Author Archives: Mohit Kumar

Windows 10 to Give More Control Over App-level Permissions

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Microsoft has been gradually changing its privacy settings in Windows 10 with the Fall Creators Update to give its users more controls over their data.

In April, Microsoft addressed some initial privacy concerns in the Windows 10 Creators Update with simplified data collection levels—Security, Basic, Enhanced, and Full—and eventually revealed its data collection practices.

Now, the software

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Immediately Patch Windows 0-Day Flaw That’s Being Used to Spread Spyware

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Get ready to install a fairly large batch of security patches onto your Windows computers.

As part of its September Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a large batch of security updates to patch a total of 81 CVE-listed vulnerabilities, on all suppo… Continue reading Immediately Patch Windows 0-Day Flaw That’s Being Used to Spread Spyware→

Adobe Patches Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in Flash Player

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Adobe may kill Flash Player by the end of 2020, but until then, the company would not stop providing security updates to the buggy software.

As part of its monthly security updates, Adobe has released patches for eight security vulnerabilities in its three products, including two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, four in ColdFusion, and two in RoboHelp—five of these are rated as critical.

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Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers

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It’s ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that’s almost half the country.

Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting firm in the United States, admitted today that it had suffered a massive data breach somewhere between mid-May and July this year

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Proof It’s Possible to Hack German Elections; Hackers Tamper with Voting-Software

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Germany’s democracy is in danger, as the upcoming federal elections in the country, where nearly 61.5 million citizens are going to vote on September 24th, could be hijacked.

Hackers have disclosed how to hack the German voting software to tamper with votes and alter the outcome of an election.

Yes, election hacking is no theory—it is happening.

A team of researchers from German hacking

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Dragonfly 2.0: Hacking Group Infiltrated European and US Power Facilities

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The notorious hacking group that has been in operation since at least 2011 has re-emerged and is still interested in targeting the United States and European companies in the energy sector.

Yes, I am talking about the ‘Dragonfly,’ a well-resourced, Ea… Continue reading Dragonfly 2.0: Hacking Group Infiltrated European and US Power Facilities→

Hackers Are Distributing Backdoored ‘Cobian RAT’ Hacking tool For Free

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Nothing is free in this world.

If you are searching for free ready-made hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are nothing but a hoax.

Last year, we reported about one such Facebook hacking tool that actually had the capability to hack a Facebook account, but yours and not the one you desire to hack.
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Incapsula Updated Review — New Security Options, Improved Delivery and Reliability

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It’s been close to five years since we last looked at Incapsula, a security-focused CDN service known for its DDoS mitigation and web application security features.

As one would expect, during these five years the company has expanded and improved, in… Continue reading Incapsula Updated Review — New Security Options, Improved Delivery and Reliability→

Taringa: Over 28 Million Users’ Data Exposed in Massive Data Breach

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Exclusive — If you have an account on Taringa, also known as “The Latin American Reddit,” your account details may have compromised in a massive data breach that leaked login details of almost all of its over 28 million users.

Taringa is a popluar social network geared toward Latin American users, who create and share thousands of posts every day on general interest topics like life hacks,

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Instagram Hacker Puts 6 Million Celebrities Personal Data Up For Sale On DoxaGram

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It’s now official, Instagram has suffered a massive data breach, and reportedly an unknown hacker has stolen personal details of more than 6 million Instagram accounts.

Just yesterday, we reported that Instagram had patched a critical API vulnerabilit… Continue reading Instagram Hacker Puts 6 Million Celebrities Personal Data Up For Sale On DoxaGram→