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LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Android Android Vulnerabilities Your Android Phone Can Get Hacked Just By Playing This Video [7/26/2019] New Attack Lets Android Apps Capture Loudspeaker Data Without Any Permission [7/17/2019] Android Phones Can Get Hacked Just by Looking at a PNG Image [2/7/2019] New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection [1/18/2019] Thousands of Android Devices Running Insecure Remote ADB Service [8/12/2018] GLitch: New 'Rowhammer' Attack Can Remotely Hijack Android Phones [5/4/2018] Popular Android Phone Manufacturers Caught Lying About Security Updates [4/13/2018] Pre-Installed Malware Found On 5 Million Popular Android Phones [3/16/2018] Skygofree — Powerful Android Spyware Discovered [1/17/2018] This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone [12/19/2017] Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures [12/11/2017] It's Insanely Easy to Bypass Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner with a Photo Researcher Claims Samsung's Tizen OS is Poorly Programmed; Contains 27,000 Bugs! New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends First Android Malware Found Exploiting Dirty COW Linux Flaw to Gain Root Privileges New Ransomware Not Just Encrypts Your Android But Also Changes PIN Lock Android News Tor Browser for Android — First Official App Released On Play Store 5/23/2019 Android Q: New Security Features Unveiled… [5/14/2019] Are You Using Safe Android Antivirus? [5/14/2019] Now you can use your Android phone as a physical two-factor authentication key [4/22/2019] Investigation results in banning of six fraudulent (yet popular) Android apps from the Play Store [4/22/2019] Android Q — Google Adds New Mobile Security and Privacy Features [3/20/2019] Google Will Prompt European Android Users to Select Preferred Default Browser [3/20/2019] Android Gets FIDO2 Certification—Now Supports Secure Passwordless Logins [2/26/2019] Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users [1/9/2019] Google Patches 11 Critical RCE Android Vulnerabilities [12/11/2018] Google Will Charge Android Phone Makers to Use Its Apps In Europe [10/17/2018] Google Adds Control-Flow Integrity to Beef up Android Kernel Security [10/16/2018] Google to Encrypt Android Cloud Backups With Your Lock Screen Password [10/16/2018] From Now On, Only Default Android Apps Can Access Call Log and SMS Data [10/10/2018] Powerful Android and iOS Spyware Found Deployed in 45 Countries [9/19/2018] New Android Malware Framework Turns Apps Into Powerful Spyware [8/23/2018] Google Android P is officially called Android 9 Pie [8/7/2018] Android Gets New Anti-Spoofing Feature to Make Biometric Authentication Secure [6/22/2018] Google Solves Update Issue for Android Apps Installed from Unknown Sources [6/21/2018] Android P to Block Apps From Monitoring Device Network Activity [5/8/2018] Critical Flaw in Major Android Tools Targets Developers and Reverse Engineers [12/6/2017] Google Detects Android Spyware That Spies On WhatsApp, Skype Calls [11/28/2017] BankBot Returns On Play Store - A Never Ending Android Malware Story [11/21/2017] Google Collects Android Location Data Even When Location Service Is Disabled [11/21/2017] Google to add "DNS over TLS" security feature to Android OS Android 8.0 Oreo Released – 11 New Features That Make Android Even Better Google to Launch 'Andromeda OS' — An Android-Chrome OS Hybrid Google Adds New Behavior-Based Malware Scanner To Every Android Device Google Silently Adds 'Panic Detection Mode" to Android 7.1 – How It's Useful Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users WireX DDoS Botnet: An Army of Thousands of Hacked Android SmartPhones Over 500 Android Apps On Google Play Store Found Spying On 100 Million Users More than 1,000 Spyware Apps Found On Android App Stores Easy-to-Use Apps Allow Anyone to Create Android Ransomware Within Seconds Google Detects Dangerous Spyware Apps On Android Play Store Edited July 26, 2019 by LSW Added Vulnerability
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) iOS New with iOS Gmail for iOS Adds Anti-Phishing Feature that Warns of Suspicious Links iOS Vulnerabilities 'Exodus' Surveillance Malware Found Targeting Apple iOS Users [4/9/2019] New FaceTime Bug Lets Callers Hear and See You Without You Picking Up [1/29/2019] Apple Rushes to Fix Serious FaceTime Eavesdropping Flaw [1/29/2019] New iPhone Passcode Bypass Found Hours After Apple Releases iOS 12.1 [10/31/2018] New iPhone Bug Gives Anyone Access to Your Private Photos [10/16/2018] New iPhone Passcode Bypass Hack Exposes Photos and Contacts [10/2/2018] Watch Out! This New Web Exploit Can Crash and Restart Your iPhone [9/17/2018] 'iTunes Wi-Fi Sync' Feature Could Let Attackers Hijack Your iPhone, iPad Remotely [4/19/2018] Phone-Cracking Firm Found a Way to Unlock Any iPhone Model [3/1/2018] Apple's iBoot Source Code for iPhone Leaked on Github [2/8/2018] Google Researcher Releases iOS Exploit—Could Enable iOS 11 Jailbreak [12/12/2017] Apple iPhone X's Face ID Hacked (Unlocked) Using 3D-Printed Mask [11/14/2017] Google Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for Apple iPhone Wi-Fi Chip Hack Watch Out! Difficult-to-Detect Phishing Attack Can Steal Your Apple ID Password iPhone Apps With Camera Permissions Can Secretly Take Your Photos Without You Noticing iOS News Google Uncovers How Just Visiting Some Sites Were Secretly Hacking iPhones For Years [9/3/2019] Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates [12/11/2018] Powerful Android and iOS Spyware Found Deployed in 45 Countries [9/19/2018] Apple Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From Its App Stores [6/12/2018] Apple will let users run iOS apps on macOS [6/6/2018] Apple Admits Deliberately Slowing Older iPhones — Here’s Why [12/22/2017] Edited September 3, 2019 by LSW Added iOS News
