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Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction from the targeted users.
Instagram is growing quickly—a… Continue reading This Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hack Any Instagram Account Within 10 Minutes
The chaos and panic that the disclosure of privacy vulnerability in the highly popular and widely-used Zoom video conferencing software created earlier this week is not over yet.
As suspected, it turns out that the core issue—a locally installed web s… Continue reading Zoom Video Conferencing for macOS Also Vulnerable to Critical RCE Flaw
A new ransomware family has been found targeting Linux-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices made by Taiwan-based QNAP Systems and holding users’ important data hostage until a ransom is paid, researchers told The Hacker News.
Ideal for home an… Continue reading A New Ransomware Is Targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
Lodash, a popular npm library used by more than 4 million projects on GitHub alone, is affected by a high severity security vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise the security of affected services using the library and their respective … Continue reading Unpatched Prototype Pollution Flaw Affects All Versions of Popular Lodash Library
Smartphones are a goldmine of sensitive data, and modern apps work as diggers that continuously collect every possible information from your devices.
The security model of modern mobile operating systems, like Android and iOS, is primarily based on pe… Continue reading Over 1,300 Android Apps Caught Collecting Data Even If You Deny Permissions
Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today hit British Airways with a record fine of £183 million for failing to protect the personal information of around half a million of its customers during last year’s security breach.
British Airway… Continue reading British Airways Fined £183 Million Under GDPR Over 2018 Data Breach
An unknown hacker yesterday successfully managed to hack into the official GitHub account of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux project and created 11 new empty repositories.
It appears that the cyberattack was, fortunately, just a “loud” … Continue reading Ubuntu-Maker Canonical’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked
A while back, I sent a signed copy of IWS to someone who was willing to write a review, and they’ve gone about trying to post their review with some difficulty, albeit not for a lack of trying on their part. I greatly appreciate the effort, not j… Continue reading IWS Review
Mozilla has finally introduced a mechanism to let Firefox browser automatically fix certain TLS errors, often triggered when antivirus software installed on a system tries to intercept secure HTTPS connections.
Most Antivirus software offers web secur… Continue reading Firefox to Automatically Trust OS-Installed CA Certificates to Prevent TLS Errors
The German police yesterday raided the house of the developer of OmniRAT and seized his laptop, computer and mobile phones probably as part of an investigation into a recent cyber attack, a source told The Hacker News.
OmniRAT made headlines in Novemb… Continue reading Exclusive: German Police Raid OmniRAT Developer and Seize Digital Assets