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Cryptocurrency
OpenSea users lost NFTs worth $1.7 million in likely phishing attacks
On Saturday, hundreds of NFTs were stolen from the OpenSea platform. As per a report from Blockchain security service PeckShield, the attacker targeted 32 OpenSea...
By Deepanker Verma February 21, 2022
Security
Vulnerability in the UpdraftPlus plugin affects millions of WordPress websites
Every week, we see a new vulnerability impacting millions of WordPress websites. This week isn’t an exception. Now a vulnerability in the popular backup plugin...
By Deepanker Verma February 21, 2022
Security
Cybercriminals are targeting Microsoft Teams users with takeover Trojans
Microsoft Teams is a popular collaboration app used by several organizations. The app claims to have 270 million monthly active users. So, cybercriminals are now...
By Deepanker Verma February 18, 2022
Security
Attackers are using malicious PowerPoint files to take over computers
Researchers have found that cyber attackers are actively using malicious PowerPoint files to take over computers. They are sending socially engineered emails with .ppam file...
By Deepanker Verma February 6, 2022
Security
Cloudflare introduces a paid public bug bounty program
Cloudflare has announced the launch of a new public bug bounty program. Starting today, anyone who is into bug bounty can report security vulnerabilities found...
By Deepanker Verma February 2, 2022
Mobile Apps
Google One VPN is coming to iOS
Google is now rolling out its Google One VPN to iOS devices. If you have subscribed to any of the Premium plans (2 TB and...
By Deepanker Verma February 2, 2022
Security
Apple pays $100,500 to a student for reporting a Mac webcam hack
A cyber security student, Ryan Pickren, reported Apple a Mac webcam hack that can leave Mac devices open to hackers. After confirming and fixing the...
By Deepanker Verma January 27, 2022
Security
Chaes banking trojan is being served by malicious Chrome extensions
Cybercriminals are using over 800 compromised WordPress websites to spread Chaes banking trojan. This Trojan steals the login credentials of e-banking users. Researchers from Avast...
By Deepanker Verma January 27, 2022
Cryptocurrency
Crypto.com hacked; Around 400 customers’ accounts compromised
After several Crypto.com users alleged their funds had been stolen, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek confirmed the hack in an interview with Bloomberg TV. Without providing...
By Deepanker Verma January 20, 2022
Security
The same vulnerability in 3 different WordPress plugins put thousands of websites at risk
Recently I wrote an article talking about how 2021 was really bad for WordPress. Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins rose by 142% in 2021 putting millions...
By Deepanker Verma January 17, 2022
Security
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Rose by 142% in 2021; 77% of them have known public exploits
As per a report, there are more than 450 million websites that use WordPress. These WordPress websites use different WordPress plugins to add more features...
By Deepanker Verma January 13, 2022
Security
Critical Vulnerabilities in a popular SEO plugin puts over 3 million WordPress websites at risk
Over 3 million WordPress websites that are using AIO SEO plugins are at risk of takeover attacks. Automattic security researcher Marc Montpas has found two...
By Deepanker Verma December 22, 2021
Security
An Android app with 500000+ downloads found infected with Joker malware
The Joker malware has managed to make its way again on Google Play. This time it has been founded in an app called Color Message....
By Deepanker Verma December 18, 2021
Security
Sennheiser Accidentally Exposes Thousands of Customers’ Data
Popular audio product maker Sennheiser accidentally left open an old AWS account that had thousands of customers’ data. This cloud account has been inactive since...
By Deepanker Verma December 17, 2021
Security
Log4j vulnerability puts most internet applications at risk of hack
The critical vulnerability discoed in Java logging package Log4j has already shaken the cyber world. The vulnerability affects almost every internet service application. The impact...
By Deepanker Verma December 15, 2021
Internet
Microsoft Teams rolls out end-to-end encryption support for one-to-one calls
Microsoft has started rolling out end-to-end encryption support for one-to-one calls on Teams. This was announced earlier this year and the company has been testing...
By Deepanker Verma December 15, 2021