Popular AMP Plugin for WordPress Patches Critical Flaw – Update Now

A security researcher has disclosed details of a critical vulnerability in one of the popular and widely active plugins for WordPress that could allow a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious code on AMP pages of the targeted website.

The vulnera… Continue reading Popular AMP Plugin for WordPress Patches Critical Flaw – Update Now

Cynet Review: Simplify Security with a True Security Platform

In 1999, Bruce Schneier wrote, “Complexity is the worst enemy of security.” That was 19 years ago (!) and since then, cyber security has only become more complex.

Today, controls dramatically outnumber staff available to support them. The Bank of Am… Continue reading Cynet Review: Simplify Security with a True Security Platform

Top 5 Factors That Increase Cyber Security Salary The Most

Our partner Springboard, which provides online courses to help you advance your cybersecurity career with personalized mentorship from industry experts, recently researched current cybersecurity salaries and future earning potential in order to trace a… Continue reading Top 5 Factors That Increase Cyber Security Salary The Most

New APIs Suggest WPA3 Wi-Fi Security Support Coming Soon to Windows 10

Windows 10 users don’t have to wait much longer for the support of latest WPA3 Wi-Fi security standard, a new blog post from Microsoft apparently revealed.

The third version of Wi-Fi Protected Access, in-short WPA3, is the next generation of the wirel… Continue reading New APIs Suggest WPA3 Wi-Fi Security Support Coming Soon to Windows 10

New Android API Lets Developers Push Updates Within their Apps

You might have read somewhere online today that Google is granting Android app developers powers to forcefully install app updates…but it is not true.

Instead, the tech giant is providing a new feature that will help users to have up-to-date Android a… Continue reading New Android API Lets Developers Push Updates Within their Apps

StatCounter Analytics Code Hijacked to Steal Bitcoins from Cryptocurrency Users

Late last week an unknown hacker or a group of hackers successfully targeted a cryptocurrency exchange with an aim to steal Bitcoins by compromising the web analytics service it was using.

ESET malware researcher Matthieu Faou this weekend spotted mal… Continue reading StatCounter Analytics Code Hijacked to Steal Bitcoins from Cryptocurrency Users

Unpatched VirtualBox Zero-Day Vulnerability and Exploit Released Online

An independent exploit developer and vulnerability researcher has publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in VirtualBox—a popular open source virtualization software developed by Oracle—that could allow a malicious program to escape virtual machine… Continue reading Unpatched VirtualBox Zero-Day Vulnerability and Exploit Released Online

Apple’s New MacBook Disconnects Microphone “Physically” When Lid is Closed

Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that “at some extent” will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations.

Apple’s custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware … Continue reading Apple’s New MacBook Disconnects Microphone “Physically” When Lid is Closed

Unpatched MS Word Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infect Your Computer

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed an unpatched logical flaw in Microsoft Office 2016 and older versions that could allow an attacker to embed malicious code inside a document file, tricking users into running malware onto their computers.

Discov… Continue reading Unpatched MS Word Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infect Your Computer

Windows Built-in Antivirus Gets Secure Sandbox Mode – Turn It ON

Microsoft Windows built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender, has become the very first antivirus software to have the ability to run inside a sandbox environment.

Sandboxing is a process that runs an application in a safe environment isolated from … Continue reading Windows Built-in Antivirus Gets Secure Sandbox Mode – Turn It ON