cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

Major Windows Browsers Hit with Widespread Malware Attack Infecting Millions of Devices

Named Adrozek, the malware hijacks browsers' ads and replace with affiliate links besides stealing user credentials that can be used to get into online banking

Dec 11, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Documents Hacked in Cyber-Attack at Europe's Medicine Regulator

The cyber-attack comes just a day before the EMA is due to update the European Parliament on the progress of the vaccine assessments.

Dec 10, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Coronavirus

CyberSecurity

FireEye Hacking: Russia in Crosshairs After Breach at Top US Cybersecurity Contractor

The hackers used sophisticated methods to conceal their identity and stole FireEye's cyber defense toolkits that could be used in future breaches.

Dec 9, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Technology

Millions of Smart Home Devices Vulnerable to Hacking, Report Says

Cybersecurity research firm Forescout found 33 vulnerabilities in smart home devices from 150 vendors that could affect millions of users.

Dec 8, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Technology

NUS Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People

By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information

Dec 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

NUS

CyberSecurity

Chinese Phone Manufacturer Gionee Secretly Installed Malware in Over 20 Million Devices

A Chinese court found a Gionee subsidiary and its partner guilty of intentionally implanting malware secretly in Gionee phones to make money

Dec 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Human Rights

25 Governments Using SS7 Spy Tool For Cellphone Location to Track Activists, Opponents

At least 25 countries including Australia are using the spy tool to track down human rights activists and political opponents anywhere in the world

Dec 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Hires Hackers to Prove 2020 US Election Was Rigged

Patrick Byrne's team of hackers and cyber sleuths would investigate Dominion voting machines and unearth evidence of voter fraud that cost Donald Trump the election

Nov 29, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us election 2020

Who is Jia Jia, Chinese columnist missing over letter asking President Xi to resign?

Society

Xi Jinping Pitches for QR Code to Monitor Coronavirus Among International Travelers; Will G20 Agree?

During the virtual G20 summit, China's President proposed a global health passport to enable safe cross-border traveling and easier contact tracing

Nov 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

CyberSecurity

Hackers Target GoDaddy Employees to Break Into Multiple Cryptocurrency Service Providers

Using phishing scams on GoDaddy employees, hackers were able to gain control over multiple cryptocurrency customers including Liquid and NiceHash

Nov 22, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Dan Brown's 'Digital Fortress' Scenario Looms Large From AI-Powered Cyberattacks

With hackers slowly turning to artificial intelligence, cyberattacks would become sophisticated and difficult to prevent as per the report by the UNICRI and Europol

Nov 21, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Artificial intelligence

CyberSecurity

Is MuslimPro App Selling User Data to US Military? Singapore Regulators Begin Probe

Following reports that the app developers sold location data of users to the US military through third-party brokers, the developers faced backlash and Singapore PDPC began probing

Nov 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Christopher Krebs: Trump Fires Cybersecurity Chief Who Debunked His Vote Fraud Theories

Executive Director Brandon Wales will replace Christopher Krebs as the acting director of CISA.

Nov 18, 2020

By Manthan C.

Us election 2020

Technology

Major Security Flaws in TCL Android Smart TVs May Have Opened Chinese Backdoor, Researchers Say

By exploiting the vulnerabilities, a hacker could have unauthenticated full access to the TVs and steal personal information while TCL could remotely access the TV sets.

Nov 14, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Using Spoofed IRS Emails to Target Victims and Threatening to Take Legal Action

The spoofed emails that have targeted thousands of people in the U.S. appear to come from legitimate IRS domain such as support@irs.gov

Nov 11, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Trump Campaign's Hastily Launched Lawsuit Site in Arizona Leaked Voter Information

The Trump campaign's website in Maricopa county, Arizona was set up for self-reporting voter fraud but it had SQL injection vulnerability, exposing voters' personal information

Nov 9, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

British Company Forced to Change Name as It Could Be Used for Cross Site Scripting Hack

The UK registrar of companies withheld the original name of the business from filing papers after the founder realized that the name could be exploited to hack other websites.

Nov 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee