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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 presenter the results during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam. Now, a new…Rea… Continue reading Researchers Find 274 Vulnerabilities in the Top 50 Android Shopping Apps
LocationSmart claimed that it could locate any phone in the United States, and now it is being investigated after a security researcher exposed a security vulnerability on its website. As a result, the Federal Communications Comission (FCC) has started… Continue reading Vulnerability in LocationSmart Could Be Exploited to Track Any User
Has your Facebook Android app been acting strangle lately? User reports indicate that the app has been users for superuser (root) permissions which grant Facebook full access to users’ devices. The superuser prompt says “Grants full access … Continue reading Facebook Android App Asks for Superuser Access. But Why?
GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation) is on its way, replacing the EU’s 1995 Data Protection Directive, and it is going to change the world of personal information for good. Exactly what will change and how are enterprises handling our data…Re… Continue reading How Will GDPR Change Privacy in Europe and Globally?
A new report reveals that yet another Facebook app has been gathering personal details from millions of users, and selling it to interested parties. Apparently, data from millions of Facebook users who used the popular myPersonality app, including thei… Continue reading myPersonality App Exposes Personal Data of Millions of Facebook Users
CVE-2018-1000136 is the identifier of a security vulnerability in the Electron framework used in popular apps such as Skype, Slack, Signal, and WhatsApp. The Electron framework is open-source and is created and maintained by GitHub. The flaw was discov… Continue reading CVE-2018-1000136 in Electron Framework Puts Many Popular Apps at Risk
Volkswagen has been found prone to car-hacking vulnerabilities, a detailed Computest report recently revealed. Researchers unearthed that the IVI systems (In-Vehicle Infotainment) in some Volkswagen models are vulnerable to remote hacking. These vulner… Continue reading IVI Systems in Volkswagen, Audi Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Because of how popular it is among users worldwide, Facebook has often been leveraged in various scams and malware attacks. The social platform is regularly abused by cybercriminals who use it to spread their payloads via malicious links in messages…… Continue reading Nigelthorn Malware Infects 100,000 Users via Facebook, Chrome Extensions
A new critical vulnerability has been discovered in Linux kernel up to version 4.16.5, security researchers just reported. The flaw, which is given the CVE-2018-10940 identifier is said to affect the function cdrom_ioctl_media_changed of the file drive… Continue reading CVE-2018-10940 Bug in Linux Kernel up to Version 4.16.5
CVE-2018-10115 is the identifier of the latest security vulnerability discovered in 7-Zip that affects all the versions of the program prior to 18.05. More about 7-Zip 7-Zip is a free open-source archiver with a high compression ratio. The program is….. Continue reading CVE-2018-10115 Affects All 7-Zip Versions Prior to 18.05