A security expert discovered severe security issues in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra that expose passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text. A vulnerability in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra operating system has been discovered by forensic analyst Sarah Edwards. According to Edwards, the flaw exposes passwords of encrypted external drives […]

Airbnb China announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government to comply with national laws and regulations. Airbnb announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government. The company is notifying the Chinese users it will share guest’s information […]

The security researcher Dhiraj Mishra (@mishradhiraj_) has studied how VPNs & Privacy Browsers leak users’ IPs via WebRTC Hi Internet, You might have heard about VPN’s & Privacy Browsers leaking users’ IPs via WebRTC Summary: Got CVE-2018-6849 reserved, wrote a Metasploit Module for this issue which uses WebRTC and collects the leak private IP […]

The Meltdown/Spectre saga continues… Late Thursday, Microsoft released a patch for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 operating systems to resolve CVE-2018-1038. Apparently, this vulnerability was actually introduced by the patches released in January to mitigate the effects of Meltdown. Microsoft did include a partial fix in the March updates on […]

Paolo Stagno, an Italian security researcher using the online moniker VoidSec, has revealed a startling new discovery about virtual private networks or VPNs. As per the findings of Stagno, nearly 23% of VPN providers are still leaking IP addresses of usersthrough the VPN flaw dubbed as WebRTC Leak. This means, if you are […]

Cybercriminals are quite innovative, to be honest; they are always coming up with unique ways of exploiting Windows-based systems. According to the findings of Boston-based cyber-security firm Cybereason, one of their newly identified techniques involves using keylogger malware that exploits AutoIT or AutoHotKey (AHK). Fauxpersky Malware Spreads Via Malicious USB […]

Today MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new variant of the Cryptomix Ransomware that appends the .MOLE66 extension to encrypted files, changes the contact email, and slightly changes the ransom note’s name. In the past, we used to see new Cryptomix variants a few times a month, but this time it has been almost 2 months since the previous System variant was […]

Trend Micro security experts have warned users today about a new type of Android malware that infects devices and untetheredly mines Monero in the phone’s background until the battery is exhausted or the device gives out. Called HiddenMiner, this malware has been spotted inside apps distributed via third-party stores. Researchers say […]