privacy

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2020
US Army banned the popular TikTok app over China security concerns

The U.S. Army this week has banned the popular TikTok app from government mobile amid fear of China-linked cyberespionage. The US Army has banned the use of the popular TikTok app on mobile phones used by its personnel for security reasons. TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create and share […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2019
A flaw in Twitter App for Android could have been exploited to take over the account

A flaw in the Twitter app for Android could have been exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information or take over an account. Twitter has recently addressed a security vulnerability that affected the Android version of the app, it could have been exploited by hackers to access sensitive information of the users (direct messages, protected […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
FBI warns travelers against using untrusted and free WiFi networks

The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. Threat actors could leverage free WiFi networks to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019
Unsecured AWS bucket exposes over 750,000 birth certificate applications

A massive data leak made the headlines, over 750,000 birth certificate applications have been exposed online due to an unsecured AWS bucket. Penetration testing firm Fidus Information Security discovered over 752,000 birth certificate applications that have been exposed online due to an unsecured AWS bucket.  The huge trove of personal data has been exposed online by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2019
CVE-2019-14899 flaw allows hijacking VPN connections on Linux, Unix systems

Researchers discovered a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-14899 that can be exploited to hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel Researchers from the University of New Mexico have discovered a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-14899, that can be exploited by an attacker to determine if a user is connected to a VPN and hijack active TCP […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2019
Mozilla removed 4 Avast and AVG extensions for spying on Firefox users

Mozilla has removed four extensions from Avast and AVG from the Firefox site that are suspected to track user activity online. Four Avast and AVG Firefox extensions have been removed from Mozilla Addons Site over concerns of spying of users. “This add-on violates Mozilla’s add-on policy by collecting data without user disclosure or consent,” explained […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Belorussian authorities blocked ProtonMail following a wave of bomb threats

On Friday, Belorussian authorities have blocked access to the end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail after receiving a wave of bomb threats. On Friday, Belorussian authorities decided to block the access to ProtonMail after receiving a series of bomb threats. The threats were sent by an unknown attacker from a ProtonMail email address to private companies […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Facebook is secretly using iPhone’s camera as users scroll their feed

New problems for Facebook, it seems that the social networking giant is secretly using the camera while iPhone users are scrolling their feed. Is this another privacy issue for Facebook? The iPhone users Joshua Maddux speculates that Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you’re scrolling your feed. Maddux published footage […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2019
DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach

DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach that exposed customer information, but genetic information, health records are not affected. Veritas Genetics is a whole genome sequencing company that provides actionable insights for a healthier life and family, it offers whole-genome sequencing for $599. The company announced that it recently discovered authorized access to its customer-facing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
Facebook discloses a new leak that exposes group members’ data

Facebook disclosed a new security incident, the social network giant admitted that app developers may have accessed its group users’ data. Facebook disclosed another security incident, the company revealed that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed users’ data in certain Facebook groups. Let’s understand how it is possible. The company explained that before […]