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CyberSecurity

People lost $987,000 to email scams involving iTunes and Google Play cards since Jan 2019: SG Police

Singapore police have revealed that they have received at least 90 cases of Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scams involving iTunes and Google Play cards

Jan 21, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Technology

Massive amount of personal data of models exposed after adult website hit by hackers

Personal details such as photographs and scans of passports, driving license and social security number of porn website models have been exposed

Jan 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

TikTok vulnerability: This global platform buckles up with more safety features as criticism mounts [Exclusive]

Since TikTok's parent company is Beijing-based ByteDance, the app has been targeted by lawmakers and regulators who are suspicious of Chinese technology

Jan 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Internet

Cybercriminal leaks huge list of Telnet credentials of over 500,000 servers, routers and IoT devices

List of Telnet credentials for over 500,000 servers, home routers and IoT smart devices was shared by the operator of a DDoS booter service

Jan 20, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

samsung galaxy s6 edge android nougat update

Tech & Trend

Android vulnerability detected; this new malware can share your info in cybercriminal's server

Security researchers at Kaspersky labs found new Android malware which can steal details from a smartphone and then cam send it to the cybercriminal's server

Jan 19, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Crime

No mob bosses in cybercrime world yet: Study

Cybercrime groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year

Jan 19, 2020

By IANS

Technology

BEWARE: These camera apps with billions of downloads might be stealing the Android user's data

Security researchers analyzed 30 apps and most of the apps either had annoying ads or requested unnecessary permissions

Jan 18, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Russian hacker stole more than 88,000 Singaporean accounts

Tech & Trend

FBI takes down 'WeLeakInfo' website which provides access to billions of stolen data

British authority arrested two individuals for their suspected involvement with the seized website weleakinfo.com

Jan 18, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed

CyberSecurity

Iranian hackers to hijack smart cars and carry out cyber attack on US?

Security experts have warned against the threat of vehicles being hacked by cybercriminals to carry out coordinated attacks as tensions continue to rise between the US and Iran

Jan 18, 2020

By Manthan C.

Tech & Trend

Cyber security: Another similar ransomware attack hits New Orleans

A cyberattack similar to the attacks targetting New Orleans' City Hall as well as the computer networks again hit the city

Jan 18, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ransomware

Technology

US National Security Agency (NSA) detects major Windows 10 security flaw, Microsoft rushes to fix it

NSA informed the tech giant Microsoft after detecting a major flaw in Windows 10 and soon after receiving the report the company released free software to fix the issue

Jan 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Faketoken is back and it is now sending expensive texts from your smartphone to foreign numbers

Faketoken malware has resurfaced and now it has the ability to send out bulk text messages from your phone to costly international numbers

Jan 15, 2020

By Manthan C.

Technology

Sodinokibi Ransomware which targeted Travelex, releases stolen data of victim

The operators behind Sodinokibi Ransomware intend to sell data stolen from Travelex if there was no response by January 14

Jan 12, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ransomware

CyberSecurity

Samsung denies Reddit user's claim of Spyware in devices which sends data to Chinese servers

The Redditor had posted that the Device Care feature used software from a Chinese antivirus company called Qihoo 360 which has been accused to spying in the past

Jan 11, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Samsung

CyberSecurity

Hackers are now using fake Netflix, Microsoft Office 365 emails to access user accounts

Hackers are sending out fraudulent Netflix and Microsoft Office 365 emails to victims to lure them into clicking fake links and harvest their credentials and personal information

Jan 10, 2020

By Manthan C.

Netflix

Technology

Joker malware everywhere: Google deletes over 1,000 malicious apps from Play Store

Researchers at CSIS Security Group security have discovered 24 apps with over 472,000 downloads

Jan 10, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder