Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data

Google is giving you more control over how long you want the tech company to hold on to your location history and web activity data.

Google has introduced a new, easier, privacy-focused auto-delete feature for your Google account that will allow you t… Continue reading Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data

Over Dozen Popular Email Clients Found Vulnerable to Signature Spoofing Attacks

A team of security researchers has discovered several vulnerabilities in various implementations of OpenPGP and S/MIME email signature verification that could allow attackers to spoof signatures on over a dozen of popular email clients.

The affected e… Continue reading Over Dozen Popular Email Clients Found Vulnerable to Signature Spoofing Attacks

Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension

If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could allow attackers to compromise your online store.

A WordPress security company—calle… Continue reading Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension

‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy

The cybercriminal group behind the infamous DNSpionage malware campaign has been found running a new sophisticated operation that infects selected victims with a new variant of the DNSpionage malware.

First uncovered in November last year, the DNSpion… Continue reading ‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy

Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress

Hackers have been found exploiting a pair of critical security vulnerabilities in one of the popular social media sharing plugins to take control over WordPress websites that are still running a vulnerable version of the plugin.

The vulnerable plugin … Continue reading Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress

Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App

A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government’s newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accounts associated with the government identities.

Dubbed “T… Continue reading Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App

Facebook Collected Contacts from 1.5 Million Email Accounts Without Users’ Permission

Not a week goes without a new Facebook blunder.

Remember the most recent revelation of Facebook being caught asking users new to the social network platform for their email account passwords to verify their identity?

At the time, it was suspected tha… Continue reading Facebook Collected Contacts from 1.5 Million Email Accounts Without Users’ Permission

Drupal Releases Core CMS Updates to Patch Several Vulnerabilities

Drupal, the popular open-source content management system, has released security updates to address multiple “moderately critical” vulnerabilities in Drupal Core that could allow remote attackers to compromise the security of hundreds of thousands of w… Continue reading Drupal Releases Core CMS Updates to Patch Several Vulnerabilities