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Microsoft/Windows News Windows 10 Update Bricks PCs, Microsoft Offers Workarounds [5/21/2019] Microsoft Windows 10 will get a full built-in Linux Kernel for WSL 2 [5/8/2019] Microsoft Releases First Preview Builds of Chromium-based Edge Browser [4/9/2019] Unpatched Zero-Days in Microsoft Edge and IE Browsers Disclosed Publicly [4/1/2019] China Blocks Microsoft's Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results [1/24/2019] Microsoft Putting Edge on Chromium Will Fundamentally Change the Web [12/10/2018] Microsoft building Chrome-based browser to replace Edge on Windows 10 [12/4/2018] New APIs Suggest WPA3 Wi-Fi Security Support Coming Soon to Windows 10 [11/15/2018] Microsoft Office is getting a redesign — check out the biggest changes in the apps [6/19/2018] Microsoft walks away from Windows 7, Office 2013 support forums [6/19/2018] Windows 10 'S Mode' Coming Soon — For Security and Performance [3/9/2018] Microsoft Releases Patches for 16 Critical Flaws, Including a Zero-Day [1/10/2018] Windows 10 to Give More Control Over App-level Permissions Microsoft Adding Artificial-Intelligence Based Advanced Antivirus to Windows 10 Windows 10 to Get Built-in Protection Against Most Ransomware Attacks Windows Vulnerabilities Update: Hacker Disclosed 4 New Microsoft Zero-Day Exploits in Last 24 Hours [5/23/2019] Cortana Software Could Help Anyone Unlock Your Windows 10 Computer [6/14/2018] Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical Flaw In Windows Containers [5/3/2018] CredSSP Flaw in Remote Desktop Protocol Affects All Versions of Windows [3/14/2018] Pre-Installed Password Manager On Windows 10 Lets Hackers Steal All Your Passwords [12/18/2017] Process Doppelgänging: New Malware Evasion Technique Works On All Windows Versions [12/7/2017] Critical Flaws Found in Windows NTLM Security Protocol – Patch Now [July 2017] Microsoft Issues Updates for 96 Vulnerabilities You Need to Patch this Month [June 2017] MS Office Office Vulnerabilities Unpatched MS Word Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infect Your Computer [10/31/2018] Hackers Found Using A New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Safe Links [5/9/2018] Hackers Exploiting Three Microsoft Office Flaws to Spread Zyklon Malware [1/18/2018] Hackers Exploit Recently Disclosed Microsoft Office Bug to Backdoor PCs [11/30/2017] 17-Year-Old MS Office Flaw Lets Hackers Install Malware Without User Interaction [11/16/2017] Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Using (Unpatched) Microsoft Office DDE Exploit [11/9/2017] Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks Edited May 23, 2019 by LSW Added Link to News
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Apple / Mac OS X News Apple Changes the Way It Listens to Your Siri Recordings Following Privacy Concerns [9/3/2019] Apple Launches Privacy-Focused 'Sign in with Apple ID' Feature at WWDC 2019 [6/4/2019] New Mac Malware Targets Cookies to Steal From Cryptocurrency Wallets [2/1/2019] iCloud Possibly Suffered A Privacy Breach Last Year That Apple Kept a Secret [1/30/2019] Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates [12/11/2018] Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed [10/31/2018] Apple Removes Several Trend Micro Apps For Collecting MacOS Users' Data [9/12/2018] Apple Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From Its App Stores [6/12/2018] All New Privacy and Security Features Coming in macOS 10.14 Mojave [6/6/2018] Apple will let users run iOS apps on macOS [6/6/2018] Apple Blocks Sites From Abusing HSTS Security Standard to Track Users [3/20/2018] MacOS Malware Creator Charged With Spying on Thousands of PCs Over 13 Years [1/11/2018] - Never think Mac is not vulnerable, you can not get Windows viruses and Malware, you will get ones for Mac though. Their are simply not as many as there are fewer MAC users, building them does not pay off yet. OS X Vulnerabilities New Mac Malware Exploits GateKeeper Bypass Bug that Apple Left Unpatched [6/25/2019] macOS 0-Day Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Security Features With Synthetic Clicks [6/3/2019] New Unpatched macOS Flaw Lets Apps Spy On Your Safari Browsing History [2/13/2019] Beware!! New Windows .exe Malware Found Targeting macOS Computers [2/12/2019] How Just Opening A Site In Safari Could Have Hacked Your Apple macOS [11/27/2018] Watch Out! This New Web Exploit Can Crash and Restart Your iPhone [9/17/2018] Beware! Unpatched Safari Browser Hack Lets Attackers Spoof URLs [9/12/2018] Signature Validation Bug Let Malware Bypass Several Mac Security Products [6/13/2018] Mac Software Mines Cryptocurrency in Exchange for Free Access to Premium Account [3/14/2018] Warning: New Undetectable DNS Hijacking Malware Targeting Apple macOS Users [1/16/2018] [Bug] macOS High Sierra App Store Preferences Can Be Unlocked Without a Password [1/11/2018] Apple's High Sierra Stumble Elicits Humor - And Worry [11/30/2017] Apple Rushes to Fix MacOS High Sierra 'All Access' Bug [11/30/2017] Apple macOS High Sierra Exploit Lets Hackers Steal Keychain Passwords in Plaintext Millions of Up-to-Date Apple Macs Remain Vulnerable to EFI Firmware Hacks Watch Out! Difficult-to-Detect Phishing Attack Can Steal Your Apple ID Password Edited September 3, 2019 by LSW Added new link to news
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Unix/Linux/Free BSD Keep in mind that Mac is based on Free BSD and Free BSD is a branch of Linux which is derived from Unix. Where BSD is mentioned, Mac could be affected. Vulnerabilities KDE Linux Desktops Could Get Hacked Without Even Opening Malicious Files [8/8/2019] EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users [7/17/2019] Snapd Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Root Access On Linux Systems [2/14/2019] New Systemd Privilege Escalation Flaws Affect Most Linux Distributions [1/10/2019] Warning! Unprivileged Linux Users With UID > INT_MAX Can Execute Any Command [12/7/2018] 15-Year-Old Apple macOS 0-Day Kernel Flaw Disclosed, Allows Root Access [1/4/2018] Your Linux Machine Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Malicious DNS Response New Linux Malware Exploits SambaCry Flaw to Silently Backdoor NAS Devices High-Severity Linux Sudo Flaw Allows Users to Gain Root Privileges Critical Code Injection Flaw In Gnome File Manager Leaves Linux Users Open to Hacking A Decade Old Unix/Linux/BSD Root Privilege-Escalation Bug Discovered 2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw Edited August 8, 2019 by LSW New Vulnerability
