A cybersecurity professional today demonstrated a long-known unpatched weakness in Microsoft’s Azure cloud service by exploiting it to take control over Windows Live Tiles, one of the key features Microsoft built into Windows 8 operating system. Introduced in Windows 8, the Live tiles feature was designed to display content and notifications on the Start screen,…
Drupal, the popular open-source content management system, has released security updates to address multiple “moderately critical” vulnerabilities in Drupal Core that could allow remote attackers to compromise the security of hundreds of thousands of websites. According to the advisories published today by the Drupal developers, all security vulnerabilities Drupal patched this month reside in third-party…
The financial services industry sees nearly half of all website traffic coming from malicious bots.
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An unprotected database belonging to JustDial, India’s largest local search service, is leaking personally identifiable information of its every customer in real-time who accessed the service via its website, mobile app, or even by calling on its fancy “88888 88888” customer care number, The Hacker News has learned and independently verified. Founded over two decades…
The IT giant’s networks were infiltrated and used to mount supply-chain attacks on its enterprise customers.
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Researchers are pinning a recent phishing campaign against Ukraine government agencies on the Luhansk People’s Republic, a proto-state in eastern Ukraine which declared independence in 2015.
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Even after Google’s security oversight over its already-huge Android ecosystem has evolved over the years, malware apps still keep coming back to Google Play Store. Sometimes just reposting an already detected malware app from a newly created Play Store account, or using other developers’ existing accounts, is enough for ‘bad-faith’ developers to trick the Play…
A new powerful rootkit-enabled spyware operation has been discovered wherein hackers are distributing multifunctional malware disguised as cracked software or trojanized app posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. While the rootkit malware—dubbed Scranos—which was first discovered late last year, still appears to be a work in progress, it is…
The apps, which claim to help users rack up followers, are well-rated and have been downloaded tens of thousands of times.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
A popular Australian smartwatch’s tracking capabilities expose its user’s locations, personal data and more.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
