Hacker Ordered to Pay Back Nearly £1 Million to Phishing Victims
A prolific hacker who carried out phishing scams against hundreds of companies worldwide has been ordered to pay back more than $1.1 million (over £922,000)...
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Google Proposes ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Develop Privacy-Focused Ads
Google today announced a new initiative—called Privacy Sandbox—in an attempt to develop a set of open standards that fundamentally enhances privacy on the web while...
Google, Mozilla, Apple Block Kazakhstan’s Root CA Certificate to Prevent Spying
In a move to protect its users based in Kazakhstan from government surveillance, Google, Apple and Mozilla finally today came forward and blocked Kazakhstan’s government-issued...
Russian Hacking Group Targeting Banks Worldwide With Evolving Tactics
Silence APT, a Russian-speaking cybercriminal group, known for targeting financial organizations primarily in former Soviet states and neighboring countries is now aggressively targeting banks in...
Use This Privacy Tool to View and Clear Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Data
Well, here we have great news for Facebook users, which is otherwise terrible for marketers and publishers whose businesses rely on Facebook advertisement for re-targeted...
How Activity Logs Help WordPress Admins Better Manage Website Security
Managing a WordPress website can sap a lot of your time and energy, which otherwise you’d spend on managing your business. If you’re looking to...
iOS 12.4 jailbreak released after Apple ‘accidentally un-patches’ an old flaw
A fully functional jailbreak has been released for the latest iOS 12.4 on the Internet, making it the first public jailbreak in a long time—thanks...
Hackers Planted Backdoor in Webmin, Popular Utility for Linux/Unix Servers
Following the public disclosure of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Webmin last week, the project’s maintainers today revealed that the flaw was not actually the...
Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely
The threat of ransomware is becoming more prevalent and severe as attackers’ focus has now moved beyond computers to smartphones and other Internet-connected smart devices....
Android Users Can Now Log in to Google Services Using Fingerprint
If you’re using Chrome on Android, you can now sign-in to your Google account and some of the other Google services by simply using your...
Epic Games Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Hacked ‘Fortnite’ Accounts
Epic Games, the creator of the popular ‘Fortnite’ video game, is facing a class-action lawsuit from gamers over hacked Fortnite accounts, accusing the company of...
Let Experts Do Their Job – Managed WAF by Indusface
WAF (Web Application Firewall) has been the first line of defence when it comes to application security for a while now. Many organizations have adopted...
4 New BlueKeep-like ‘Wormable’ Windows Remote Desktop Flaws Discovered
If you are using any supported version of the Windows operating system, stop everything and install the latest security updates from Microsoft immediately. Windows operating...
8 New HTTP/2 Implementation Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks
Various implementations of HTTP/2, the latest version of the HTTP network protocol, have been found vulnerable to multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the most popular web...
A New Android ‘Banking Malware For Rent’ Emerges
After a few popular Android Trojans like Anubis, Red Alert 2.0, GM bot, and Exobot, quit their malware-as-a-service businesses, a new player has emerged on the Internet with similar...