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Cryptocurrency Hackers Steal $19 Million From Bithumb Cryptocurrency Exchange [4/1/2019] Apple Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From Its App Stores [6/12/2018] A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook [5/2/2018] Mac Software Mines Cryptocurrency in Exchange for Free Access to Premium Account [3/14/2018] New Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over 500,000 PCs in Just Few Hours [3/9/2018] Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies [2/13/2018] New Python-Based Crypto-Miner Botnet Flying Under the Radar [1/18/2018] Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Flaws Pose Bitcoin Risks [12/14/2017] Cybercriminals Go Cryptocurrency Crazy: 9 Factors [12/11/2017] Largest Crypto-Mining Exchange Hacked; Over $70 Million in Bitcoin Stolen [12/7/2017] Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Now Run Even After You Close Your Browser [12/1/2017] The Pirate Bay Caught Running Browser-Based Cryptocurrency Miner Here’s How Hackers Can Hijack Your Online Bitcoin Wallets Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked! Over $1 Million Worth Bitcoin and Ether Stolen How Hackers Cash Out Thousands of Bitcoins Received in Ransomware Attacks Edited April 1, 2019 by LSW New Link added
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Wordpress News Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension [4/26/2019] Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress [4/24/2019] WordPress iOS App Bug Leaked Secret Access Tokens to Third-Party Sites [4/4/2019] New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites [3/14/2019] Popular WooCommerce WordPress Plugin Patches Critical Vulnerability [11/8/2018] Mass WordPress compromises redirect to tech support scams [9/26/2018] New PHP Code Execution Attack Puts WordPress Sites at Risk [8/20/2018] Unpatched WordPress Flaw Gives Attackers Full Control Over Your Site [6/29/2018] WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update [2/9/2018] Unpatched DoS Flaw Could Help Anyone Take Down WordPress Websites [2/5/2018] Nearly 2000 WordPress Websites Infected with a Keylogger [1/29/2018] Three More WordPress Plugins Found Hiding a Backdoor [1/4/2018] Hidden Backdoor Found In WordPress Captcha Plugin Affects Over 300,000 Sites [12/20/2017] WordPress Plugin Used by 300,000+ Sites Found Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attack Edited April 26, 2019 by LSW Added Wordpress Issue
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 General Threats Just Opening A Document in LibreOffice Can Hack Your Computer (Unpatched) [7/26/2019] Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram [7/17/2019] Unpatched Flaw in UC Browser Apps Could Let Hackers Launch Phishing Attacks [5/10/2019] Ongoing Attack Stealing Credit Cards From Over A Hundred Shopping Sites [5/10/2019] Researcher Reveals Multiple Flaws in Verizon Fios Routers — PoC Released [4/9/2019] Patched WinRAR Bug Still Under Active Attack—Thanks to No Auto-Updates [3/15/2019] Latest WinRAR Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild to Hack Windows Computers [2/26/2019] WARNING – New Phishing Attack That Even Most Vigilant Users Could Fall For [2/15/2019] Millions of PCs Found Running Outdated Versions of Popular Software [1/24/2019] Dell, Dunkin Donuts Reset Passwords After Incidents [12/9/2018] Western Digital's My Cloud NAS Devices Turn Out to Be Easily Hacked [9/19/2018] A Simple Tool Released to Protect Dasan GPON Routers from Remote Hacking [5/9/2018] New 4G LTE Network Attacks Let Hackers Spy, Track, Spoof and Spam [3/6/2018] Critical Flaw in Grammarly Spell Checker Could Let Attackers Steal Your Data [2/8/2018] Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed In Western Digital 'My Cloud' Storage Devices [1/5/2018 [Guide] How to Protect Your Devices Against Meltdown and Spectre Attacks [1/5/2018] Huge Flaws Affect Nearly Every Modern Device; Patch Could Hit CPU Performance [1/4/2018] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws Affect Intel, ARM, AMD Processors [1/4/2018] Flaw In Major Browsers Allows 3rd-Party Scripts to Steal Your Saved Passwords [1/4/2018] Critical Flaw Reported In phpMyAdmin Lets Attackers Damage Databases [1/4/2018] Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers [1/4/2018] Zero-Day Remote 'Root' Exploit Disclosed In AT&T DirecTV WVB Devices [12/14/2017] Collection of 1.4 Billion Plain-Text Leaked Passwords Found Circulating Online [12/12/2017] Hackers publish school district's student data after threatening to 'kill some kids' - I did debate publishing this one. What is important to understand is that these things CAN happen to you, they CAN affect you and your family, and you need not be the Target for it to affect you. Some hackers simply do it for fun, to cause chaos. Being a "nobody" is not a defense against attackers. HP Silently Installs Telemetry Bloatware On Your PC—Here's How to Remove It [12/1/2017] Warning: Two Dangerous Ransomware Are Back – Protect Your Computers Alexa, Are You Spying On Me? Not Really, Maybe, It's Complex! Beware! Subtitle Files Can Hack Your Computer While You're Enjoying Movies Simple Exploit Allows Attackers to Modify Email Content — Even After It's Sent! Dangerous Malware Discovered that Can Take Down Electric Power Grids Critical Flaws Found in Solar Panels Could Shut Down Power Grids Turns Out New Petya is Not a Ransomware, It’s a Destructive Wiper Malware Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers Hackers Are Using An Effective Way to Spread Fake News From Verified Accounts Researcher Discloses 10 Zero-Day Flaws in D-Link 850L Wireless Routers FBI Arrests A Cyberstalker After Shady "No-Logs" VPN Provider Shared User Logs
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Political News 2019 License plate photos compromised after Customs contractor breach [6/11/2019] Los Angeles Builds Own Voting Machines With Eye Toward Hackers [5/8/2019] Sen. Menendez Pushes for Voting Infrastructure Security [5/8/2019] Senators Hear Pro-Consumer Perspectives at Data Privacy Hearing [5/8/2019] States in Line for DHS Cyber Help Under New Bill [4/16/2019] Cardin, Klobuchar, Van Hollen Reintroduce Election System Integrity Act [3/19/2019] Congress Considers IoT Cybersecurity Legislation - Again [3/19/2019] Denver to Allow App-Based Voting [3/12/2019] Victory! Illinois Supreme Court Protects Biometric Privacy [1/31/2019] 2018 Russian Social Media Interference Continues, Reports Warn [12/19/2018] Bipartisan bill would create grant program promoting cybersecurity education [12/11/2018] Pencil manufacturers rejoice: Oz government doesn't like e-voting [12/11/2018] Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Bill—Here's Everything You Need To Know [12/7/2018] Senators Introduce International Election Security Bill [12/3/2018] West Virginians Living Abroad Vote Via Blockchain [11/15/2018] How West Virginia brought blockchain-secured voting to Election Day [11/15/2018] Hackers are out to jeopardize your vote [11/15/2018] FDA Calls for 'Cybersecurity Bill of Materials' for Devices [10/22/2018] : Like side effects, this is about what parts of health care machines could be susceptible to hacking/cyber attack. Tens of Millions of U.S. Voter Records for Sale [10/16/2018] 10 Takeaways: Russian Election Interference Indictment [7/23/2018] Trump's DNC 'Server' Conspiracy Rebutted [7/23/2018] Supreme Court Rules on Mobile Location Data: Get a Warrant [6/25/2018] Senators Again Propose National Breach Notification Law [12/4/2017] Threat Info Sharing Key Part of Election Security Bill [11/2/2017] Senate Grills Tech Giants Over Russian Fake News [11/2/2017] Hackers Take Over US Voting Machines In Just 90 Minutes Database of Over 198 Million U.S. Voters Left Exposed On Unsecured Server Ransomware Attack On CCTV Cameras In Washington DC Ahead Of Trump Inauguration Judge: FBI Doesn't Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist Edited June 11, 2019 by LSW Added News
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) General News Louisiana declares emergency over cyberattacks targeting schools [8/2/2019] DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks [8/1/2019] Denver to Allow App-Based Voting [3/12/2019] Columbus State Community College to Offer Degree Program in Cloud Computing [3/12/2019] Data on 600,000 Michiganders at Risk in Ransomware Breach [3/12/2019] Georgia County Pays Cybercriminals $400K to Remove Ransomware [3/12/2019] Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker [1/10/2019] Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data [1/4/2019] A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes [11/20/2018] Signal Secure Messaging App Now Encrypts Sender's Identity As Well [10/31/2018] WPA3 Standard Officially Launches With New Wi-Fi Security Features [6/26/2018] Flaw in LinkedIn AutoFill Plugin Lets Third-Party Sites Steal Your Data [4/23/2018] Researcher Claims Hotspot Shield VPN Service Exposes You on the Internet [2/8/2018] jQuery Official Blog Hacked — Stay Calm, Library is Safe! Stupid People Caught tech-handed: The criminals snared by their own stupidity Dark-Web Drug Dealer Arrested After He Traveled US for World Beard Championships Industry 32M Becomes First-Ever Company to Implant Micro-Chips in Employees How Microsoft Cleverly Cracks Down On "Fancy Bear" Hacking Group NSA Opens Github Account — Lists 32 Projects Developed by the Agency Hotspot Shield VPN Accused of Spying On Its Users' Web Traffic Physical Hacking Self-Driving Cars Can Be Hacked By Just Putting Stickers On Street Signs Hacking A $1500 'Smart Gun' With $15 Magnets Edited August 2, 2019 by LSW Added Links in General News
LSW Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) IoT (Internet of Things) News Tesla Model 3 Spoofed off the highway – Regulus Navigation System Hack Causes Car to Turn On Its Own {6/20/2019} Samsung’s security reminder makes the case for not owning a Samsung smart TV [6/17/2019] Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa [4/12/2019] Medtronic's Implantable Defibrillators Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks [3/29/2019] Amazon Sent 1,700 Alexa Recordings to the Wrong Person [12/21/2018] Alerts: Some Cardiac Programmers Put PHI at Risk [12/19/2018] Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret [12/10/2018] How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location Microsoft built its own custom Linux OS to secure IoT devices [4/18/2018] Vulnerability Security Flaws in WPA3 Protocol Let Attackers Hack WiFi Password [4/12/2019] Hacking Virtual Reality – Researchers Exploit Popular Bigscreen VR App [2/26/2019] Xiaomi Electric Scooters Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Remote Hacks [2/12/2018] MiSafes' child-tracking smartwatches are 'easy to hack' [11/20/2018] Amazon Alexa Has Got Some Serious Skills—Spying On Users! [4/27/2018] Casino Gets Hacked Through Its Internet-Connected Fish Tank Thermometer [04/16/2018] Zero-Day Remote 'Root' Exploit Disclosed In AT&T DirecTV WVB Devices [12/14/2017] Is Your DJI Drone a Chinese Spy? Leaked DHS Memo Suggests [12/4/2017] Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices [11/16/2017] Hackers Can Silently Control Siri, Alexa & Other Voice Assistants Using Ultrasound Smart Vacuum Cleaners Making Map Of Your Home — And Wants to Sell It New IoT Bill Proposes Security Standards for Smart Devices Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of 'Smart Locks' Hackers turn family robots into weapons and spying tools Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers FDA Recalls Nearly Half a Million Pacemakers Over Hacking Fears Hackers Can Remotely Access Syringe Infusion Pumps to Deliver Fatal Overdoses Linux Trojan Using Hacked IoT Devices to Send Spam Emails Amazon Key takes deliveries to new level: Inside your home Hackers Could Turn LG Smart Appliances Into Remote-Controlled Spy Robot Edited June 21, 2019 by LSW Added Link
