Category: CYBER SECURITY

Google has removed 17 suspicious apps from Google Play Store. The 17 apps, spotted by security researchers from Zscaler, were infected with the Joker (aka Bread) malware. This spyware is designed to steal SMS messages, contact lists, and device information along with silently signing up…

The source code for Windows XP SP1 and other versions of the operating system was allegedly leaked online today. The leak was spread in a thread on the anonymous forum 4chan. Notably, the archive includes the Windows NT 3.5 and original Xbox source code dumps…

Despite the privacy precautions you take, there is someone who can see everything you do online: your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your ISP tracks your clicks for a number of reasons. For them, you browsing history is a revenue stream. Many ISPs compile anonymous browsing logs and sell…

A virtual private network (VPN) gives you online privacy and anonymity by creating a private network from a public internet connection. VPNs mask your internet protocol (IP) address so your online actions are virtually untraceable. Most important, VPN services establish secure and encrypted connections to…

Cyberbullying is bullying with the use of digital technologies. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms, and mobile phones. It is repeated behavior, aimed at scaring, angering, or shaming those who are targeted. Examples include: spreading lies about or posting embarrassing…

Your privacy on the Internet depends on your ability to control both the amount of personal information that you provide and who has access to that information. Internet privacy is the privacy and security level of personal data published via the Internet. It is a broad…

Cloud-based video conferencing service ‘Zoom‘ has added two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all user accounts to make it simpler to secure them against security breaches and identity theft. Two-Factor Authentication identifies online users by requiring them to present two or more pieces of evidence, or credentials, that…

Identity theft is when someone steals your personal information and uses it without your permission. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime around the globe for the very obvious reason that most of us have made our most valuable personal information — name, address, social security number,…

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is seeing a dramatic increase in attacks targeting the recent 0-day in the WordPress File Manager plugin. This plugin is installed on over 700,000 WordPress websites, and we estimate that 37.4% or 261,800 websites are still running vulnerable versions of this plugin at…

With the pandemic still in full swing, Millions of students will attend school online this fall because of the coronavirus. Classes are held at home, with the parent or guardian acting as teacher, counselor, and yes, even IT expert to their kids. Nowadays, this setup…

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages (“mail”) between people using electronic devices. Email entered limited use in the 1960s, but users could only send to users of the same computer, and some early email systems required the author and the recipient to both…

The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) said on Tuesday that it fell victim to a cyber-attack that targeted its internal email system. Attackers have compromised a limited number of email accounts of Norwegian Parliament (Storting) representatives and employees according to Storting’s managing director Marianne Andreassen. In a press…