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Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel disclose security breaches

Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel have disclosed security breaches that they have suffered back in 2016 and 2018.…

6 years ago

Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten targets journalists, political and human rights activists

Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten has been targeting journalists, political and human rights activists in a new campaign. Researchers from…

6 years ago

Hacking Wi-Fi networks by exploiting a flaw in Philips Smart Light Bulbs

Check Point experts discovered a high-severity flaw in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited to gain entry into a…

6 years ago

Google mistakenly shared private videos of some users with others in 2019

Google has accidentally shared private videos of some users that were stored on its servers with other, the tech giant…

6 years ago

Facebook fixed a WhatsApp bug that allowed hackers to access local file system

Facebook addressed a critical issue in WhatsApp that would have allowed attackers to read files from a user's local file…

6 years ago

Hackers abused Twitter API to match usernames to phone numbers

Twitter discloses a security incident involving third-parties that exploited its official API to match phone numbers with Twitter usernames. On December 24,…

6 years ago

NCA arrested six men in UK over Malta Bank Cyber-Heist

Last week NCA arrested six individuals in the United Kingdom because they are suspected to be involved in a Malta…

6 years ago

Sudo CVE-2019-18634 flaw allows Non-Privileged Linux and macOS Users run commands as Root

Apple researcher discovered an important vulnerability (CVE-2019-18634) in 'sudo' utility that allows non-privileged Linux and macOS users to run commands…

6 years ago

Ransomware brought down services of popular TV search engine TVEyes

TVEyes was brought down after its core server and engineering workstations were infected with a ransomware attack, company CEO confirmed.…

6 years ago

Apollon Darknet market is allegedly pulling an exit scam

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors' accounts. The…

6 years ago

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