Hacking

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

There are more than 250 Android gaming apps on Google Play Store that are using your smartphone’s microphone to record what you watch on TV – This means instead of your conversation these apps are focused on listening what you are watching on TV. According to a report published by The New […]

From stolen accounts to Russian-hacker run networks, Uber’s black market trade has steadily become a staple in the digital underground. Only a month ago, Uber users and drivers learned that their privacy might be put at risk due to the massive data breach. Now, researchers from cybersecurity firm Symantec have […]

In the last few months of 2017, security companies made their own forecasts about incoming cyberthreats and the measures that needed to be taken to ensure a better and cybersafer 2018, often advocating the use of protective software tools made by that vendor.  Lo and behold! 2018 started with a […]

Introduction With recent media coverage on Meltdown and Spectre, many other security issues get buried in the mix.  One such issue I’ve run across for many months now is fake anti-virus (AV) web pages or other unwanted destinations that pop up after viewing a legitimate, but compromised, website. Last week, […]