Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

Scientists Store an Operating System, a Movie and a Computer Virus on DNA

Posted on by

Do you know — 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years.

Just last year, Microsoft purchased 10 Million strands of synthetic DNA from San Francisco DNA synthesis startup called Twist Bioscience and collaborated with researchers from the University of Washington to focus on using DNA as a data storage medium.

However, in the latest experiments, a pair of

Continue reading Scientists Store an Operating System, a Movie and a Computer Virus on DNA→

How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet

Posted on by

The major internet outage across the United States earlier this week was not due to any virus or malware or state-sponsored cyber attack, rather it was the result of a simple TYPO.

Amazon on Thursday admitted that an incorrectly typed command during a… Continue reading How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet→

How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet

Posted on by

The major internet outage across the United States earlier this week was not due to any virus or malware or state-sponsored cyber attack, rather it was the result of a simple TYPO.

Amazon on Thursday admitted that an incorrectly typed command during a… Continue reading How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet→

Google Employees Help Thousands Of Open Source Projects Patch Critical ‘Mad Gadget Bug’

Posted on by

Last year Google employees took an initiative to help thousands of Open Source Projects patch a critical remote code execution vulnerability in a widely used Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.

Dubbed Operation Rosehub, the initiative was volunt… Continue reading Google Employees Help Thousands Of Open Source Projects Patch Critical ‘Mad Gadget Bug’→

Dridex Banking Trojan Gains ‘AtomBombing’ Code Injection Ability to Evade Detection

Posted on by

Security researchers have discovered a new variant of Dridex – one of the most nefarious banking Trojans actively targeting financial sector – with a new, sophisticated code injection technique and evasive capabilities called “AtomBombing.”

On Tuesday, Magal Baz, security researcher at Trusteer IBM disclosed new research, exposing the new Dridex version 4, which is the latest version of the

Continue reading Dridex Banking Trojan Gains ‘AtomBombing’ Code Injection Ability to Evade Detection→

Dridex Banking Trojan Gains ‘AtomBombing’ Code Injection Ability to Evade Detection

Posted on by

Security researchers have discovered a new variant of Dridex – one of the most nefarious banking Trojans actively targeting financial sector – with a new, sophisticated code injection technique and evasive capabilities called “AtomBombing.”

On Tuesday, Magal Baz, security researcher at Trusteer IBM disclosed new research, exposing the new Dridex version 4, which is the latest version of the

Continue reading Dridex Banking Trojan Gains ‘AtomBombing’ Code Injection Ability to Evade Detection→

Critical Flaw in ESET Antivirus Exposes Mac Users to Remote Hacking

Posted on by

What could be more exciting for hackers than exploiting a vulnerability in a widely used software without having to struggle too much?

One such easy-to-exploit, but critical vulnerability has been discovered in ESET’s antivirus software that could all… Continue reading Critical Flaw in ESET Antivirus Exposes Mac Users to Remote Hacking→

Internet-Connected Teddy Bear Leaks Millions Of Voice Messages and Password

Posted on by

Every parent should think twice before handing out Internet-connected toys or smart toys to their children, as these creepy toys pose a different sort of danger: privacy and data security risks for kids who play with them.

This same incident was happe… Continue reading Internet-Connected Teddy Bear Leaks Millions Of Voice Messages and Password→

Google Does It Again: Discloses Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability

Posted on by

This month has yet been kind of interesting for cyber security researchers, with Google successfully cracked SHA1 and the discovery of Cloudbleed bug in Cloudflare that caused the leakage of sensitive information across sites hosted behind Cloudflare.
… Continue reading Google Does It Again: Discloses Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability→

Serious Bug Exposes Sensitive Data From Millions Sites Sitting Behind CloudFlare

Posted on by

A severe security vulnerability has been discovered in the CloudFlare content delivery network that has caused big-name websites to expose private session keys and other sensitive data.

CloudFlare, a content delivery network (CDN) and web security pro… Continue reading Serious Bug Exposes Sensitive Data From Millions Sites Sitting Behind CloudFlare→