Author Archives: Mohit Kumar

Awesome! WhatsApp Now Lets You Send Files of Any Format

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Have you ever felt like wishing of sending any type of file immediately to your friends and office colleagues on WhatsApp directly, instead of just contacts, images or documents?

Well, now you can…

The latest version of WhatsApp for Android and iOS now allows users to send and receive any type of files, whether it’s .mp3, .avi, .php, zip files, or even APKs.
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Ubuntu Linux for Windows 10 Released — Yes, You Read it Right

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Windows and Linux in the same line? Yes, you heard that right… and that too, on the same computer and within the same operating system.

Two months ago, Microsoft announced its plans to let its users install three different flavours of the Linux operating system – Ubuntu, Fedora, and SUSE – directly through their Windows Store, allowing them to run Windows and Linux apps side-by-side.

Now,

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New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends

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After WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks, a scary (but rather creative) new strain of ransomware is spreading via bogus apps on the Google Play Store, this time targeting Android mobile users.

Dubbed LeakerLocker, the Android ransomware does not … Continue reading New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends→

Over 14 Million Verizon Customers’ Data Exposed On Unprotected AWS Server

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Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers’ personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party vendor, mistakenly left the sensitive users’ details open on a server.

Chris Vickery, researcher and director of cyber risk research at security firm UpGuard, discovered the exposed data on an

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What is the hype around Firewall as a Service?

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Admit it. Who would not want their firewall maintenance grunt work to go away?

For more than 20 years, companies either managed their edge firewall appliances or had service providers rack-and-stack appliances in their data centers and did it for them.

This was called a managed firewall — an appliance wrapped with a managed service, often from a carrier or managed security service provider

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Reliance Jio Customers’ Data Allegedly Hacked – Company Denies Breach

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Personal details of some 120 Million customers have been allegedly exposed on the Internet in probably the biggest breach of personal data ever in India.

Last night, an independent website named Magicapk.com went online, offering Reliance Jio customer… Continue reading Reliance Jio Customers’ Data Allegedly Hacked – Company Denies Breach→

Google Chrome Bans Chinese SSL Certificate Authorities WoSign and StartCom

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As a punishment announced last October, Google will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificate authorities WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom with the launch of Chrome 61 for not maintaining the “high standards expected of CAs.”

The move came after Google wa… Continue reading Google Chrome Bans Chinese SSL Certificate Authorities WoSign and StartCom→

Millions of Android Devices Using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Remotely

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Google has released its latest monthly security update for Android devices, including a serious bug in some Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets that affects millions of Android devices, as well as some iPhone models.

Dubbed BroadPwn, the critical remote code exec… Continue reading Millions of Android Devices Using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Remotely→

[Video] Ukrainian Police Seize Servers of Software Firm Linked to NotPetya Cyberattack

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Ukrainian National Police has released a video showing officers raiding company of M.E.Doc accounting software makers, whose systems have been linked to outbreak of Petya (NotPetya) ransomware that recently infected computers of several major companies worldwide.

On 4th July, masked police officers from Ukrainian anti-cybercrime unit — carrying shotguns and assault rifles — raided the

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Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library

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Security boffins have discovered a critical vulnerability in a GnuPG cryptographic library that allowed the researchers to completely break RSA-1024 and successfully extract the secret RSA key to decrypt data.

Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is popul… Continue reading Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library→