Collaborate Disseminate
A new reminder for those who are still holding on to the Windows 7 operating system—you have one year left until Microsoft ends support for its 9-year-old operating system.
So it’s time for you to upgrade your OS and say goodbye to Windows 7, as its f… Continue reading Reminder: Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 in 1-year from today
Can feds force you to unlock your iPhone or Android phone?
…”NO”
A Northern California judge has ruled that federal authorities can’t force you to unlock your smartphone using your fingerprints or other biometric features such as facial recognition… Continue reading Police Can’t Force You To Unlock Your Phone Using Face or Fingerprint Scan
Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cybercriminals and email scammers are already being using in the wild to bypass security features of Microsoft Office 365, including Safe Links, which are originally designed to prote… Continue reading Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection
Almost every activity on the Internet starts with a DNS query, a key function of the Internet that works as an Internet’s directory where your device looks up for the server IP addresses after you enter a human-readable web address (e.g., thehackernews… Continue reading Google DNS Service (8.8.8.8) Now Supports DNS-over-TLS Security
Remember “The Shadow Brokers” and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency?
It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab, which has been banned in US government computers over spyi… Continue reading Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker
Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after finding out that they were pushing aggressive, full-screen adware to Android users.
With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adwar… Continue reading Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users
Microsoft has issued its first Patch Tuesday for this year to address 49 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products, 7 of which are rated critical, 40 important and 2 moderate in severity.
Just one of the s… Continue reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday — January 2019 Security Updates Released
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has suspended all transactions of Ethereum Classic (ETC)—the original unforked version of the Ethereum network—on their trading platforms, other products and services after detecting a potential attack on the cr… Continue reading Ethereum Classic (ETC) Hit by Double-Spend Attack Worth $1.1 Million
Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in its history.
A group of unknown hackers has leaked highly-sensitive personal data from more than 100 German politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brandenburg’s prime minister Dietmar Woid… Continue reading Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians On Twitter
I hope you had biggest, happiest and craziest New Year celebration, but now it’s time to come back at work and immediately update your systems to patch new security flaws that could exploit your computer just by opening a PDF file.
Adobe has issued an… Continue reading Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical Flaws in Acrobat and Reader