but they can cause security risks to vulnerable devices. A new vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-5383, fits the description of a great threat as it is a highly critical cryptographic fl… Continue reading CVE-2018-5383 Bluetooth Vulnerability Impacts Apple, Intel

Taking Private Browsing to the Next Level with Brave and Tor

If you are a user of the Brave browser, you are probably aware that its developers announced the integration of Tor into a new private tab feature. The new functionality integrates Tor into the browser and gives users a new…Read more
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What Is the Data Transfer Project Created by Google?

Have you heard of the Data Transfer Project (DTP)? It is a recently announced open-source, service-to-service project created by Google, in partnership with Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter. The project is in fact a data portability platform intended ma… Continue reading What Is the Data Transfer Project Created by Google?

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day, but This Botnet Was, Using CVE-2017-17215

A new botnet has been detected by security researchers at NewSky security, with their discovery being confirmed by researchers from Qihoo 360 Netlab, Rapid7, and Greynoise. The botnet in question has compromised more than 18,000 routers in a single day… Continue reading Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day, but This Botnet Was, Using CVE-2017-17215

Four Vulnerabilities in Cisco Policy Suite Fixed (CVE-2018-0374)

Cisco has released more fixes for a range of critical and high severity vulnerabilities found in several groups of products – Policy Suite, SD-WAN, and Nexus. Let’s have a closer look at the Policy Suite flaws. Vulnerabilities in Cisco Poli… Continue reading Four Vulnerabilities in Cisco Policy Suite Fixed (CVE-2018-0374)

Microsoft Starts Identity Bounty Program with Payouts up to $100,000

Microsoft is initiating a bug bounty program that is focused on customer security. The program is called Identity Bounty Program and it will offer bounties ranging from $500 to $100,000 for unveiling security vulnerability in the company’s identi… Continue reading Microsoft Starts Identity Bounty Program with Payouts up to $100,000

Blackgear Cyber Espionage Campaign Abuses Blogs, Social Media Posts

Blackgear is a previously detected cyber espionage campaign that dates back to 2008. The malware has been known to target organizations in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with the targets primarily being public sector agencies and high-tech companies. A… Continue reading Blackgear Cyber Espionage Campaign Abuses Blogs, Social Media Posts

PowerShell Malware Attacks Increasingly Sophisticated in 2018

It is a trend that is not going away – cybercriminals will always be attempting to circumvent security defenses with the assistance of increasingly sophisticated techniques. This leads us to the so-called fileless malware where the effectiveness … Continue reading PowerShell Malware Attacks Increasingly Sophisticated in 2018