Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Remains Unpatched
Security researchers discovered that the list of locations excluded from Microsoft Defender scan is unprotected and accessible to any local user.
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New Safari Vulnerability Can Leak Recent Browsing History and Some of your Google Account Information
A new Safari vulnerability disclosed by FingerprintJS, can leak recent browsing history and some information of your logged-in Google account.
Read moreYou Need to Patch Windows Remote Desktop Vulnerability Now
This vulnerability enables any standard unprivileged user connected to a remote machine via remote desktop to gain file system access to the client machines
Read moreWhat are Dependency Confusion Attacks?
A dependency confusion attack occurs when a software installer script is tricked into pulling malicious code file from a public repository instead of the intended file of the same name from an internal repository.
Read moreFBI Warning on Google Voice Authentication Scams
FBI has issued a warning regarding a new scam utilizing Google voice authentication.The scam targets people who share their numbers publicly.
Read morePatch Microsoft Critical Flaw Now
Microsoft recommends that you install the latest security updates which will patch the critical flaw now.
Read moreIndian Hackers Scored an Embarrassing Own Goal
Indian hackers infected themselves with their own RAT. Making it possible for security researchers to gather information on their methods.
Read moreT-Mobile Suffers Another Data Breach
After a previous breach in August where nearly 50 million customer data were leaked, T-Mobile suffered another data breach, this time less severe. It has affected only a small subset of customers.
Read moreA 19 Year Old Hacker Received $4,500 Bug Bounty for an Easy-To-Exploit Vulnerability
A high impact privacy bug was found in Facebook's Android application by a young bug bounty hunter. The 19 year old hacker received a $4,500 bug bounty
Read morePopular Game Series “Just Dance” Targeted by Attackers
Ubisoft Entertainment a French video game company recently announced that they have identified an intrusion in their IT Infrastructure targeting Just Dance.
Read moreNCA Shares 585 Million Compromised Passwords With “Have I Been Pwned”
The National Crime Agency of United Kingdom (NCA) shared a collection of more than 585 million compromised passwords that were found during an investigation with the infamous Have I Been Pwned website.
Read moreHacking Group Leaked Confidential UK Police Data
Russian hacking group "Clop" leaked confidential information held by the UK police onto the dark web. The data were stolen from Dacoll, an IT company which handles the Police National Computer.
Read moreThreat Actors Impersonating Pfizer
Phishing campaigns that use COVID-19 as a hook are still on the rise. Hackers are increasingly using vaccine-related emails in their targeted spear-phishing attacks.
Read moreAudio Tech Giant Exposed Thousands of Customers’ Data
The data may be old, but it's still valuable to criminals and hackers, and the leak itself could have been much worse. It represents a massive oversight by a huge, multinational, well-known company.
Read moreFacebook Owner Meta Bans Fake Accounts Used by Cyber-Spy Firms
Facebook said it canceled 1,500 fake social media accounts used by seven surveillance-for-hire firms to conduct online attacks against government critics and members of civil society.
Read moreCryptocurrency Exchange Hacked
On Sunday, AscendEX announced via Twitter that it had identified a number of unauthorized transactions from one of its hot wallets on Saturday.
Read moreMassive Internet Scans and Log4j Exploit Attempts
Many organizations have noticed a surge in internet scans to discover vulnerable systems and exploit attempts on them.
Read moreTop Malware for November 2021
Checkpoint Research through its global threat index revelas the top malware for November 2021.
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