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A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised as a potential local privilege escalation flaw.
Identified as CVE-2017-1000253, the bug was initially discovered by… Continue reading 2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw
You have now another good reason to update your iPhone to newly released iOS 11—a security vulnerability in iOS 10 and earlier now has a working exploit publicly available.
Gal Beniamini, a security researcher with Google Project Zero, has discovered a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-11120) in Apple’s iPhone and other devices that use Broadcom Wi-Fi chips and is hell easy to exploit.
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Continue reading Google Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for Apple iPhone Wi-Fi Chip Hack
Another day, another data breach. This time one of the world’s “big four” accountancy firms has fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber attack.
Global tax and auditing firm Deloitte has confirmed the company had suffered a cyber attack that resulted in… Continue reading Deloitte Hacked — Cyber Attack Exposes Clients’ Emails
This month has been full of breaches.
Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the top U.S. markets regulator, has disclosed that hackers managed to hack into its financial document filing system and may have illegally profited from the stol… Continue reading SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year
The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner’s download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international technology companies with a second-stage payload.
Earlier this … Continue reading CCleaner Malware Infects Big Tech Companies With Second Backdoor
Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet and physically separated from local networks are believed to be the most secure computers which are difficult to infiltrate.
However, these networks have been a regular target in recent years fo… Continue reading Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers Using IR CCTV Cameras
Researchers have been warning for years about critical issues with the Signaling System 7 (SS7) that could allow hackers to listen in private phone calls and read text messages on a potentially vast scale, despite the most advanced encryption used by c… Continue reading Here’s How Hackers Can Hijack Your Online Bitcoin Wallets
The world’s popular torrent download website, The Pirate Bay, has again been in a new controversy—this time over secretly planting an in-browser cryptocurrency miner on its website that utilizes its visitors’ CPU processing power in order to mine digital currencies.
The Pirate Bay is the most popular and most visited file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of
Continue reading The Pirate Bay Caught Running Browser-Based Cryptocurrency Miner
A 17-year-old programming error has been discovered in Microsoft’s Windows kernel that could prevent some security software from detecting malware at runtime when loaded into system memory.
The security issue, described by enSilo security researcher O… Continue reading Unpatched Windows Kernel Bug Could Help Malware Hinder Detection
WARNING: If you are Turkish and using or have installed ByLock—a little-known encrypted messaging app—you could be detained by Turkish authorities.
You might be thinking why???
Because using this app in Turkish is illegal since last year.
The background story begins here…
Remember the deadliest Turkey’s failed coup attempt?
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In July 2016, a section of the Turkish military
Continue reading 75,000 Turks Arrested So Far for Downloading Encrypted Messaging App