Almost everyone in Ecuador became a victim of a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of over 20 million individuals, including the country’s president and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was granted asylum by Ecuador in 2012.
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Search engine giant Google is asking Chromebook users to update their devices after discovering a critical vulnerability in its two-factor authentication procedures. The vulnerability, named ‘built-in security key’, affects the Chrome OS feature, which allows the users to use...
By Sarb Sembhi
If current user awareness is still relevant today, why is every security event full of CISOs complaining about users or passwords? After 20 years of user awareness, discussing passwords, and not clicking on links in emails the...
By Rudra Srinivas
Ever since IBM’s John Patrick coined the term ‘Ethical Hacking’ in 1995, the profession has grown to become a much-needed aspect in security programs. The growing popularity of certification courses on ethical hacking and bug bounty programs...
It has just been unveiled and already security researchers have already figured out the flaws in the new iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max.
Security expert Jose Rodriguez stated that he discovered a Zero-Day Exploit in the newly...
Cyber Saber Hackathon 2019, the popular competition held alongside the 7th #MENAISC2019 conference at Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention, was concluded recently.
ITC, the Exclusive Sponsor for the Hackathon, honored the winning universities and the first place was...
Cybersecurity has emerged as a primary investment priority for financial firms in the United Kingdom. According to a survey report from Lloyds Bank, cybercrimes have jumped to the fourth position from the eighth place since 2018. The banks are...
Phillip Capital (PCI), a Chicago-based futures brokerage, was fined US$ 1.5 million for lack of cybersecurity measures. According to an order from the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the brokerage firm failed to disclose the cyber breach to its...
Uber has paid US$ 6500 to an Indian security researcher after he discovered a bug in its API requests. According to the official statement, the bug would have allowed attackers to take over a user's account.
The researcher, named Anand Prakash,...
An unprotected database exposed around 198 million personal records of car buyers’ online. Jeremiah Fowler, a security researcher at Security Discovery, stated that he discovered a database, that contained 413 GB of data, that was left online without any...
