Facebook-owned messaging service provider WhatsApp, in the past week, started a Security Advisories page. On this page, WhatsApp is disclosing all the bugs and vulnerabilities that have been found and fixed to maintain transparency and encourage security researchers to...
A lone sentry stands guard on the eastern end of a towering granite stone wall with sweeping views of the approaching terrain. Bravely, he scans the expansive horizon like an eagle searching for its prey. The sentry maintains a...
Millions of WordPress sites are at cyber risk after researchers discovered a zero-day vulnerability in WordPress’s File Manager plugin. The threat intelligence team from cybersecurity firm Wordfence stated that the File Manager plugin has over 700,000 active installations, which...
Popular music recording firm Warner Music Group disclosed a security incident in which unknown threat actors compromised a number of its U.S.-based e-commerce websites and stole customers’ personal information. In a security alert, the company stated that attackers planted...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recorded 59,806 cybercriminal complaints in the past 12 months (From July 2019 to June 2020) and responded to 2,266 legitimate ones at an average of 164 reports per day, or one report every...
With organizations across the world continuing their operations remotely, opportunistic cybercriminals are taking advantage of this situation by targeting online e-learning platforms. Hackers have set their sight on the education industry with various kinds of phishing attacks, fake domains,...
Have you ever responded to an unsolicited email from a barrister located in Western Africa who, out of the blue, contacted you? For some inexplicable reason, he saw you as a kind and generous person who undeniably deserved his...
Cybercriminals constantly adopt new attack techniques to implement their malicious activities. Recently, Magecart attackers implemented a new web skimming technique by leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to pilfer card data.
Telegram-Based Skimming Attack
According to Malwarebytes, hackers exploited the Telegram...
Facebook has often been criticized for its non-disclosures across various verticals and policies. However, now it seems that Facebook is finally correcting itself by means of adopting its first Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP). This VDP has been specifically designed...
Online marketing company View Media’s unsecured database, which held 38 million U.S. users’ data, was recently exposed online. According to researchers from CyberNews, the database was hosted on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) server, allowing anyone to access...
