By Eduard Kovacs on January 01, 2018 A researcher who specializes in hacking Apple’s iOS operating system has made public the details of an unpatched vulnerability in macOS that can be exploited to take complete control of a system. The details of the exploit and proof-of-concept (PoC) code were made public on the… Continue reading Unpatched macOS Flaw Allows Code Execution, Root Access
Month: January 2018
Vietnam’s 10,000-strong ‘Cyber Army’ Slammed by Rights Groups
By AFP on December 31, 2017 The deployment of 10,000 cyber warriors to fight online dissent in Vietnam adds a grim “new dimension” to controls on free speech in the Communist country, a rights group has said. Vietnam routinely jails its critics and closely monitors activists on social media, which is not banned unlike in… Continue reading Vietnam’s 10,000-strong ‘Cyber Army’ Slammed by Rights Groups
Forever 21 Confirms Security Breach Exposed Customer Credit Card Details
January 1st, 2018 By Swati Khandelwal First notified in November of a data breach incident, popular clothing retailer Forever 21 has now confirmed that hackers stole credit card information from its stores throughout the country for several months during 2017. Although the company did not yet specify the total number of its customers… Continue reading Forever 21 Confirms Security Breach Exposed Customer Credit Card Details
A new Facebook security feature reveals fraudulent Facebook-like mails
December 31, 2017 By Pierluigi Paganini A new Facebook security feature protects users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it has “recently” sent to its users. Facebook has rolled out a new security feature to protect users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it… Continue reading A new Facebook security feature reveals fraudulent Facebook-like mails
Looking Ahead: Cyber Security In 2018
2017 was a pretty rough year in terms of cybersecurity: ransomware, state-sponsored attacks, phishing scams, and big companies (like Equifax) failing to stick to security best practices (like implementing two-factor authentication) and therefore falling victims to cyber attacks. So what does 2018 has in store for us? Let’s take a look at some of the… Continue reading Looking Ahead: Cyber Security In 2018