cybersecurity

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

Society

This Verified 'Elon Musk' Twitter Account Targets Americans with Crypto Scam As Voting Ends

The scammer pretended to be Elon Musk launched the scam while responding to Donald Trump and Joe Biden's Tweets

Nov 5, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Elon musk Us election 2020

CyberSecurity

US Presidential Election Under Multiple Cyberattacks from Russian Hackers

Cybersecurity experts say that there has been a 98-percent increase in the cyberattacks over the last two weeks to disrupt US Elections.

Nov 3, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

Marriott Hotels Fined £18.4 Million by UK Privacy Watchdog for Failing to Protect Customer Data

Over four years, hackers stole records of 339 million guests including name, email ID, address, phone number, passport details amongst others

Nov 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Selling Customer Info of Singapore's RedMart, Eatigo as Part of 34 Million User Data

The massive data dump included customers' information of 17 companies from India, Brazil, the US, UK, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries

Nov 1, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Exploiting Major Zero-Day Kernel Vulnerability in Windows 7 and 10, Says Google

Google's Project Zero bug-hunting team discovered the vulnerability recently and said that it was being exploited by hackers actively but Microsoft hasn't released a fix yet.

Oct 31, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

US Government Agencies Buying Cellphone Data From Private Companies to Track People

DHS, ICE and CBP use the purchased data to track immigrants but privacy experts believe that it can be used for broader domestic surveillance of Americans

Oct 31, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Internet

Google Launches Its Own VPN Service; All You Need to Know

Google One's 2TB cloud-storage subscription plan now gives you free VPN service at no additional cost, making it a compelling choice over other providers.

Oct 30, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

US Healthcare Providers at Imminent Risk of Being Targeted by Ransomware Attack, FBI Warns

Three federal agencies have warned U.S. healthcare providers to be alert as Russian hackers are targeting hospitals with a ransomware attack.

Oct 29, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Ransomware

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Expanding Global Footprint Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities, Report Says

After the NSA published a list of 25 common vulnerabilities, cybersecurity research firm Check Point found that Chinese hackers have been exploiting them to expand globally

Oct 28, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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