Netgear LAN Switch and Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router (XR500) Offers Reliable Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks. Netgear has introduced a pair of gaming-oriented connectivity products offering a wide range of customization and prioritization options. The first device is the XR500 gaming router, which is basically an updated version of Nighthawk Pro […]
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WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow ‘Potential Attackers’ to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats
A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and Signal messaging apps. Considering protection against three types of attackers—malicious user, network attacker, and malicious server—an end-to-end encryption protocol plays a vital role in securing instant messaging services. The primary […]
Android Malware written in Kotlin found on Play Store stealing data
Just another day with just another Android malware hosted on Google Play Store targeting unsuspecting users – But this time, the malware is written in Kotlin, a statically-typed programming language. Androidos_Bkotklind.Hrx Malware The IT security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an Android malware Androidos_Bkotklind.Hrx on Google Play Store hiding behind a […]
ANTI-VIRUS UPDATES REQUIRED AHEAD OF MICROSOFT’S MELTDOWN, SPECTRE PATCHES
Microsoft said it is holding off delivering security updates to Windows PCs for Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws until hosted anti-virus software confirms it does not make unsupported calls into Windows kernel memory. Affected are PCs running certain AV products that bypass Windows built-in Kernel Patch Protection. According to Microsoft, […]
New Mobile Malware Uses Layered Obfuscation and Targets Russian Banks
Last year, we saw the Fanta SDK malware target Russian bank Sberbank users and employ unique defensive measures. Now, another bank malware family has appeared, targeting even more Russian banks while using new and evolved obfuscation techniques. This family is named FakeBank, and so far the related samples we have […]
MICROSOFT JANUARY PATCH TUESDAY UPDATE FIXES 16 CRITICAL BUGS
Thanks to Meltdown and Spectre, January has already been an extremely busy month of patching for Microsoft. Today Microsoft tackled dozens more bugs, part of its regular Patch Tuesday release covering Microsoft Edge, Windows, Office, ASP.NET and the macOS version of Office. Sixteen of Microsoft’s updates tackled critical vulnerabilities, 38 […]
Wi-Fi Alliance launches WPA3 protocol with new security features
The Wi-Fi Alliance has finally announced the long-awaited next generation of the wireless security protocol—Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3). WPA3 will replace the existing WPA2—the network security protocol that has been around for at least 15 years and widely used by billions of wireless devices every day, including smartphones, laptops and […]
Critical Vulnerability in Electrum Bitcoin Wallets Finally Addressed
Complete Patch Released to Address Critical Vulnerability Found in Electrum Bitcoin Wallets. Electrum, a well-known bitcoin client, has developed a patch for the bug identified in version 2.6-3.0.3 of the JSON-RPC protocol interface. The flaw was identified by a commenter using the alias “jsmad,” in a Github post on 24 […]
Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE
RISQUE(S) Exécution de code arbitraire à distance Déni de service Contournement de la politique de sécurité Atteinte à l’intégrité des données Atteinte à la confidentialité des données Élévation de privilèges SYSTÈMES AFFECTÉS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 SUSE […]
BlackBerry Mobile Website hacked to mine Monero via Coinhive
A Coinhive user hacked BlackBerry Mobile website to mine Monero coins before the scam was identified and details of which were published on Reddit. The sudden surge in Bitcoin’s price has motivated people to mine cryptocurrencies and hope to become a millionaire within no time. It is true that there are legal ways of […]