Tag: Cyber security
Safari Among Seven Mobile Browsers Affected by Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerabilities
Researchers at cyber-security firm, Rapid7, have claimed that several popular mobile browsers are vulnerable to ten new 'Address Bar Spoofing' vulnerabilities, thereby jeopardizing the...
New ‘BLESA’ Bluetooth Vulnerability Affects Billions of Devices: Researchers
Cyber-security researches at Purdue University have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Bluetooth software stack. Called 'BLESA', or Bluetooth Low Energy Spoofing Attack, the...
Paytm Mall Reportedly Suffered a Massive Hack
Paytm Mall has reportedly suffered a major data breach after a notorious hacker group called 'John Wick' targeted its database. That's according to US-based...
New North Korean Malware Can Reportedly Remove Itself from Compromised Systems
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have claimed that North Korean state-sponsored hackers are using a...
Amazon Alexa Could Have Been Hacked to Access Private Data, Voice History
Researchers at cyber-security firm, Check Point, have detailed multiple critical vulnerabilities in Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, making it highly susceptible to hacking. In a...
Over 1 Billion Android Devices at Risk Due to Snapdragon Vulnerabilities : Researchers
At the latest DEF CON hacker conference over the weekend, researchers at cyber-security firm, CheckPoint, presented a detailed research, claiming that the Digital Signal...
‘BlackRock’ Android Malware Can Steal Credit Card Details, Warns CERT-In
India's top cyber-security agency, CERT-In, has issued an advisory about the 'BlackRock' Android malware. According to researchers, the Trojan can expose banking credentials and...
India Has One of the Largest Number of Unsecured Databases: Report
Cyber-security researchers at NordPass have published the results of a study on what kind of user-data is available online. Overall, the researchers found 9,517...
Source Code From Tech Giants Microsoft, Adobe, and Lenovo’s Repositories Leaked Online
The operator of a public repository on GitLab has uploaded a treasure trove of source code from dozens of high-profile companies across tech, retail,...
India 3rd-Biggest Victim of ‘Significant’ Cyber Attacks: Report
The frequency and severity of cyber attacks seem to be increasing at an alarming rate with every passing year. In fact, according to Cybersecurity...
‘Government-Backed’ Hackers Targeted Dozens of Indians: Google
Google says it sent out 1,755 warnings last month to notify users who were targeted by 'government-backed attackers'. In an official blog post this...
Security Firm Details How Hackers Stole $1.3 Million from UK Firms
In the previous days, heist meant breaking into some bank or office to steal all the cash. However, in the era of computers and...
Zoom Video-Conferencing App is Unsafe, Says Home Ministry
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released a set of guidelines for Zoom users to keep themselves, their colleagues, friends and family safe...
Paytm App Asking for Root Permissions: Here’s What Happened
Paytm is undoubtedly the biggest brand in the country when it comes to digital payments. While other brands such as Google Tez have been...
Researchers Discover 29 Types of USB Attacks To Demonstrate Smartphone Vulnerabilities
Plugging an unknown USB drive into your system could have disastrous consequences, that's a well known fact. While USB drives are quite handy when...