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Security
Security Researcher Earned $70K Bounty For Reporting Lock Screen Bypass Vulnerability in Pixel phones
A security researcher earned a $70K bug bounty from Google for reporting Google Pixel lock-screen bypass vulnerability. Google fixed the issue (tracked at CVE-2022-20465) with...
By Deepanker Verma November 11, 2022
Security
4 malicious apps discovered on Google Play
No matter how hard Google tries, malicious apps find their ways to enter into Google Play Store. Last week, Malwarebytes Labs found four apps infected...
By Deepanker Verma November 7, 2022
Security
16 Malicious apps containing Clicker malware were found in the Play Store
Researchers at McAfee have found 16 malicious apps infected with Clicker malware in Google Play Store. These apps have been downloaded over 20 million times....
By Deepanker Verma October 22, 2022
Internet
Norton’s AntiTrack promises to prevent online tracking
A few days back, NortonLifeLock launched its new online privacy offering “Norton AntiTrack” in India. This service promises to prevent third-party companies and websites from...
By Deepanker Verma October 20, 2022
Security
GB WhatsApp is behind the large portion of trojan infection in the Android
Android devices are always at risk of getting malware infection because malicious apps manage to get into the Play Store. Now ESET has a released...
By Deepanker Verma October 9, 2022
Security
Indian Government’s Swachh City Platform Hacked Affecting 16 Million Users
It seems the swachh.city platform had been hacked and critical information of nearly 16 million users is at risk. The data of these users is...
By Deepanker Verma September 29, 2022
Security
Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day flaw in WPGateway WordPress plugin
WordPress websites are again at risk. Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of a WordPress premium plugin WPGateway. The vulnerability...
By Deepanker Verma September 14, 2022
Security
Hackers are actively exploiting zero-day in the WordPress BackupBuddy plugin
BackupBuddy is a popular WordPress backup plugin used by lakhs of websites to take backup of WordPress websites. WordPress security company Wordfence has just disclosed...
By Deepanker Verma September 9, 2022
Security
MPL launches a Bug Bounty program to enhance the security of its platforms
The mobile gaming platform MPL has launched a Bug Bounty program with an aim to enhance the security of its platform. Under this Bug Bounty...
By Deepanker Verma September 7, 2022
Security
Samsung discloses a new data breach that exposed customers’ personal information
Samsung has disclosed a new data breach that happened in late June 2022. An attacker managed to get information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems....
By Deepanker Verma September 3, 2022
Security
Hackers hacked into LastPass developer systems; Stole source code
Popular password management software provide LastPass confirmed it was hacked two weeks ago. The company also released that hackers managed to steal the company’s source...
By Deepanker Verma August 26, 2022
Cryptocurrency
Hackers exploited zero-day vulnerability to steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs
Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes is the latest victim of a cyberattack. Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the ATM software to steal cryptocurrency from...
By Deepanker Verma August 22, 2022
Security
Google Cloud blocks largest DDoS attack ever
Google Cloud has reported to block a massive DDoS attack against one of its Cloud customers. The customer was using Google’s Cloud Armor DDoS protection...
By Deepanker Verma August 20, 2022
Security
Data of 5.4 million Twitter users are up for sale on the dark web
A threat actor with the alias “devil” is selling the data of 5.4 million Twitter users on the dark web for $30,000. The data includes...
By Deepanker Verma July 26, 2022
Security
Cleartrip suffers customer data breach
Flipkart-owned flights and hotel booking platform Cleartrip has suffered a major data breach of customers’ data. The company informed customers about the data breach via...
By Deepanker Verma July 18, 2022
Security
Apple introduces ‘Lockdown Mode’ to protect iPhone users from spyware attacks
Apple has rolled out a new iOS 16 developer beta update that brings “Lockdown Mode.” This new Lockdown Mode promises to protect the phone from...
By Deepanker Verma July 7, 2022