Google Discloses 20-Year-Old Unpatched Flaw Affecting All Versions of Windows

Update — With this month’s patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has finally addressed this vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1162, by correcting how the Windows operating system handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).

A Google security res… Continue reading Google Discloses 20-Year-Old Unpatched Flaw Affecting All Versions of Windows

Epic Games Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Hacked ‘Fortnite’ Accounts

Epic Games, the creator of the popular ‘Fortnite’ video game, is facing a class-action lawsuit from gamers over hacked Fortnite accounts, accusing the company of failing to maintain adequate security measures and notify users of the security breach in … Continue reading Epic Games Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Hacked ‘Fortnite’ Accounts

Android Users Can Now Log in to Google Services Using Fingerprint

If you’re using Chrome on Android, you can now sign-in to your Google account and some of the other Google services by simply using your fingerprint, instead of typing in your password every time.

Google is rolling out a new feature, called “local use… Continue reading Android Users Can Now Log in to Google Services Using Fingerprint

Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs

If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you’re probably screwed.

A team of security researchers has discovered high-risk security vulnerabilities in mo… Continue reading Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs

Binance KYC Data Leak — Crypto Exchange Sets $290,000 Bounty On Blackmailer

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has become a victim of a ransom demand from a scammer who claimed to have hacked the KYC (Know Your Customer) data of thousands of its customers.

The unknown attacker threatened the world’s largest cryptocur… Continue reading Binance KYC Data Leak — Crypto Exchange Sets $290,000 Bounty On Blackmailer

Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Insiders to Plant Malware and Unlock 2 Million Phones

United States federal government has charged a Pakistani national for bribing employees at AT&T telecommunication company over a period of five years to help unlock more than 2 million phones and plant malware on the company’s network.

Muhammad Fa… Continue reading Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Insiders to Plant Malware and Unlock 2 Million Phones

Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords

The same team of cybersecurity researchers who discovered several severe vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed as Dragonblood, in the newly launched WPA3 WiFi security standard few months ago has now uncovered two more flaws that could allow attackers t… Continue reading Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords

DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks

What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane’s electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control?

Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the s… Continue reading DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks

Critical Flaws in ‘OXID eShop’ Software Expose eCommerce Sites to Hacking

If your e-commerce website runs on the OXID eShop platform, you need to update it immediately to prevent your site from becoming compromised.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a pair of critical vulnerabilities in OXID eShop e-commerce softwar… Continue reading Critical Flaws in ‘OXID eShop’ Software Expose eCommerce Sites to Hacking

Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested

Another week, another massive data breach.

Capital One, the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer and banking institution, has recently suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants in the Uni… Continue reading Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested