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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

CyberSecurity

Google Removes Popular Children's Android Apps for Stealing User Data

The apps which were targeted to children bundled Android ID and Android Advertising ID to track users' activity, violating Google's policy

Oct 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Local Election Officials Targeted with Suspicious Email Campaign Ahead of US Presidential Polls

Local election officials have seen a surge in suspicious emails impersonating disabled voters and election directors.

Oct 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

UK Carried Out Secret Cyberattacks on Russia in Retaliation, Says Former National Security Adviser

Following the Novichok poisonings in 2018, the U.K. launched cyberattacks on Russian interests in retaliation as per the former cabinet secretary Mark Philip Sedwill

Oct 25, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Apparent Pro-Trump Hacker Eris Loris Hits Among Us Game with Spam Attack After AOC's Popular Twitch Stream

The hacker with the name of Eris Loris managed to hack into Among Us chat boxes and posted spam messages asking the gamers to vote for Trump

Oct 24, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

US Treasury Imposes Sanctions Against Russian Research Institute Over Triton Malware Attack

The Triton malware was allegedly developed by Russia's Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics for a cyberattack on a Saudi oil refinery and U.S. utility companies

Oct 24, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

State-Backed Russian Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from US Government Networks, Says Intelligence Report

A day after it was revealed that hackers from Russia and Iran obtained U.S. voter information, CISA and FBI in a joint statement said that a state-backed Russian group stole data

Oct 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

Hackers Maybe Using 63 Spoofed Census Bureau Domains for Phishing Attack, Warns FBI

FBI and Homeland Security have found 63 newly registered domains that mimic the Census Bureau's website address that can be used for a phishing attack

Oct 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Gain Access to Banking Apps, Steal Over NIS 500,000 From Dozens of Israelis

Police arrested 16 suspects including a couple who managed the operation that targeted elderly people's bank accounts gaining access to phone plan

Oct 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Security Flaws in Discord's Desktop App Allowed Hackers to Take Over System

Japanese Bug Bounty hunter Masato Kinugawa found three bugs in Discord's desktop app that allowed remote execution attacks (RCE)

Oct 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Targeting Biden Campaign Impersonating McAfee Antivirus, Says Google

Google's security research team identified the attacks on Joe Biden's campaign by Chinese hacker group APT31 and informed the FBI about it

Oct 17, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview

Politics

Twitter Changes Hacked Materials Policy After Republicans Threaten Jack Dorsey of Subpoena

Twitter will no longer block the links to hacked materials and instead label them after the controversy surrounding the Hunter Biden story erupted

Oct 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us election 2020 Us presidential election

Twitter shares drop after fall in user numbers

Technology

Twitter Down: Massive Global Outage Bars Users from Posting on Social Media Platform

The outage comes just a day after Twitter made an unprecedented move to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post article criticizing US presidential candidate Joe Biden

Oct 16, 2020

By R. Ghosh

CyberSecurity

Hackers Can Use Fake Road Signs on Digital Billboards to Spoof Tesla's Autopilot

Researchers say that using phantom images and road signs for split-seconds, Tesla's and Mobileye's autopilot system can be fooled to push the brakes

Oct 13, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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Tech & Trend

Hackers Gain Access to Home Security Camera Footages, Share Over 3TB Worth Videos Online

The hacking group shared these wrongly accessed videos from countries like Singapore, Canada, and Thailand on porn sites

Oct 12, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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