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US State Sues Meta Over Facebook Facial Recognition Tech
The US state of Texas has sued Meta for using its facial recognition technology without users' consent, seeking financial damages.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched In WordPress Statistics Plugin
This vulnerability made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by appending them to an existing SQL query.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2022
4 min read
Americans Lost $547 Million To Romance Scams In 2021: FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that Americans reported record high losses of $547 million to romance scams in 2021, up almost 80% compared to 2020 and over six times compared to losses reported in 2017.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 11, 2022
3 min read
Sony Releases Voice Commands Feature To PS5 In New Beta Update
Sony has released a new beta update for the Playstation 5, which introduces new features such as improved settings menu UI along with a new voice assistant.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 10, 2022
1 min read
Avast Releases Free Decryptor For TargetCompany Ransomware Victims
Avast has released a decryption utility to help TargetCompany ransomware victims recover their files for free.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
2 min read
UK Watchdog Fines Meta $2 Million Over Giphy Acquisition
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Hit Fortune 500 Service Provider, Data Of Over 500k People Leaked
Morley Companies which provides services to several Fortune 500 companies, has admitted it was hit with a ransomware attack that led to the leak of sensitive information for more than 500,000 people.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2022
1 min read
Amazon Earned $9.7 Billion From Ad Services In Q4
Amazon has disclosed revenue from its fast-growing advertising business for the first time and in the fourth quarter of 2021, its advertising services grew 32 percent (on-year) to $9.7 billion globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2022
2 min read
Google One VPN Is Now Available On iPhones
The VPN service that is included with a Google One Premium subscription is now available on iPhones after Google's promise in October 2020 that it would come to iOS.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2022
1 min read
Unauthenticated XSS Vulnerability Patched In HTML Email Template Designer Plugin
This flaw made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that would execute whenever a site administrator accessed the template editor. This vulnerability would also allow them to modify the email template to contain arbitrary data that could be used to perform...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 1, 2022
2 min read
FCC Announces $1.2 Billion Funds For Broadband Deployment In US
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced over $1.2 billion in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband service across 32 states in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 31, 2022
1 min read
WhatsApp Group Admins Will Soon Be Able To Delete Messages For All
WhatsApp is working on a new feature that would allow group admins on WhatsApp to delete messages for other members of the group as well.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 30, 2022
1 min read
Consumers Lost $770 Million In Social Media Scams In 2021
More than 95,000 people reported about $770 million in losses to fraud initiated on social media platforms in 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 28, 2022
2 min read
Unpatched Vulnerabilities Most Exploited By Ransomware Gangs
Unpatched vulnerabilities remain the most prominent attack vectors exploited by ransomware groups and in 2021, 65 new vulnerabilities tied to ransomware were discovered, representing a 29 per cent growth over 2020 and bringing the total number of vulnerabilities associated with ransomware to 288, a new...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 27, 2022
1 min read
Mega Russian Cyber Attack On US Possible, Warns Homeland Security
Amid the heightened Russia-Ukraine border tensions, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that critical infrastructure and local government networks are at a "very high risk" of a mega cyberattack sponsored by the Russian government.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 25, 2022
2 min read
Crypto.com Users Not Able To Access Accounts After $34 Million Hack
latform was hit by a $34 million hack, its CEO Kris Marszalek has been forced to respond on social media how best they can get back their accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 23, 2022
1 min read
Unauthenticated XSS Vulnerability Patched In HTML Email Template Designer Plugin
This flaw made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that would execute whenever a site administrator accessed the template editor. This vulnerability would also allow them to modify the email template to contain arbitrary data that could be used to perform...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 21, 2022
2 min read
Red Cross Data Breach Exposes 515K People Seeking Missing Family
A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor has led to the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 people in 'Restoring Family Links,' a program that helps reunite families separated by war, disaster, and migration.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2022
2 min read
Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard For $68.7 Billion
Microsoft on Tuesday announced to acquire Activision Blizzard, the maker of popular games like Call of Duty (CoD) and Warcraft, for a whopping $68.7 billion.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2022
2 min read
Safari Bug Leaks Your Google Account Info And Browsing History
A software bug in Apple browser Safari 15 may let any website track your internet activity and even reveal your identity via macOS, iOS, and iPadOS 15, according to a new report. The bug could also expose your Google User ID to other websites.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2022
2 min read





