Over 92 Million New Accounts Up for Sale from More Unreported Breaches

All these numbers….

“More than 5 billion records from 6,500 data breaches were exposed in 2018” — a report from Risk Based Security says.

“More than 59,000 data breaches have been reported across the European since the GDPR came into force in 2018” —… Continue reading Over 92 Million New Accounts Up for Sale from More Unreported Breaches

Hacker Breaches Dozens of Sites, Puts 127 Million New Records Up for Sale

A hacker who was selling details of nearly 620 million online accounts stolen from 16 popular websites has now put up a second batch of 127 million records originating from 8 other sites for sale on the dark web.

Last week, The Hacker News received an… Continue reading Hacker Breaches Dozens of Sites, Puts 127 Million New Records Up for Sale

Ex-US Intelligence Agent Charged With Spying and Helping Iranian Hackers

The United States Department of Justice has announced espionage charges against a former US Air Force intelligence officer with the highest level of top-secret clearance for providing the Iranian government classified defense information after she defe… Continue reading Ex-US Intelligence Agent Charged With Spying and Helping Iranian Hackers

Hackers Destroyed VFEmail Service – Deleted Its Entire Data and Backups

What could be more frightening than a service informing you that all your data is gone—every file and every backup servers are entirely wiped out?

The worst nightmare of its kind. Right?

But that’s precisely what just happened this week with VFEmail…. Continue reading Hackers Destroyed VFEmail Service – Deleted Its Entire Data and Backups

Researchers Implant “Protected” Malware On Intel SGX Enclaves

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a way to hide malicious code in Intel SGX enclaves, a hardware-based memory encryption feature in modern processors that isolates sensitive code and data to protect it from disclosure or modification.

In other… Continue reading Researchers Implant “Protected” Malware On Intel SGX Enclaves

Xiaomi Electric Scooters Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Remote Hacks

Smart devices definitely make our lives easier, faster, and more efficient, but unfortunately, an insecure smart device can also ruin your day, or sometime could even turn into the worst nightmare of your life.

If you are an electric scooter rider, yo… Continue reading Xiaomi Electric Scooters Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Remote Hacks

First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found On Google Play Store

A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to secretly steal bitcoin and cryptocurrency from unwitting users.

The malware, described as a “Clipper,” masqueraded … Continue reading First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found On Google Play Store

Google Created Faster Storage Encryption for All Low-End Devices

Google has launched a new encryption algorithm that has been built specifically to run on mobile phones and smart IoT devices that don’t have the specialized hardware to use current encryption methods to encrypt locally stored data efficiently.

Encryp… Continue reading Google Created Faster Storage Encryption for All Low-End Devices

Latest iOS 12.1.4 Update Patches 2 Zero-Day and FaceTime Bugs

Apple has finally released iOS 12.1.4 software update to patch the terrible Group FaceTime privacy bug that could have allowed an Apple user to call you via the FaceTime video chat service and hear or see you before you even pick up the call without yo… Continue reading Latest iOS 12.1.4 Update Patches 2 Zero-Day and FaceTime Bugs

Android Phones Can Get Hacked Just by Looking at a PNG Image

Using an Android device?

Beware! You have to remain more caution while opening an image file on your smartphone—downloaded anywhere from the Internet or received through messaging or email apps.

Yes, just viewing an innocuous-looking image could hack… Continue reading Android Phones Can Get Hacked Just by Looking at a PNG Image