According to Google, Google is a âpartially dangerousâ website because some pages on google.com contain deceptive content. According to Googleâs online transparency report, Googleâs main search engine is a âpartially dangerousâ website. The company has advised that people should exercise caution when using it. The search engine could attempt to steal the personal information of […]
Security researchers at the MIT designed an Artificial Intelligence system called AI2 that is able to detect 85 percent of attacks. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase it is becoming even more difficult to detect and mitigate them in order to avoid serious consequences. A group of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science […]
Incredible, secret plans for NATO exercise Joint Warrior 161 were accidentally sent to Scottish fishermen and ferry operators emails. During the First World War, allied forces were able to read a lot of German radio traffic because of codebooks falling into allied hands. Eerily reminiscent of those days, NATO forces recently ran into a similar scenario, […]
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a drone hits a British Airways plane while landing at the Heathrow Airport, and the number of incidents is increasing The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a drone hits a British Airways plane while landing at the Heathrow Airport. The news is disconcerting and highlights the dangers related to the use […]
Two security researchers from Cornell Tech discovered that web URL shorteners operate in predictable way exposing sensitive data. The security researchers Vitaly Shmatikov and Martin Georgiev from Cornell Tech discovered that web URL shorteners operate in predictable way, and this could result in the disclosure of sensitive information. The duo analyzed the most popular URL shorteners, […]
Apple abandons the support for the Windows version of quicktime, everyone should follow Appleâs guidance to uninstall it to avoid attacks. It is official, Apple will no longer provide security updates for the Windows version of the popular QuickTime. It is important to uninstall the product that remains vulnerable to cyber attacks, recently experts discovered […]
A report published by the VICE News confirmed that the Canadian law enforcement obtained the BlackBerry encryption Key under the investigation Op Clemenza. BlackBerry is probably the first mobile vendor that implemented end-to-end encryption to protect communications of its users. Now an embarrassing report published by Vice News revealed that BlackBerry has shared a master Key to […]
VMware issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in the VMware Client Integration Plugin, apply it as soon as possible. VMware issued a Security Advisory related to a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2016-2076) in the VMware Client Integration Plugin urging administrators to urgently apply the needed patch. The flaw could be exploited by attackers to […]
CISCO has recently issued a security update to fix a high-risk security vulnerability affecting the UCS software and exploitable with a simple HTTP poke. Cisco has recently patched a “high” risk security vulnerability (CVE-2016-1352) affecting its Unified Computing System (UCS) Central Software that could allow a remote attacker to gain remote control of the machines. […]
During the Q&A session at Kenyon College last week, the FBI Director explained that he uses tape to mitigate the danger of cyber espionage. Privacy and security are top priorities for some security experts that are aware of threat actors’ capabilities, so I’m not surprised that the FBI Director James Comey uses to cover his laptop webcam […]