Apple recently revealed that a hotfix had been rolled out for MacOS Mojave. The patch is aimed to fix a synthetic click vulnerability. As the company explained, this issue would have allowed hackers to dismiss on-screen security prompts. Patrick Wardle, a former NSA security researcher and the one who discovered …
Read More »Hackers Cripple Thousands of Servers with Cutting-Edge Crypto Miners
An Israeli-based cybersecurity company announced the discovery of a full-fledged crypto mining crusade that crippled at least 50,000 servers around the world. In a blog post dated May the 29th, Guardicore stated that the attack wave, dubbed the Nansh0u Campaign, uses cutting-edge algorithms in infect servers and computers. No one …
Read More »Apple Supercharges Siri To Deal With Spam and Robocalls
The Cupertino tech giant recently announced that a huge milestone in spam filtering had been reached. In a bid to reduce the number of spam and fake calls, Apple has granted Siri the ability to deal with such nuisances. This is the latest feature of iOS 13, the latest version …
Read More »HP Teams Up with Deep Instinct for Cybersecurity Watchdog
It would seem that the cybersecurity league has found a new champion in the fight against malware – an AI-powered ‘watchdog’ which knows how to tackle the most advanced cyber threats known to mankind. The state-the-art software is the brainchild of HP Inc. and Deep Instinct, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity …
Read More »BlueKeep At Large! Have You Updated Your Windows to the Latest Version?
In a bid to stem the spread of BlueKeep, a ‘wormable’ malware that makes computer networks vulnerable to crippling ransomware attacks, Microsoft urges its users to update their systems to Windows 10. Machines running anything below Windows 8 are at great risk, cybersecurity researchers warned. The ominous piece of news …
Read More »WannaCry Spin-off Computes Ransom Based on Computer
An uprising ransomware variant proves that even hackers can be considerate. Jerome Segura, a cybersecurity researcher with Malwarebytes, declared that Maze Ransomware, a WannaCry spin-off is capable of determining the ransom amount based on the status of the infected computer. Maze, also called ChaCha ransomware, has already infected thousands of …
Read More »Huawei’s On the Rise After Signing Tacit Agreement with Wi-Fi, SD, and Bluetooth Alliances
Given up for dead after being slammed with the US ban, Huawei’s seems to be back on track, bigger and meaner than ever. Thought blackballed by every major electronics license holder from the United States, the company has somehow managed to redeem itself in the eyes of the Wi-Fi, SD, …
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