Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

Wikileaks Unveils Project Protego: CIA’s Secret Missile Control System

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Every week since March Wikileaks has been leaking secrets from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which mainly focus on surveillance techniques and hacking tools employed by its agents.

However this time, the whistleblower organisation has released something different from its previous Vault 7 leaks, because it’s not about hacking and spying; instead, it’s a—Missile Control

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Hackers Can Silently Control Siri, Alexa & Other Voice Assistants Using Ultrasound

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What if your smartphone starts making calls, sending text messages, and browsing malicious websites on the Internet itself without even asking you?

This is no imaginations, as hackers can make this possible using your smartphone’s personal assistant l… Continue reading Hackers Can Silently Control Siri, Alexa & Other Voice Assistants Using Ultrasound→

Mobile Bootloaders From Top Manufacturers Found Vulnerable to Persistent Threats

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Security researchers have discovered several severe zero-day vulnerabilities in the mobile bootloaders from at least four popular device manufacturers that could allow an attacker to gain persistent root access on the device.

A team of nine security r… Continue reading Mobile Bootloaders From Top Manufacturers Found Vulnerable to Persistent Threats→

Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers

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Security researchers have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Apache Struts web application framework, allowing a remote attacker to run malicious code on the affected servers.

Apache Struts is a free, open-source,… Continue reading Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers→

Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers

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Security researchers have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Apache Struts web application framework, allowing a remote attacker to run malicious code on the affected servers.

Apache Struts is a free, open-source,… Continue reading Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers→

China Bans Fundraising Through Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

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China’s central bank today announced an immediate ban on all ICO—Initial Coin Offering—fundraising, to prevent fraud and illegal fundraising.

ICO is the hottest new thing in the blockchain world, which is an alternative to crowdfunding that lets a firm raise funding from multiple sources.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank and financial regulator, has issued an

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FDA Recalls Nearly Half a Million Pacemakers Over Hacking Fears

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Almost half a million people in the United States are highly recommended to get their pacemakers updated, as they are vulnerable to hacking.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 465,000 pacemakers after discovering security flaws that c… Continue reading FDA Recalls Nearly Half a Million Pacemakers Over Hacking Fears→

Massive Email Campaign Sends Locky Ransomware to Over 23 Million Users

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Whenever we feel like the Locky ransomware is dead, the notorious threat returns with a bang.

Recently, researchers from two security firms have independently spotted two mass email campaigns, spreading two different, but new variants of the Locky ran… Continue reading Massive Email Campaign Sends Locky Ransomware to Over 23 Million Users→

AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs

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A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access.

As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks today revealed details about a new implant developed by … Continue reading AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs→

Instagram Suffers Data Breach! Hacker Stole Contact Info of High-Profile Users

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Instagram has recently suffered a possibly serious data breach with hackers gaining access to the phone numbers and email addresses for many “high-profile” users.

The 700 million-user-strong, Facebook-owned photo sharing service has currently notified… Continue reading Instagram Suffers Data Breach! Hacker Stole Contact Info of High-Profile Users→