A new vulnerability surfaced in WhatsApp that can potentially allow hackers to manipulate messages. Any kind of message can be intercepted and the identity of the sender can be changed along with the text content of the messages. The vulnerability was discovered by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Research and …
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Computer security company Skybox Security released the mid-year update to its 2019 Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report, analyzing the vulnerabilities, exploits, and threats in play over the first half of 2019, and among the key findings of the report is the rapid growth of vulnerabilities in cloud containers. In a …
If it hasn’t already, the internet could still ruin your life. Just think about it: every 1 am DM slide, every secret selfie, every ‘hilarious’ group chat, just sitting there in a great big dirty pile of metadata. And it’s not just Zuckerburg — anyone who has hacked into Facebook, …
Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali’s bid to take on Whatsapp seems to have backfired with its own messaging app — Kimbho — seems to have fallen flat. Just a day after it was launched, Kimbho is facing some serious data security breach allegations by none other than Robert Batiste, aka Elliot Alderson, …
Facebook today revealed the internal guidelines by which its moderators review content, meaning users will finally have a clearer idea of why some content is taken down, and how they can appeal the decision. What it is: The complete list of community standards is divided up into six sections, each …
Comcast, still feasting on its holiday bounty in the form of net neutrality’s carcass, is starting 2018 off by doing what it does best: price gouging its customers. Along with AT&T, DishTV, and several other providers, it will raise prices in January. These increases will include most of the company’s …
Q. I was installing browser extensions the other day, and the software said it needed to “read and change all the data on the websites you visit.” Why is this, and should I be worried? A. Browser extensions meant to perform tasks — like finding coupon deals or stopping videos …
Ransomware attacks may be hitting the headlines a lot lately, but did you know that they might actually be a good thing in the long term? With constant security attacks such as WannaCry and Petya making the headlines both here in Ireland and abroad, the information security (infosec) sector has …
Depending on their specific goals and motivations, malicious external actors seek to blackmail individuals, organizations or security vendors to disrupt breach defenses or otherwise wreak havoc on IT operations. For security leaders tasked with defending against these threats, it’s hard to know who or what to believe. That challenge has …