Google recently removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data as part of a “massive global surveillance campaign” targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. However,...
38 different Android apps committing ad fraud. These apps included beauty camera and photo editing applications as well. In all, the apps boasted a whopping 20 million downloads altogether. Describing the types of frauds committed by the apps, there are three...
Microsoft released patches for 129 CVEs covering Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based and Chromium-based in IE Mode), ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Windows Defender, Microsoft Dynamics, Visual...
Zoom Security Flaws Allowed Systems Hijacking Security researchers have caught a couple of security flaws in Zoom that allowed systems hijacking. As stated in their advisory, both of these were path traversal vulnerabilities that allowed an adversary to hack users’...
The security of the open-source supply chain is about the integrity of the entire software development and delivery ecosystem. A self-spreading and OSS supply chain malware was found abusing Github repositories. What has happened On March 9, 2020, GitHub’s Security...
Academics disclosed a security vulnerability in Bluetooth that could potentially allow an attacker to spoof a remotely paired device, exposing over a billion of modern devices to hackers. The attacks, dubbed Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS or BIAS, concern Bluetooth...
ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko revealed details about an Android app that targeted the ESET website with DDoS attacks. Briefly, the app dubbed as “Updates for Android” appeared on the Play Store as a news update app. It linked back to the website i-updater[.]com that...
Fraudsters are attempting to sell fake vaccines allegedly manufactured using the blood of patients who have recovered from COVID-19. The nonsense vaccines were among a crock of utter dog wings spotted for sale on the dark web by researchers from the Australian...
While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is already quite dreary, what makes it even worse is the dissemination of fake news. People have flooded Facebook and Twitter with treatments, remedies, news, and stats regarding COVID-19 without checking their authenticity....
A flaw in Apple’s mobile operating system may have left millions of iPhone and iPad users vulnerable to hackers. A mobile security firm, said a bug in the Mail app made devices susceptible to sophisticated attacks. The firm said it had “high...
