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Yes, your smartphone is spying on you. But, the real question is, should you care?
We have published thousands of articles on The Hacker News, warning how any mobile app can turn your smartphone into a bugging device—’Facebook is listening to your con… Continue reading Android P Will Block Background Apps from Accessing Your Camera, Microphone
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for this month falls the day before the most romantic day of the year.
Yes, it’s Valentine’s, and the tech giant has released its monthly security update for February 2018, addressing a total of 50 CVE-listed vulnerabilities … Continue reading Microsoft Issues Security Patch Update for 14 New Critical Vulnerabilities
There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting scripts into sites to mine cryptocurrencies.
Thousands of… Continue reading Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies
WordPress administrators are once again in trouble.
WordPress version 4.9.3 was released earlier this week with patches for a total 34 vulnerabilities, but unfortunately, the new version broke the automatic update mechanism for millions of WordPress w… Continue reading WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update
After leaving million of devices at risk of hacking and then rolling out broken patches, Intel has now released a new batch of security patches only for its Skylake processors to address one of the Spectre vulnerabilities (Variant 2).
For those unawar… Continue reading Intel Releases New Spectre Patch Update for Skylake Processors
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is one of the best solutions you can have to protect your privacy and data on the Internet, but you should be more vigilant while choosing a VPN service which truly respects your privacy.
If you are using the popular VPN … Continue reading Researcher Claims Hotspot Shield VPN Service Exposes You on the Internet
Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, threat actors are increasingly targeting every platform, including IoT, Android, and Windows, with malware that leverages the CPU power of victims’ devices to mine cryptocurrency.
Just last month, Kasp… Continue reading Watch Out! New Cryptocurrency-Mining Android Malware is Spreading Rapidly
A simple yet serious application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress CMS platform that could allow anyone to take down most WordPress websites even with a single machine—without hitting with a massive amount of … Continue reading Unpatched DoS Flaw Could Help Anyone Take Down WordPress Websites
Another reason to uninstall Adobe Flash Player—a new zero-day Flash Player exploit has reportedly been spotted in the wild by North Korean hackers.
South Korea’s Computer Emergency Response Team (KR-CERT) issued an alert Wednesday for a new Flash Play… Continue reading (Unpatched) Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit Spotted in the Wild
It has been few weeks since the details of the Spectre, and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities came out in public and researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples trying to exploit these chip flaws.
Spectre and Meltdown are security vulne… Continue reading Meltdown/Specter-based Malware Coming Soon to Devices Near You, Are You Ready?