LSW Posted October 19, 2017 Author Report Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) Chrome/Google What's News Google Stored G Suite Users' Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years [5/23/2019] Google Chrome to Introduce Improved Cookie Controls Against Online Tracking [10/15/2019] Google releases Chrome extension to check for leaked usernames and passwords [2/11/2019] Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users [1/9/2019] Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure [1/4/2019] Google Faces GDPR Complaints Over Web, Location Tracking [11/29/2018] Google launches reCAPTCHA v3 that detects bad traffic without user interaction [11/8/2018] Google+ is Shutting Down After a Vulnerability Exposed 500,000 Users' Data [10/10/2018] Google Forced to Reveal Exposure of Private Data [10/10/2018] Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions [10/3/2018] Titan Security Keys - Google launches its own USB-based FIDO U2F Keys? [7/26/2018] From today, Google Chrome starts marking all non-HTTPS sites 'Not Secure' [7/25/2018] Google launches 'Data Transfer Project' to make it easier to switch services [7/23/2018] Google Enables 'Site Isolation' Feature By Default For Chrome Desktop Users [7/13/2018] Google Blocks Chrome Extension Installations From 3rd-Party Sites [6/13/2018] Google Redesigns Gmail – Here's a List of Amazing New Features [4/25/2018] Google turns on default adblocker within Chrome [2/16/2018] Google to Block Third-Party Software from Injecting Code into Chrome Browser [12/1/2017] Google Begins Removing Play Store Apps Misusing Android Accessibility Services [11/14/2017] Enable Google's New "Advanced Protection" If You Don't Want to Get Hacked: Note, this is for the truly paranoid or those in risky situations or trying to seriously protect something against well resourced adversaries. The average user really would not need this service. Vulnerabilities New Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Found Actively Exploited in the Wild [3/7/2019] Fresh Google+ Bug Exposed 52.2 Million Users' Data [12/11/2018] Over 20 Million Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers From Chrome Store [4/23/2018] Password Stealing Apps With Over A Million Downloads Found On Google Play Store [12/13/2017] 8 More Chrome Extensions Hijacked to Target 4.8 Million Users Someone Hijacks A Popular Chrome Extension to Push Malware Attacks Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie [1/4/2019] Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users Gmail Reminder—Third Party Gmail Apps Can Read Your Emails, "Allow" Carefully! [7/3/2018] Edited May 23, 2019 by LSW Added Google News
LSW Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Posted November 1, 2017 Firefox/Mozilla What's New Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default [6/4/2019] Firefox Quantum: New Firefox browser [11/16/2017] Firefox 58 to Block Canvas Browser Fingerprinting By Default to Stop Online Tracking [11/1/2017] Vulnerabilities Firefox 67.0.4 Released — Mozilla Patches Second 0-Day Flaw This Week [6/20/2019] Firefox Releases Critical Patch Update to Stop Ongoing Zero-Day Attacks [6/19/2019] Update Your Firefox Browser to Fix a Critical Remotely Exploitable Flaw [1/31/2018]
LSW Posted November 6, 2017 Author Report Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) TOR Project What's New Tor Browser 8.5.2 Released — Update to Fix Critical Firefox Vulnerability [6/19/2019] Tor Gets An Upgrade – The Fall Harvest [11/28/2017] The Tor Project to Beef Up Privacy with Next-Generation of Onion Services [11/6/2017] Vulnerabilities Warning: Critical Tor Browser Vulnerability Leaks Users’ Real IP Address - Update Now [11/6/2017] Edited June 20, 2019 by LSW New News
LSW Posted November 14, 2017 Author Report Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) OnePlus News OnePlus 6 Flaw Allows to Boot Any Image Even With Locked Bootloader [6/11/2018] OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers affected by Credit Card Breach [1/22/2018] OnePlus Site’s Payment System Reportedly Hacked to Steal Credit Card Details [1/16/2018] Vulnerabilities Another Shady App Found Pre-Installed on OnePlus Phones that Collects System Logs [11/16/2017] OnePlus Left A Backdoor That Allows Root Access Without Unlocking Bootloader [11/14/2017] OnePlus Secretly Collects Way More Data Than It Should - Here’s How to Disable It [11/14/2017] Edited June 11, 2018 by LSW Added Vulnerability
LSW Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Posted December 6, 2017 I have decided to make the Data Breaches section it's own post as it is getting rather long and it shows just how insecure your data is from even some of the best known companies. Do not give up info to anyone who really does not need it. Just these headlines as of 12/6/2017 show over 273 Million people's data has been compromised. Health Data Breach Tally Shows Mistakes That Lead to Trouble: As of Sept. 25th 2018 there have been 263 data breaches (USA) effecting 7.3 Mil. customers data in 2018 to date. Data Breaches 2019 Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested [8/2/2019] LAPD Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of Roughly 2.5K Officers [8/2/2019] Bulgarian Authorities Arrest Suspect in Massive Data Breach [7/18/2019] Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers [7/18/2019] Hackers Stole Customers' Credit Cards from 103 Checkers and Rally's Restaurants [5/31/2019] Flipboard Database Hacked — Users' Account Information Exposed [5/29/2019] Popular Online Tutoring Marketplace 'Wyzant' Suffers Data Breach [5/8/2019] Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households [5/1/2019] Rep. Thompson Seeks Answers From FEMA Over Data Mishap [4/9/2019] Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes 1.3 Million Users' Personal Data [4/4/2019] Millions of Facebook Records Found Unsecured on AWS [4/4/2019] 540 Million Facebook User Records Found On Unprotected Amazon Servers [4/4/2019] Breach of 'Verifications.io' Exposes 763 Million Records [3/12/2019] Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement [2/26/2019] Almost Half A Million Delhi Citizens' Personal Data Exposed Online [2/25/2019] Hacker Breaches Dozens of Sites, Puts 127 Million New Records Up for Sale [2/15/2018] Hack Attack Breaches Australian Parliament Network [2/8/2019] 14k HIV+ records leaked, Singapore says sorry [2/7/2019] Airbus Hacked: Aircraft Giant Discloses Data Breach [1/31/2019] Yahoo's Proposed Data Breach Lawsuit Settlement: Rejected [1/30/2019] iCloud Possibly Suffered A Privacy Breach Last Year That Apple Kept a Secret [1/30/2019] Unprotected Government Server Exposes Years of FBI Investigations [1/17/2019] Over 202 Million Chinese Job Seekers' Details Exposed On the Internet [1/10/2019] 2018 Marriott Mega-Breach: Victim Count Drops to 383 Million [1/8/2019] Marriott Concedes 5 Million Passport Numbers Lost to Hackers Were Not Encrypted [1/8/2019] Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers' Accounts [1/7/2019] Hackers Intercepted EU Diplomatic Cables for 3 Years [12/19/2018] Mayday! NASA Warns Employees of Personal Information Breach [12/19/2018] Bloom is off the rose: Canadian 1-800-FLOWERS operation discloses four-year breach [12/18/2018] Marriott: Breach Victims Won't Be Forced Into Arbitration [12/12/2018] Quora Gets Hacked – 100 Million Users Data Stolen [12/4/2018] Marriott's Mega-Breach: Many Concerns, But Few Answers [12/3/2018] 500 Million Marriott Guest Records Stolen in Starwood Data Breach [11/30/2018] US Postal Service Left 60 Million Users Data Exposed For Over a Year [11/27/2018] Dell Resets All Customers' Passwords After Potential Security Breach Uber fined $1.1 million by UK and Dutch regulators over 2016 data breach Amazon Snafu Exposed Customers' Names and Email Addresses [11/27/2018] HSBC Bank Alerts US Customers to Data Breach [11/8/2018] Connecticut City Pays Ransom After Crypto-Locking Attack [10/23/2018] Obamacare System Breach Affects 75,000 [10/23/2018] Pentagon Travel Provider Data Breach Counts 30,000 Victims [10/16/2018] Aetna Hit With More Penalties for Two Breaches [10/16/2018] Heathrow Airport Fined £120,000 for Lost USB Storage Drive [10/10/2018] Google+ is Shutting Down After a Vulnerability Exposed 500,000 Users' Data [10/10/2018] Google Forced to Reveal Exposure of Private Data [10/10/2018] United nations accidentally exposed passwords and sensitive information to the whole internet [10/2/2018] Hackers Stole 50 Million Facebook Users' Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw [10/1/2018] Facebook Hacked — 10 Important Updates You Need To Know About [10/1/2018] SHEIN-Fashion Shopping Site Suffers Data Breach Affecting 6.5 Million Users [9/26/2018] Hackers Steal Customers' Credit Cards From Newegg Electronics Retailer [9/20/2018] UIDAI’s Aadhaar Software Hacked, ID Database Compromised, Experts Confirm [9/20/2018] Perth Mint Says 3,200 Customers Affected By Data Breach [9/19/2018] Yahoo's Mega-Breaches: Altaba Moves to Settle Lawsuits [9/19/2018] British Airways Hacked – 380,000 Payment Cards Compromised [9/7/2018] Air Canada Suffers Data Breach — 20,000 Mobile App Users Affected [8/30/2018] T-Mobile Hacked — 2 Million Customers' Personal Data Stolen [8/24/2018] Another Fitness App Exposes Users' Data [6/6/2018] MyHeritage Says Over 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised [6/6/2018] Bell Canada data breach: Up to 100,000 customers affected [1/29/2018] Nearly Half of the Norway Population Exposed in HealthCare Data Breach [1/22/2018] OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers affected by Credit Card Breach [1/22/2018] OnePlus Site’s Payment System Reportedly Hacked to Steal Credit Card Details [1/16/2018] Forever 21 Confirms Security Breach Exposed Customer Credit Card Details [1/4/2018] Nissan Finance Canada Suffers Data Breach — Notifies 1.13 Million Customers [12/22/2017] Insider Allegedly Steals Mental Health Data of 28,000 Patients (San Antonio, Texas) [12/7/2017] Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret [12/7/2017] Massive Breach Exposes Keyboard App that Collects Personal Data On Its 31 Million Users (virtual keyboard app, AI.type) [12/6/2017] Stanford University server exposes data of 10,000 staffers [12/6/2017] PayPal Subsidiary Data Breach Hits Up to 1.6 Million Customers [12/4/2017] NOTE: This was the TIO Platform and not PayPal, PayPal just owns them since July 2017. They claim it does not effect PayPal customers. Uber's British Breach Tally: 2.7 Million Victims [11/30/2017] Imgur Warns: Old Breach Compromised 1.7 Million Accounts [11/28/2017] Did Uber Break Breach Notification Minimum-Speed Limits? [11/28/2017] Uber Concealed Breach of 57 Million Accounts for a Year [11/22/2017] Forever 21 Warns Shoppers of Payment Card Breach at Some Stores [11/16/2017] Malaysia Stung by Massive Data Breach Affecting Millions [11/3/2017] How Top Companies Accidentally Leaking Terabytes of Sensitive Data Online WebSites Found Collecting Data from Online Forms Even Before You Click Submit US Defense Contractor left Sensitive Files on Amazon Server Without Password Viacom Left Sensitive Data And Secret Access Key On Unsecured Amazon Server Passwords For 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online Amazon's Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores Disqus Hacked: More than 17.5 Million Users' Details Stolen in 2012 Breach Blood Test Results Exposed in Cloud Repository This is getting too stupid, so I am giving Equifax their own list Equifax New York AG Settlement Requires Equifax, Others to Beef Up Data Security [12/19/2018] Equifax Breach 'Entirely Preventable,' House Report Finds [12/17/2018] Congratulations: You Get 'Free' Identity Theft Monitoring [12/13/2018] Why Was Equifax So Stupid About Passwords? [9/26/2018] UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach [9/20/2018] Postmortem: Multiple Failures Behind the Equifax Breach [9/17/2018] Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers Equifax Data Breach: Steps You should Take to Protect Yourself Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach Equifax: 15.2 Million UK Records Exposed Equifax, TransUnion Websites Served Up Adware, Malware
