Google: Chinese And Iranian Hackers Targeted Biden And Trump Campaign Staffers
State-sponsored hackers from China and Iran have unsuccessfully targeted the campaign staffs of US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, respectively. The attacks have been observed by the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a division inside Google’s security department that tracks nation-state hacking groups....
Cyber-Criminals Tried To Steal Database Credentials From 1.3M WordPress Sites
A large scale attack targeted hundreds of thousands of WordPress websites over the course of 24 hours, attempting to harvest database credentials by stealing config files after abusing known XSS vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes. “Between May 29 and May 31, 2020, the Wordfence Firewall blocked over...
Now You Can Export Saved Password In Plaint Text In Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox will soon allow you to export your saved login credentials to a CSV text file that you can then import into a password manager or store as a backup. Like many other browsers, Mozilla Firefox has a password manager that allows you to...
Facebook’s Google Photos Transfer Tool Is Now Available Globally
The social media giant Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tools is now available globally, the company announced on Thursday. The new data transfer tool allows you to create copies of all of the photos or videos on your Facebook account and transfer them to a linked Google...
How To Secure Your Pinterest Account In 2025
Pinterest is full of possibilities for your life. With billions of Pins on Pinterest, you'll always find ideas to spark inspiration. When you discover Pins you love, save them to boards to keep your ideas organized and easy to find.
Stolen YouTube Credentials Growing In Popularity On Hacker Forums
An increasing number of offers for stolen YouTube credentials has been noted recently on hacker and cybercrime forums, where access to accounts is sold in bulk. Etay Maor, CSO at cyber-intelligence firm IntSights, explained that in recent weeks his team has noticed an uptick in...
How To Secure Your Viber Account In 2025
End-to-end encryption means that data (all types of messages, photos, videos, voice and video calls) is encrypted (or scrambled) the moment it is sent from one device until it reaches the intended recipient. This data can't be picked up in the middle by anyone else,...
Here’s Everything Coming To Netflix In June 2020
Netflix Inc. will be rolling out new seasons of some of its most popular series in June 2020, along with new movies from Spike Lee and Will Ferrell. June brings the eagerly anticipated returns of many of Netflix’s original series, including the fifth season of Queer...
Zoom Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2021
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), a provider of video-first unified communications, today announced financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2020. In an earnings report today, Zoom reported making $328 million in revenue during its February–April quarter. That’s up far more than double from the same time last...
Facebook Is Launching ‘Manage Activity’ Feature To Bulk Delete Old Posts
The social media giant Facebook is launching a new feature called Manage Activity that lets users delete their old posts. It can be used to delete individual posts or in bulk, and Facebook says it will offer filtering options to help find posts with specific...
Sony Postponed Play Station 5 Event
Sony has delayed hosting a showcase event for its next games console. According to a recent tweet by PlayStation, “we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration”, adding it wanted “more important voices to be heard” pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU — PlayStation (@PlayStation) June...
Twitter Has Shuts Down Its Desktop Legacy Theme
The micro blogging site Twitter has officially shut down its desktop legacy theme and all users will soon be forced to use its new theme regardless of the browser being used. After July 16th, 2020, Twitter began displaying a warning stating that the legacy version of Twitter...
Apple Doubles The Price Of RAM Upgrade On Entry-Level 13-Inch MacBook Pro
According to MacRumors, Apple has doubled the price to upgrade the RAM on the entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro. The upgrade now costs $200 to move from 8GB to 16GB of RAM; previously, you could upgrade the RAM for $100. The price increase is actually a...
What Is Google Nest ?
Google Nest is a brand of Google LLC used to market smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks.
Google Adding Advanced Protection For Nest Devices
The tech giant company Google announced on a blog post that it is adding its Advanced Protection Program to Nest devices. Google’s Advanced Protection Program is aimed at high-risk targets such as journalists, activists, business leaders, and political teams, but it is available for anyone...
Samsung Launches Rotating Mobile-Friendly TV ‘The Sero’
Samsung Electronics UK Ltd. has announced the world’s first mobile-friendly TV, The Sero. Defined as the TV that champions content viewing in as many ways possible by rotating between horizontal and vertical orientations, Tapping into a generation of social media users, Samsung’s revolutionary brand-new Lifestyle...
Here Are The Best Messaging Apps For Privacy And Security In 2026
Without encryption, private messages can be read by the company behind the app, as well as third parties such as governments who like to collect private data on their citizens. Not even using the best VPN would help you if you’re using a messaging service that stores identifiable metadata about your...
YouTube Pledge $1 million To The Center For Policing Equity
YouTube says it will donate $1 million to the Center for Policing Equity, to demonstrate “solidarity against racism and violence.” The Alphabet-owned video platform tweeted that it was pledging the funds “in support of efforts to address social injustice.” We stand in solidarity against racism and violence....
Zoom Plans To Roll Out Strong Encryption For Paying Customers
Video conferencing provider Zoom plans to strengthen encryption of video calls hosted by paying clients and institutions such as schools, but not by users of its free consumer accounts, a company official said on Friday, Reuters reported. A security consultant with the company told Reuters that it...
Microsoft ‘To Replace Journalists With Robots’
Microsoft is to replace dozens of contract journalists on its MSN website and use automated systems to select news stories, US and UK media report. The curating of stories from news organisations and selection of headlines and pictures for the MSN site is currently done...
