Earlier this week, Twitter has come under fire after the social media giant revealed that due to some ‘technical difficulties’ hundreds of users’ addresses were disclosed to an unknown partner. In a Tweet posted on Monday morning, Twitter Support said that the bug has been fixed and that the affected …
Read More »Google Urges Titan Key Owners to Replace BT Security Keys After Bug Fix
In a Google Blog post published earlier this week, Christiaan Brand, Google Cloud’s product manager, urged all Titan Key owners to seek a free replacement. The post comes days after Google announced that a major security breach had been identified. The statement spoke of a bug that allowed hackers to …
Read More »WhatsApp Vulnerability Patched after NSO Groups Claims Buffer Overflow Attacks
Earlier this week, Facebook announced that a major vulnerability had been patched after various users reported that their phones had been hijacked. The bug, which allowed hackers to infiltrate and installs malicious apps on the users’ phone, is well-known to developers and cybersecurity experts. Some sources claim that this type …
Read More »Trump Blackballs China’s Telecom Tech to Secure US Networks
The seemingly tacit trading conflict between China and the United has finally reached the boiling point after President Trump has signed an executive order which denies foreign telecoms access to the US market. Trump’s decision was labeled “unreasonable” and ultimately “harmful to the interests of US companies and consumers.” The …
Read More »Hackers post personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents
A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers. Reportedly, thousands of officials have their private information leaked online since there are around 4,000 unique records of …
Read More »10 biggest data breaches of all times till date
Here is a list of the largest reported data breaches of USA in order of magnitude. Yahoo! – The year 2016 witnessed the said web search giant hitting the news headlines two times. One was in March’16 and the other was in Sept’16 for the leak of customer information related to …
Read More »List of Countries which are most vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
As soon as Wikileaks revealed to the world that it has valid documents to prove that US law enforcement agency CIA has the potential to hack any Smart Phone, Smart TV or devices related to Internet of Things existing on this globe, it surprised the entire world, along with those …
Read More »CyberSecurity Predictions for 2019
The cybersecurity trends that have characterized 2018 are likely to continue in 2019, including the increasing sophistication of adversaries and threats, organizations moving from passive defense to taking more proactive security postures, the widening cybersecurity skills gap, and the evolution of cybersecurity technologies to adapt to the new challenges. Beyond …
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