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[EXCLUSIVE] US 2020 Presidential election under security threat; is America prepared?

Security experts believe that in 2020 the election interference may come in the form of ransomware attacks

Jan 31, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Tech & Trend

Thousands of Instagram credentials exposed; Social Captain takes responsibility, fixes issue

Instagram credentials leaked by a Booting company, Social Captain, which said the issue is fixed now

Jan 31, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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CyberSecurity

BOJ warns of cyber-attack vulnerability ahead of Olympic Games

The financial institution of Japan warned that the country's other banks must guard against cyber-attacks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Jan 31, 2020

By Reuters

Technology

Cyberattack on UN: Geneva and Vienna targeted by 'well-resourced' security breach

United Nations faced cybersecurity incidents in Geneva and Vienna offices in 2019, but the official statement came in 2020 January

Jan 30, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

Amazon's Ring app shares user's personal details without their consent

A recent report claimed that personal data of the Ring app customers go to four main recipients, Branch, ApplsFlyer, MixPanel and Facebook

Jan 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Facebook

CyberSecurity

Avast and AVG Antivirus allegedly gleaned user data and sold it to industry biggies including Microsoft, Google, Netflix, and Amazon

The list of companies that bought such data includes some big names such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Yelp, Pepsi, and Walmart

Jan 28, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Netflix

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Technology

Android security: These 21 malicious apps should be removed from your smartphone immediately

These dangerous apps, which have been downloaded nearly almost 600 million times, should be removed from Android phone

Jan 27, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Samsung

Technology

Apple malware threat: This malware is most common threat for macOS

Security researchers stated that since February 2018, they have collected almost 32,000 different malicious samples of the Trojan

Jan 25, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

Malicious redirects hit over 2000 WordPress websites; Routed via Simple Fields, CP Contact Form with PayPal

Experts at Sucuri have seen over 2000 new infected sites since they started tracking the WordPress infection

Jan 24, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Technology

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' phone hack reveals no device is safe from hackers

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's phone was hacked after Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman allegedly sent him a WhatsApp video file

Jan 23, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

Microsoft unknowingly exposed 250 million customers' data on web; Who's affected?

After the researchers found the exposed database and informed Microsoft, the tech company took swift action and said it is in the process of notifying affected customers

Jan 23, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

sLoad malware gang returns: Microsoft detects quickly revamped 2.0 version

sLoad malware has been around for years but after the detection, in December it again returned with 2.0 version named as Starslord earlier this month

Jan 22, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

People lost $987,000 to email scams involving iTunes and Google Play cards since Jan 2019: SG Police

Singapore police have revealed that they have received at least 90 cases of Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scams involving iTunes and Google Play cards

Jan 21, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Technology

Massive amount of personal data of models exposed after adult website hit by hackers

Personal details such as photographs and scans of passports, driving license and social security number of porn website models have been exposed

Jan 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

TikTok vulnerability: This global platform buckles up with more safety features as criticism mounts [Exclusive]

Since TikTok's parent company is Beijing-based ByteDance, the app has been targeted by lawmakers and regulators who are suspicious of Chinese technology

Jan 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Internet

Cybercriminal leaks huge list of Telnet credentials of over 500,000 servers, routers and IoT devices

List of Telnet credentials for over 500,000 servers, home routers and IoT smart devices was shared by the operator of a DDoS booter service

Jan 20, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Tech & Trend

Android vulnerability detected; this new malware can share your info in cybercriminal's server

Security researchers at Kaspersky labs found new Android malware which can steal details from a smartphone and then cam send it to the cybercriminal's server

Jan 19, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder