Online Security

Ecuador officials have arrested the general manager of IT consulting firm Novaestrat after the personal details of almost the entire population of the Republic of Ecuador left exposed online in what seems to be the most significant data breach in the country’s history. Personal records of more than 20 million …

Two widely used Adblocker Google Chrome extensions, posing as the original — AdBlock and uBlock Origin — extensions on Chrome Web Store, have been caught stuffing cookies in the web browser of millions of users to generate affiliate income from referral schemes fraudulently. There’s no doubt web extensions add a …

Google has released an urgent software update for its Chrome web browser and is urging Windows, Mac, and Linux users to upgrade the application to the latest available version immediately. Started rolling out to users worldwide this Wednesday, the Chrome 77.0.3865.90 version contains security patches for 1 critical and 3 …

Insecure Internet-connected devices have aided different types of cybercrime for years, most common being DDoS and spam campaigns. But cybercriminals have now shifted toward a profitable scheme where botnets do not just launch DDoS or spam—they mine cryptocurrencies as well. Smominru, an infamous cryptocurrency-mining and credential-stealing botnet, has become one …

“Warning — Making your calendar public will make all events visible to the world, including via Google search. Are you sure?” Remember this security warning? No? If you have ever shared your Google Calendars, or maybe inadvertently, with someone that should not be publicly accessible anymore, you should immediately go back …

The massive data breach at Capital One – America’s seventh-largest bank, according to revenue – has challenged many common assumptions about cloud computing for the first time. Ironically, the incident, which exposed some 106 million Capital One customers’ accounts, has only reinforced the belief that the cloud remains the safest …

Kaspersky tags escalating number of cyberthreats haunting the healthcare sector, during its 5th CyberSecurity Weekend in Yangon, Myanmar.

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, launched the latest version of its flagship consumer offering, Trend Micro Security.

Estonian based web security startup WebARX, the company who is also behind open-source plugin vulnerability scanner WPBullet and soon-to-be-released bug bounty platform plugbounty.com, has a big vision for a safer web. It built a defensive core for websites which is embedded deep inside the company’s DNA as even ARX in …

The United States Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups for conducting several destructive cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure. Besides this, the hacking groups have also been accused of stealing possibly hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions around the world to ultimately …

Good news… next week, on September 19, Apple will roll out iOS 13, the latest version of its mobile operating system. Yes, we’re excited about, but here comes the bad news… iOS 13 contains a vulnerability that could allow anyone to bypass the lockscreen protection on your iPhone and access …

Cybersecurity researchers right now revealed the existence of a brand new and beforehand undetected important vulnerability in SIM playing cards that might enable distant attackers to compromise focused cellphones and spy on victims simply by sending an SMS. Dubbed “SimJacker,” the vulnerability resides in a selected piece of software program, …

CISOs and CIOs have to know higher than anybody the safety pulse of their organizations. On the different hand, they can’t be flooded with each altering element. Finding the proper stability that permits them to obviously grasp the large image required in making sound selections is a job many safety …

Get your replace caps on. Microsoft in the present day launched its month-to-month Patch Tuesday replace for September 2019, patching a complete of 79 safety vulnerabilities in its software program, of which 17 are rated important, 61 as necessary, and one reasonable in severity. Two of the safety vulnerabilities patched …

Cybersecurity researchers have found a brand new laptop virus related to the Stealth Falcon state-sponsored cyber espionage group that abuses a built-in element of the Microsoft Windows working system to stealthily exfiltrate stolen information to attacker-controlled server. Active since 2012, Stealth Falcon is a classy hacking group recognized for focusing …