Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers through Power Lines

Do you think it is possible to extract data from a computer using its power cables?

If no, then you should definitely read about this technique.

Researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University of the Negev—who majorly focus on finding clever ways to … Continue reading Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers through Power Lines

Flaw in Microsoft Outlook Lets Hackers Easily Steal Your Windows Password

A security researcher has disclosed details of an important vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for which the company released an incomplete patch this month—almost 18 months after receiving the responsible disclosure report.

The Microsoft Outlook vuln… Continue reading Flaw in Microsoft Outlook Lets Hackers Easily Steal Your Windows Password

Facebook Offering $40,000 Bounty If You Find Evidence Of Data Leaks

Facebook pays millions of dollars every year to researchers and bug hunters to stamp out security holes in its products and infrastructure, but following Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company today launched a bounty program to reward users for repor… Continue reading Facebook Offering $40,000 Bounty If You Find Evidence Of Data Leaks

Flaw in Emergency Alert Systems Could Allow Hackers to Trigger False Alarms

A serious vulnerability has been exposed in “emergency alert systems” that could be exploited remotely via radio frequencies to activate all the sirens, allowing hackers to trigger false alarms.

The emergency alert sirens are used worldwide to alert c… Continue reading Flaw in Emergency Alert Systems Could Allow Hackers to Trigger False Alarms

Remote Execution Flaw Threatens Apps Built Using Spring Framework — Patch Now

Security researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities in the Spring Development Framework, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code against applications built with it.

Sprin… Continue reading Remote Execution Flaw Threatens Apps Built Using Spring Framework — Patch Now

Critical flaw leaves thousands of Cisco Switches vulnerable to remote hacking

Security researchers at Embedi have disclosed a critical vulnerability in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, take full control over the vulnerable network equipme… Continue reading Critical flaw leaves thousands of Cisco Switches vulnerable to remote hacking

New Android Malware Secretly Records Phone Calls and Steals Private Data

Security researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered variants of a new Android Trojan that are being distributed in the wild disguising as a fake anti-virus application, dubbed “Naver Defender.”

Dubbed KevDroid, the malware is a remote administration to… Continue reading New Android Malware Secretly Records Phone Calls and Steals Private Data

Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store

In an effort to prevent cryptojacking by extensions that maliciously mine digital currencies without users’ awareness, Google has implemented a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to the Web Store that mines cryptocurrency.

O… Continue reading Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store

Microsoft’s Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure

Meltdown CPU vulnerability was bad, and Microsoft somehow made the flaw even worse on its Windows 7, allowing any unprivileged, user-level application to read content from and even write data to the operating system’s kernel memory.

For those unaware,… Continue reading Microsoft’s Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure