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Google Bans These Popular Android Apps From Play Store for Violating Policies

Apart from malware issues, there were several other problems that Google considered before removing these app from the Play Store.

Dec 11, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

FireEye Hacking: Russia in Crosshairs After Breach at Top US Cybersecurity Contractor

The hackers used sophisticated methods to conceal their identity and stole FireEye's cyber defense toolkits that could be used in future breaches.

Dec 9, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Technology

NUS Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People

By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information

Dec 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity NUS

CyberSecurity

Chinese Phone Manufacturer Gionee Secretly Installed Malware in Over 20 Million Devices

A Chinese court found a Gionee subsidiary and its partner guilty of intentionally implanting malware secretly in Gionee phones to make money

Dec 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Human Rights

25 Governments Using SS7 Spy Tool For Cellphone Location to Track Activists, Opponents

At least 25 countries including Australia are using the spy tool to track down human rights activists and political opponents anywhere in the world

Dec 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Crime

Concealed-Weapons Permits: Apple's Head of Global Security Moyer Indicted on Bribery Charges

Apple's Head of Global Security Thomas Moyer is said to have offered a bribe of iPads worth $70,000 to Santa Clara Sheriff's office.

Nov 24, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

CyberSecurity

Dan Brown's 'Digital Fortress' Scenario Looms Large From AI-Powered Cyberattacks

With hackers slowly turning to artificial intelligence, cyberattacks would become sophisticated and difficult to prevent as per the report by the UNICRI and Europol

Nov 21, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity Artificial intelligence

CyberSecurity

Does Mac's Anti-Malware Mechanism Spy on Users? Here's What Apple Says

After Mac users reported server outage on November 12, cybersecurity researchers dug deep to find out that Apple was logging IP addresses, breaching privacy

Nov 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Using Spoofed IRS Emails to Target Victims and Threatening to Take Legal Action

The spoofed emails that have targeted thousands of people in the U.S. appear to come from legitimate IRS domain such as support@irs.gov

Nov 11, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

US Presidential Election Under Multiple Cyberattacks from Russian Hackers

Cybersecurity experts say that there has been a 98-percent increase in the cyberattacks over the last two weeks to disrupt US Elections.

Nov 3, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

Marriott Hotels Fined £18.4 Million by UK Privacy Watchdog for Failing to Protect Customer Data

Over four years, hackers stole records of 339 million guests including name, email ID, address, phone number, passport details amongst others

Nov 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

Hackers Exploiting Major Zero-Day Kernel Vulnerability in Windows 7 and 10, Says Google

Google's Project Zero bug-hunting team discovered the vulnerability recently and said that it was being exploited by hackers actively but Microsoft hasn't released a fix yet.

Oct 31, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

US Healthcare Providers at Imminent Risk of Being Targeted by Ransomware Attack, FBI Warns

Three federal agencies have warned U.S. healthcare providers to be alert as Russian hackers are targeting hospitals with a ransomware attack.

Oct 29, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity Ransomware

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Expanding Global Footprint Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities, Report Says

After the NSA published a list of 25 common vulnerabilities, cybersecurity research firm Check Point found that Chinese hackers have been exploiting them to expand globally

Oct 28, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

Google Removes Popular Children's Android Apps for Stealing User Data

The apps which were targeted to children bundled Android ID and Android Advertising ID to track users' activity, violating Google's policy

Oct 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

Local Election Officials Targeted with Suspicious Email Campaign Ahead of US Presidential Polls

Local election officials have seen a surge in suspicious emails impersonating disabled voters and election directors.

Oct 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

UK Carried Out Secret Cyberattacks on Russia in Retaliation, Says Former National Security Adviser

Following the Novichok poisonings in 2018, the U.K. launched cyberattacks on Russian interests in retaliation as per the former cabinet secretary Mark Philip Sedwill

Oct 25, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

US Treasury Imposes Sanctions Against Russian Research Institute Over Triton Malware Attack

The Triton malware was allegedly developed by Russia's Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics for a cyberattack on a Saudi oil refinery and U.S. utility companies

Oct 24, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity

State-Backed Russian Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from US Government Networks, Says Intelligence Report

A day after it was revealed that hackers from Russia and Iran obtained U.S. voter information, CISA and FBI in a joint statement said that a state-backed Russian group stole data

Oct 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

Hackers Maybe Using 63 Spoofed Census Bureau Domains for Phishing Attack, Warns FBI

FBI and Homeland Security have found 63 newly registered domains that mimic the Census Bureau's website address that can be used for a phishing attack

Oct 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

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