LSW Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Torrent Issues uTorrent Flaw in Popular μTorrent Software Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely [3/1/2018] BitTorrent Flaw in Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely [1/16/2018] MediaGet Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week [3/15/2018] Edited March 15, 2018 by LSW Added MediaGet
LSW Posted January 18, 2018 Author Report Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) International Cybersecurity Related News Cyber news from around the world. PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Disrupted by Malware Attack [2/13/2018] Australia Hack Attack Breaches Australian Parliament Network [2/8/2019] Hacker Uses Australian Early Warning Network to Send Spam Alerts [1/8/2019] Pencil manufacturers rejoice: Oz government doesn't like e-voting [12/11/2018] Australia Passes Encryption-Busting Law [12/11/2018] Australia now has encryption-busting laws as Labor capitulates [12/11/2018] Wow, what a lovely early Christmas present for Australians: A crypto-busting super-snoop law passes just in time [12/11/2018] Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Bill—Here's Everything You Need To Know [12/7/2018] Australian Government Contractor Exposed 50,000 Records [11/6/2017] China Chinese Hackers Used NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers Leaked Them [5/8/2019] China Blocks Microsoft's Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results [1/24/2019] Chinese Quantum Satellite Sends First ‘Unhackable’ Data to Earth China Enforces Real-Name Policy to Regulate Online Comments China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger Europe Kazakhstan Begins Intercepting HTTPS Internet Traffic Of All Citizens Forcefully [7/19/2019] Hacker Breaks Into French Government's New Secure Messaging App [4/23/2019] German Police Seek Help In Finding Parcel Bomber With MAC Address [1/9/2019] 20-Year-Old Man Arrested For Carrying Out Germany's Biggest Data Leak [1/9/2019] Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians On Twitter [1/4/2019] GDPR: 8,000 Data Breach Reports Filed So Far in UK [12/17/2018] Ireland's Privacy Watchdog Probes Facebook Data Breaches [12/17/2018] Dutch and British Governments Slam Russia for Cyberattacks [10/8/2018] Nearly Half of the Norway Population Exposed in HealthCare Data Breach [1/22/2018] 75,000 Turks Arrested So Far for Downloading Encrypted Messaging App European Parliament Proposes Ban On Encryption Backdoors Sweden Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly All Citizens Mystery surrounds malware attack that forced German state parliament offline Middle East/Africa Ransomware Attack Caused Power Outages in the Biggest South African City [7/26/2019] Attacker Tracking Users Seeking Pakistani Passport [3/20/2019] Egyptian 'Fake News' Law Threatens Citizens with 5000-plus Followers [7/23/2018] ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries [3/12/2018] - This may be happening overseas now, but it can easily be done by your ISP as well. Ethiopia Deployed Israeli-Made Spyware Against Dissidents [12/8/2017] APT33: Researchers Expose Iranian Hacking Group Linked to Destructive Malware North Korea Korea in the Crosshairs [1/18/2018] Trump Administration: 'North Korea Launched WannaCry' [12/20/2017] Was North Korea Behind Ransomware Cyberattack? HIDDEN COBRA – North Korea’s DDoS Botnet Infrastructure US Warns of 'DeltaCharlie' – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware Watch Out for Malware If You're Interested in North Korean Missile Program Russia 22-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to 2014 Yahoo Hack, Admits Helping Russian Intelligence [11/30/2017] Russia's Accused Hacker Repeat Play: Extradition Tug of War [11/29/2017] Russia military acknowledges new branch: info warfare troops Russia Bans Proxy Services And VPNs To Purge Extremist Content CNN Exclusive: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis Russia Threatens to Ban Telegram Messaging App, Says It Was Used By Terrorists India Over 100 Million JustDial Users' Personal Data Found Exposed On the Internet [4/17/2019] Edited July 26, 2019 by LSW Added News
LSW Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Posted January 29, 2018 Lenovo Vulnerabilities Hard-coded Password Lets Attackers Bypass Lenovo's Fingerprint Scanner [1/29/2018]
LSW Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Posted February 14, 2018 Skype Microsoft Won't Patch a Severe Skype Vulnerability Anytime Soon [2/14/2018]
