Latest iOS Found to Bypass VPN Connection for Some Services
The duo of security researchers called ‘Mysk’ report that their tests show that the latest stable version of iOS, 16.6, and the one before it, 16.5.1, …
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Comms Standard Used in Police and Army Radios Contains Backdoor
Dutch security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), including a backdoor that allows attackers …
New ‘HotRAT’ Malware Disables Antivirus of Software Pirates
A new variant of AsyncRAT named ‘HotRAT’ by cybersecurity analysts at Avast has been targeting internet users who download cracked and pirated …
Milliman Solutions Says Data of 1.2 Million Americans Stolen by Hackers
Milliman Solutions (Milliman) has reported to the authorities that it has suffered a data breach impacting 1,280,823 people in the United States. …
Any of 1M Sites Could Have Exposed Cleartext User Passwords
Updraft has released a security update for AIOS (All-In-One-Security), fixing a risky behavior on the plugin that caused it to log user passwords in …
AVrecon RAT Campaign Targeting Routers in the United States
Lumen Black Lotus Labs has discovered an AVrecon RAT (Remote Access Trojan) campaign that has been underway for at least two years, infecting small …
Razer Investigating Data Leak After Files Appear on Hacker Forum
The American gaming-focused consumer electronics maker Razer (RAZER) has responded to the rumors about a data breach, saying that it is investigating. …
Privacy-Focused Smartphone Fairphone 4 Enters the U.S. Market
The Murena Fairphone 4 has launched a “U.S. pilot” program to sell the repairable, sustainable, and privacy-enhanced smartphone in the …
FBI Seized the Database of a Social Media Anarchist Collective
Kolektiva.social, an anti-colonial anarchist collective that offers a social media platform for anarchists through Mastodon, has suffered a data …
German State Grants Tutanota €1.5M for Post-Quantum Secure Cloud
Tutanota has received a grant of €1,500,000 ($1,635,000) from the German government to develop a post-quantum secure cloud storage and file-sharing …
LockBit Ransomware Demands $70M Payment from CPU Giant TSMC
The LockBit ransomware gang has today announced TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) on its extortion site, demanding a ransom payment of …
LetMeSpy App Hacked, Sensitive Victim and User Data Leaked
Hackers breached the widely used Android phone monitoring app “LetMeSpy,” and leaked a file containing the sensitive data of people who …
Belgian Telecom Firm Accused of Collecting Data of Billions
A Belgian telecommunications company named ‘BICS,’ which cooperates with over 500 mobile operators in 200 countries worldwide, is accused of …
DuckDuckGo Browser Beta Now Available to All Windows Users
DuckDuckGo has finally made its privacy-focused web browser available to all Windows users, as the project has exited the closed beta stage. Although …
Free VPN App with 5 Million Downloads Acts as DDoS Botnet
A researcher claims that Swing VPN, an app downloaded 5 million times via the Google Play store alone, is a DDoS botnet that uses people’s devices to …