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Dangerous WhatsApp Scams You Should Avoid
WhatsApp scams are constantly evolving, and some are difficult to identify. However, certain methods can identify the most common red…
Open-Source Cryptor Cryptonite Became a Wiper due to a Bug
Fortinet researchers studied the recently appeared open-source cryptor Cryptonite, distributed for free on GitHub. It turned out that the creator…
Microsoft Email Scam: How to Prevent Microsoft Fraud Email Attacks
Hackers are constantly finding new ways to infect your computer with malware and steal your data. With over 1.3 billion…
Fosshost, an Open-Source Project Hosting, Is Closing Down as Its Leader Disappeared
Volunteers of the open-source project hosting Fosshost, whose services are used by GNOME, Armbian and Debian, and the Free Software…
“Your Connection is Not Private” Error — Fix Guide
When accessing a website in Chrome, an error message can pop up stating that your connection is not private. This…
Hackers use in attacks malicious plugin for 3Ds Max
Bitdefender experts have discovered a hacker group that is attacking companies around the world using a malicious plugin for 3Ds Max. On August 10, 2020, 3Ds Max developer Autodesk posted…
SpiKey technique allows opening the lock by recording a sound of a turning key
Scientists from the National University of Singapore have published a report on the interesting SpiKey technique that allows opening a lock. They argue that having overheard and recorded the sound…
Ukrainian cyber police in cooperation with Binance detained operators of 20 cryptocurrency exchangers
Since January 2020, the Ukrainian cyber police began cooperating with one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance. The fact is that exchange experts often detect transactions that potentially are…
Microsoft developers will stop supporting classic Edge and IE 11
Microsoft said it would stop supporting classic Edge and IE 11. The company has published a schedule for the end of support for Internet Explorer 11 and Edge (a version…
Vulnerabilities in Amazon Alexa opened access to user data for outsiders
In June this year, researchers from Check Point discovered a number of dangerous vulnerabilities that opened for attacks the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant and its users. The problem was in…
ReVoLTE attack allows overhearing other people’s conversations in LTE networks
Experts from the Ruhr University and New York University in Abu Dhabi have published information about the ReVoLTE attack, which allows decrypting and overhearing other people’s conversations on LTE networks.…
Mozilla Downsizing Affects Security Professionals
Earlier this week, Mozilla fired 250 employees, and another 60 employees moved to other teams. The media reports that Mozilla’s downsizing has seriously affected security professionals. Mozilla head and Mozilla…
Citrix expects attacks on fresh issues in XenMobile
Citrix engineers released a number of Citrix Endpoint Management patches this week. Citrix expects attacks on XenMobile Server corporate mobile device management systems. These issues give an attacker the ability…
HIBP (Have I Been Pwned?) leak aggregator opens the source code
Founder of Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) Troy Hunt announced that after a series of unsuccessful attempts to sell the project, about which he talked this spring, he decided to…
Kr00k problem threatens devices with Qualcomm and MediaTek Wi-Fi chips
In early 2020, ESET experts spoke about the Kr00k vulnerability (CVE-2019-15126), which can be used to intercept and decrypt Wi-Fi (WPA2) traffic. Then it was reported that any devices using…
Intel investigates data leak: 20 GB of source codes and documents
Swiss programmer Till Kottmann has been studying various dumps in the public domain for a long time and it looks like he found something interesting, so now the IT giant…
US authorities offered $10000000 for information on planned cyberattacks for the elections
Less than 100 days are left before the start of the US presidential elections, and the US authorities have announced that they are ready to pay $10 000 000 for…