Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new supply chain attack compromising the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. Dubbed "Operation NightScout" by Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, the highly-targeted surveillance campaign involved distributing three different malware families via tailored malicious updates to selected victims based in … [Read more...] about A New Software Supply‑Chain Attack Targeted Millions With Spyware
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Amnesia:33 — Critical TCP/IP Flaws Affect Millions of IoT Devices
Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a dozen new flaws in multiple widely-used embedded TCP/IP stacks impacting millions of devices ranging from networking equipment and medical devices to industrial control systems that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. Collectively called "AMNESIA:33" by Forescout researchers, it is a set of 33 … [Read more...] about Amnesia:33 — Critical TCP/IP Flaws Affect Millions of IoT Devices
Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people.Extortion by email is growing significantly, with a large number of users recently complaining about receiving sextortion … [Read more...] about Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
New Flaws in Qualcomm Chips Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hacking
A series of critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that could allow hackers to compromise Android devices remotely just by sending malicious packets over-the-air with no user interaction.Discovered by security researchers from Tencent's Blade team, the vulnerabilities, collectively known as QualPwn, reside in the WLAN and modem firmware of Qualcomm … [Read more...] about New Flaws in Qualcomm Chips Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hacking
Important Flaw in Outlook App for Android Affects Over 100 Millions Users
Update (22 July 2019) — More technical details and proof-of-concept for the OutLook for Android vulnerability has been released that we have covered in a separate article here.Microsoft today released an updated version of its "Outlook for Android" that patches an important security vulnerability in the popular email app that is currently being used over 100 million … [Read more...] about Important Flaw in Outlook App for Android Affects Over 100 Millions Users
Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of its Instagram users as well.Now it appears that the incident is far worse than first reported. Facebook today quietly updated its March press release, adding that the actual number of … [Read more...] about Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext