These iOS apps have been secretly recording your screen activities

By Waqas Apple has vowed to remove iOS apps that record screen data. User data recording has become an issue of concern among the cyber-security community as the data is used to launch a variety of scams, identify customer demographics, and targeted marketing gimmicks. Mobile phone manufacturers...

Latest iOS 12.1.4 Update Patches 2 Zero-Day and FaceTime Bugs

Apple has finally released iOS 12.1.4 software update to patch the terrible Group FaceTime privacy bug that could have allowed an Apple user to call you via the FaceTime video chat service and hear or see you before you even pick up the call without your knowledge. The Facetime bug CVE-2019-6223...

Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps

Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies...

Merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram: a technical, reputational hurdle

Secure messaging is supposed to be just that—secure. That means no backdoors, strong encryption, private messages staying private, and, for some users, the ability to securely communicate without giving up tons of personal data. So, when news broke that scandal-ridden, online privacy pariah...

Opera Privacy Statement Update 2019

Privacy Opera Privacy Statement Update 2019 Share February 7th, 2019 This is an outdated article. Please read Opera Privacy Statement Update 2022 instead. We have recently updated our end-user license agreements and our terms of service have been updated as well. We are also about to update our...

Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products, including the recently discovered FaceTime vulnerability. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration...

Multiple vulnerabilities in the security extension of the Astra Linux operating system, which allow a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The multiple vulnerabilities of the Astra Linux operating system’s security extension are related to incorrect handling of names for privacy levels that consist of digits. Additionally, there is no functionality for mounting removable devices when working with non-zero privacy flags. Exploitation...

Rakuten Viber Android Secret Chats Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the “Secret Chats” functionality of Rakuten Viber on Android 9.3.0.6. The “Secret Chats” functionality allows a user to delete all traces of a chat either by using a time trigger or by direct request. There is a bug in this...

Get a Lifetime Subscription to Unlimited VPN for just $59.99 (5 Devices)

For all of the undeniable conveniences the Internet has brought us, it's becoming an increasingly dangerous place to be. Both individual hackers and entire government agencies are now able to hack into your computer or smartphone from across the globe and steal everything from your browsing histo...

Critical Zcash Bug Could Have Allowed 'Infinite Counterfeit' Cryptocurrency

The developers behind the privacy-minded Zcash cryptocurrency have recently discovered and patched a highly dangerous vulnerability in the most secretive way that could have allowed an attacker to coin an infinite number of Zcash ZEC. Yes, infinite… like a never-ending source of money. Launched i...

How to Delete Accidentally Sent Messages, Photos on Facebook Messenger

Ever sent a message on Facebook Messenger then immediately regretted it, or an embarrassing text to your boss in the heat of the moment at late night, or maybe accidentally sent messages or photos to a wrong group chat? Of course, you have. We have all been through drunk texts and embarrassing...

IoT Scale Flaws Enable Denial of Service, Privacy Issues

Here is an internet of things flaw that can tip the scales to a hacker’s advantage. Researchers have discovered a bevy of flaws in a consumer smart scale that could allow hackers to launch a variety of attacks, from man-in-the-middle to denial of service attacks. Checkmarx researchers reported th...

Google's New Tool Alerts When You Use Compromised Credentials On Any Site

With so many data breaches happening almost every week, it has become difficult for users to know if their credentials are already in possession of hackers or being circulated freely across the Internet. Thankfully, Google has a solution. Today, February 5, on Safer Internet Day, Google launches ...

Google's New Tool Alerts When You Use Compromised Credentials On Any Site

With so many data breaches happening almost every week, it has become difficult for users to know if their credentials are already in possession of hackers or being circulated freely across the Internet. Thankfully, Google has a solution. Today, February 5, on Safer Internet Day, Google launches ...

EU Recalls Children's Smartwatch That Leaks Location Data

UPDATE The European Commission has issued a recall for a popular smartwatch for children, citing “serious” privacy issues that could allow a bad actor to track or communicate with kids remotely. The issues exist in Safe-KID-One, an IoT watch made by German company Enox Group that allows parents t...

Marvell Avastar Wi-Fi Vulnerability

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on a vulnerability affecting Marvell Avastar wireless system on chip SoC models. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Exchange Server

Microsoft has released an advisory to address an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC, part of the Cybersecurity...

Facebook's New Privacy Hires

The Wired headline sums it up nicely -- "Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics": In December, Facebook hired Nathan White away from the digital rights nonprofit Access Now, and put him in the role of privacy policy manager. On Tuesday of this week, lawyers Nate Cardozo, of the...

A week in security (January 28 – February 3)

Last week, we ran another in our interview with a malware hunter series, explained a FaceTime vulnerability, and took a deep dive into a new stealer. We also threw some light on a Houzz data breach, and what exactly happened between Apple and Facebook. Other cybersecurity news Kwik Fit hit by...

World’s largest data dump surfaces on web with 2.2 billion accounts

By Waqas It hasn’t even been 15 days since details of the world’s biggest online private data dump were discovered by security researchers and now its second "installment" has posted online. As per the report from Heise.de, a German-language website, the first collection, which was published on...