Uh-Oh! Pokémon GO grants itself 'Full Access' to your Google Account — Fix It NOW

Nintendo's new location-based augmented reality game Pokémon GO has been making rounds since its launch just a few days ago. People are so excited to catch 'em all that brought Nintendo's market-value gains to $7.5 Billion £5.8 Billion in just two days – the highest surge since 1983. Due to the...

Traveling to US? Agencies want to Spy on your Social Media activities right from Airport

Hey! Welcome to the United States. May we have your Twitter handle, please? That's exactly what you'll likely be asked by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the airport prior to entering U.S. soil. Yes, your Twitter handle may soon be part of the US Visa process as U.S. Customs and Border...

QQ browser privacy disclosure report-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

0x00 description QQ browser is Tencent development of a web browser, for Android, Windows, Mac and iOS and other platforms. Compared to the built-in browser, QQ browser provides richer functionality, for example, increase the tag window, and integrating the chat platform, etc. In the report a...

FBI Wants Biometric Database Exempt From Privacy Rules

Civil liberties and privacy groups are petitioning the U.S. government for more time to fight the FBI’s request to exempt itself from lawsuits related to its warehouse of an estimated 100 million biometric records if it’s found in violation of the federal Privacy Act of 1974. At issue is the...

This App Lets You Find Anyone's Social Profile Just By Taking Their Photo

Is Google or Facebook evil? Forget it! Russian nerds have developed a new Face Recognition technology based app called FindFace, which is a nightmare for privacy lovers and human right advocates. FindFace is a terrifyingly powerful facial recognition app that lets you photograph strangers in a...

Windows 10 Started Showing Ads on LockScreen — Here's How to Turn It OFF

If you've upgraded your older version of Windows OS to an all new Windows 10 operating system then you may have noticed an advertisement appearing on your desktop or laptop’s lock screen over the past couple of days. Yes, this is what Microsoft has chosen to generate revenue after offering Free...

Nissan Car Hack Allowed Remote Access To Car

Automaker Nissan deactivated a remote access feature that let owners of its Leaf electric car remotely adjust climate controls and check battery status via a smartphone app. The move comes after a security researcher posted his finding regarding a simple hack that allowed anyone with the right Le...

Medical Device, Health Care Security Continues to Ail

TENERFIE, Spain – Sergey Lozhkin knows malware. Medical devices? Admittedly, not so much. That, however, was not an impediment to the Kaspersky Lab researcher in cracking the digital walls of a Moscow hospital and finding a shocking array of open doors on the network and weaknesses in medical...

Google Wants to Fly Drones Over Your Head to Deliver High Speed 5G Internet

Would you enjoy If Drones hovering outside your window or above your head, just because it is offering High-Speed Internet Service? Most Americans may simply prefer to "Shoot Down" unwelcome items. Well, Google is working on a similar secret project, codenamed Project Skybender, to beam faster...

Buffalo NAS Remote Shutdown

The Buffalo NAS device includes a web interface located at its IP address. A shutdown of the device can be initiated without confirmation by loading the endpoint /shutdown.html on this address. This shutdown powers off the device, requiring physical access to restart. The shutdown webpage has no...

Government Could Hack Children's Toys to Spy on You

Smartphones, Smart TVs, Smart Watches, Cell Phone Towers, Messaging services… but now, What's Next? Smart Toys? Yes, probably. Tech expert is warning that 'Smart Toys' could now be used by the government intelligence agencies to spy on suspects. As part of the Investigatory Powers Bill, children'...

Apple Kicks Out some Malicious Ad-Blocker Apps from its Online Store

Apple has removed several apps from its official iOS App Store that have the ability to compromise encrypted connections between the servers and the end-users. Apple has officially said: We have removed a "few" apps from the iOS App Store that could install root certificates and allow monitoring...

THN Weekly Roundup — 11 Most Important Hacking News Stories

We are back with our last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges, just in case you missed any of them ICYMI. THN Weekly Round Up is The Hacker News efforts to help you provide all important stories of last week in one shot. We recommend you read the full story just click ‘Read More’...

Microsoft Responds To Windows 10 Spying Concerns, But It will Still Collect Your Data

After a number of controversial data mining features and privacy invasions within Microsoft's newest operating system, Microsoft finally broke the ice, almost two months since the launch of Windows 10. Microsoft has finally responded to the growing privacy concerns around its new operating system...

My Government Doesn't Understand How Encryption and Cyber Security Work

Almost every day or every second day, When I come across various announcements in Newspaper, TV News Channels, and Press releases that... ...Indian Government and related Policy-making organizations are going to set up their so-called "CyberSecurity Task Forces" or drafted a "National Cyber...

IOT Security Pits Regulators Against Market

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Listening to today’s privacy panel at the Security of Things Forum, you might have thought you were beamed back to the early 2000s: government people hinting that legislation might be the ultimate solution for security and privacy concerns when it comes to embedded computers an...

White House Support for CISA Worries Privacy Advocates

While Congress is enjoying its annual summer recess, privacy advocates are worried that the White House’s recent endorsement of the controversial CISA bill–which has been criticized by DHS officials, among others–will push the information-sharing bill over the goal line. The Cybersecurity...

Windows 10 Remotely Disables Pirated Games and illegal Hardware

If you are one of those 70 Million users who have upgraded their systems to the newest Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft could be scanning your PC for pirated games and unauthorized hardware. Almost three weeks have passed after the worldwide launch of Windows 10, Millions of users have...

DHS Raises Privacy Concerns With Senate Cyber Threat Sharing Bill

A major information-sharing bill that’s in the Senate right now would allow private organizations to share threat data with any government agency, something that the Department of Homeland Security says could have severe privacy implications and cause confusion and inefficiencies inside the feder...

Google Glass 2.0 Coming Soon, says Italian Luxottica Eyewear Company

The details of the next version of Google Glass has been revealed - the search engine giant is planning to launch Google Glass 2.0 soon. Massimo Vian, the chief executive officer of Italian eyewear company Luxottica, said his company is working with Google engineers on not just one, but two new...