Last year, Facebook’s Messenger Kids made it to the news due to serious security issues. This year, Messenger Kids is under the limelight, however, for a positive change. Facebook has recently announced changes in the Messenger Kids app features that empower parents...
A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if exploited, could have allowed remote attackers to compromise the security of billions of users in different ways. When combined...
The startup that helped Instagram users gain popularity have unintentionally ditched their security, the service Social Captain inadvertently exposed users’ Instagram account passwords. Social Captain Bugs Exposed Data Recently, TechCrunch revealed details of a...
Hackers are often termed as individuals who attempt to gain unauthorized access to data. However, not all of them are criminals; there are ‘white-hat hackers’ who have the right to legally break into IT systems for testing and improving a company’s defenses. They are...
The hacking campaign makes use of previously known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins. Some of the vulnerable plugins exploited include the ‘CP Contact Form with PayPal’ and the ‘Simple Fields’. More than 2000 WordPress sites have been hacked by cybercriminals for a...
Researchers have found numerous popular Android camera apps stealing users’ data and spying on them. Android Camera Apps Caught Spying These apps also include some popular beauty-filter applications with a large number of downloads as well. these apps that apparently...
If you have ever contacted Microsoft for support in the past 14 years, your technical query, along with some personally identifiable information might have been compromised. Microsoft today admitted a security incident that exposed nearly 250 million “Customer...
Amidst all the new malware that emerge every day, some old viruses also reappear after being revamped. One such example is the revamped Faketoken Android banking Trojan which now also hijacks devices to send SMS messages to premium foreign numbers. Faketoken Android...
Internet Explorer is dead, but not the mess it left behind. Microsoft earlier today issued an emergency security advisory warning millions of Windows users of a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) browser that attackers are actively exploiting in the...
PayPal has confirmed a bug in its website that could expose users’ email addresses and passwords. Considering the seriousness of the vulnerability, PayPal even awarded a $15K bounty to the researcher for reporting the flaw. PayPal Bug Exposing Credentials Researcher...
