security
New Internet Explorer Zero-day exploit can get you even if you use Chrome
by Surur
6 days
A security researcher has found a new vulnerability in how Internet Explorer 11 handles .MHT saved web pages which would allow hackers to steal files on your PC. Crucially because Internet Explorer is the default handler for .MH...
Report: Pre-installed Android apps are putting your privacy at risk
by Raka
3 weeks
A recent analysis conducted by the IMDEA Networks Institute along with Universidad Carlos II de Madrid, Stony Brooks University and ICSI revealed that pre-installed Android apps from major farms are putting your privacy and secur...
No-one is safe in Pwn2Own 2019 as Edge, Firefox, Safari and Tesla fall
by Surur
4 weeks
Pwn2Own 2019 is currently running and if there is one thing which the contest admirably demonstrate it is that there is no such thing as a completely secure system. In the last two days hackers, by simply visiting a specially craf...
Microsoft’s Bitlocker drive encryption picked once again
by Surur
4 weeks
Security researchers have found that they were able to beat Microsoft’s Bitlocker full drive encryption using a simple $30 Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The vulnerability is present when Bitlocker is used in its bas...
Slack announces Enterprise Key Management to add an additional layer of security
by Pradeep
1 month
Slack today announced the launch of Slack Enterprise Key Management (Slack EKM) for its enterprise customers. Slack EKM can be purchased as an add-on to Slack Enterprise Grid. This new security control gives enterprise customers c...
The latest Chrome addition makes it more difficult for websites to spy on you
by Surur
1 month
With a rich set of APIs websites are closer to applications than documents these days, which means they also have a wealth of ways of spying on you. One method which came to light a few years ago was analysing accelerometer data (...
A Facebook Messenger bug may have exposed who you were chatting with
1 month
Facebook’s got pretty bad luck with privacy — even in cases where it isn’t their fault. A new vulnerability has been discovered by security company Imperva which allowed hackers to see who users had been chatting...
You might soon be able to store your drivers license on your phone
1 month
Currently, we outsourced some of our wallets functions to our smartphone. Apple pay and Google Pay for example; both store boarding passes, loyalty cards and even our debit and credit cards. Soon, we may be able to store our dr...
Microsoft announces two new cloud-based security offerings to empower SecOps
by Pradeep
2 months
Microsoft today revealed two new cloud-based technologies that will help security operations teams at enterprise organizations by reducing the noise, false alarms, time consuming tasks and various complexities. The two new offerin...
Facebook’s security team tracks locations of ‘threatening’ users
2 months
Facebook’s security team is able to track users whom the firm deems a threat, according to a report by CNBC today. The firm employs this service to keep its offices safe, but there are ethical issues raised by this. On the o...