LSW Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Facebook News New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches [4/29/2019] Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent [4/17/2019] Millions of Facebook Records Found Unsecured on AWS [4/4/2019] 540 Million Facebook User Records Found On Unprotected Amazon Servers [4/4/2019] Facebook Caught Asking Some Users Passwords for Their Email Accounts [4/3/2019] New Settings Let Hackers Easily Pentest Facebook, Instagram Mobile Apps [3/25/2019] Report: Facebook Stored Millions of Passwords in Plaintext [3/22/2019] Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting [3/4/2019] How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background [2/26/2019] How to Hack Facebook Accounts? Just Ask Your Targets to Open a Link [2/19/2019] Facebook's Leaky Data Bucket: App Stored User Data Online [2/19/2019] How to Delete Accidentally Sent Messages, Photos on Facebook Messenger [2/7/2019] Facebook Paid Teens $20 to Install 'Research' App That Collects Private Data [1/30/2019] Facebook Sued in U.S. Over Cambridge Analytica [12/20/2018] As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants [12/19/2018] New Facebook Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users Photos to Third-Party Apps [12/17/2018] Ireland's Privacy Watchdog Probes Facebook Data Breaches [12/17/2018] UK Parliament Seizes Internal Facebook Privacy Documents [11/27/2018] 30 Million Facebook Accounts Were Hacked: Check If You're One of Them [10/16/2018] Facebook Can't Reset All Breach Victims' Access Tokens [10/4/2018] Facebook Finds 'No Evidence' Hackers Accessed Connected Third-Party Apps [10/3/2018] Hackers Stole 50 Million Facebook Users' Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw [10/1/2018] Facebook Hacked — 10 Important Updates You Need To Know About [10/1/2018] Facebook Submits GDPR Breach Notification to Irish Watchdog [10/1/2018] Apple Forces Facebook VPN App Out of iOS Store for Stealing Users' Data [8/23/2018] Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies [7/2/2018] Facebook bug changed 14 million users’ default privacy settings to public [6/8/2018] Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data [6/6/2018] Report: Facebook App Exposed 3 Million More Users' Data [5/16/2018] Along with Dating, Here’s a List of New Features Coming to Facebook [5/2/2018] Facebook Plans to Build Its Own Chips For Hardware Devices [4/19/2018] Facebook's Zuckerberg Pledges Worldwide GDPR Compliance [4/16/2018] Vulnerabilities A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook [5/2/2018] I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me. Yikes. [4/11/2018] Can Facebook's new hires take on troll farms and data privacy? [4/11/2018] Facebook's Zuckerberg Takes First Drubbing in D.C. [4/11/2018] Facebook Offering $40,000 Bounty If You Find Evidence Of Data Leaks [4/11/2018] How to Find Out Everything Facebook Knows About You [4/11/2018] Senators Raise Issue of Regulating Facebook [4/11/2018] Facebook Password Stealing Apps Found on Android Play Store [1/19/2018] Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger [12/22/2017] Wait, Do You Really Think That’s A YouTube URL? Spoofing Links On Facebook [11/1/2017] How to Hack Someone's Facebook Account Just by Knowing their Phone Numbers New multi platform malware/adware spreading via Facebook Messenger - Securelist Scam Alert: Your Trusted Friends Can Hack Your Facebook Account Edited April 30, 2019 by LSW Added Facebook News Link
LSW Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Drupal Vulnerabilities Drupal Releases Core CMS Updates to Patch Several Vulnerabilities [4/17/19] Hackers Actively Exploiting Latest Drupal RCE Flaw Published Last Week [2/26/2019] Another Critical Flaw in Drupal Discovered — Update Your Site ASAP! [2/25/2019] Hackers Target Fresh Drupal CMS Flaw to Infiltrate Sites [2/25/2019] Symfony Flaw Leaves Drupal Sites Vulnerable to Hackers—Patch Now [7/6/2018] Over 115,000 Drupal Sites Still Vulnerable to Drupalgeddon2 Exploit [6/6/2018] Release of PoC Exploit for New Drupal Flaw Once Again Puts Sites Under Attack [4/26/2018] Third Critical Drupal Flaw Discovered—Patch Your Sites Immediately [4/26/2018] Another Critical Flaw Found In Drupal Core-Patch Your Sites Immediately [4/19/2018] Hackers Exploiting Drupal Vulnerability to Inject Cryptocurrency Miners [4/18/2018] Hackers Have Started Exploiting Drupal RCE Exploit Released Yesterday [4/16/2018] Edited April 19, 2019 by LSW Added new Links
LSW Posted May 2, 2018 Author Report Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) Twitter News A Twitter Bug Left Android Users' Private Tweets Exposed For 4 Years [1/18/2019] Twitter Discloses Suspected State-Sponsored Attack After Minor Data Breach [12/19/2018] Twitter is Testing End-to-End Encrypted Direct Messages [5/8/2018] Twitter - We Goofed, Change Your Password Now [5/4/2018] Twitter Sold Data to Cambridge University Psychologist [5/1/2018] Edited January 18, 2019 by LSW Added Link
LSW Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) Adobe News Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical Flaws in Acrobat and Reader [1/4/2019] Adobe Releases Security Patch Updates for 11 Vulnerabilities [10/10/2018] Adobe is Finally Killing FLASH — At the End of 2020! Flash You should really block Flash on your browsers, it is a serious vulnerability for you. New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Exploit Found Hidden Inside MS Office Docs [12/6/2018] Adobe Issues Patch for Actively Exploited Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit [6/8/2018] (Unpatched) Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit Spotted in the Wild [1/2/2018] Hackers Use New Flash Zero-Day Exploit to Distribute FinFisher Spyware Edited January 4, 2019 by LSW New Adobe News
LSW Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Posted November 15, 2018 Smart Assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana etc.) I decided to make this their own section though they can easily belong to Internet of Things (IoT). The more you connect to the internet the more chance of being hacked. At least run two networks, one for IoT like TVs, and these smart speakers etc., and a separate one for your computers. It is also a privacy question Amazon Don't Buy Anyone an Echo [11/15/2018] Your Worst Alexa Nightmares Are Coming True [11/15/2018] Amazon Echo That Records Kids Draws Concern From U.S. Lawmakers [11/15/2018] Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine [11/15/2018] Amazon Confirms Alexa Heard a Couple's Background Conversation as a Command to Record Them [11/15/2018]
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