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530,000 Zoom Accounts Were Hacked, and the Logins Are Now Sold on the Dark Web
There is a fair chance that you are one of the millions of people who are forced to work and study from home because of the current global pandemic. If you are, then you are likely familiar with a video conferencing... Read more
600 Domain Names Are Suspended in UK Alone to Dismantle Coronavirus Scam Sites
We're in this together. It does sound like a cliched motivational speech, but it's true. The world has been swept over by a pandemic, and everybody must do what they can to beat the nasty coronavirus into submission.... Read more
Zoom Quickly Responded to Security Ails: Passwords Are Set, and Waiting Rooms Are Enabled Automatically
Businesses all over the world are trying to keep their operations going despite the current coronavirus pandemic, and they face many different challenges. One of them is keeping in touch with employees while everyone... Read more
Zoom Doesn't Support End-To-End Encryption During Online Meetings
On Tuesday, UK's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, posted a tweet with which he showed his followers how his cabinet is working during the crisis caused by the novel coronavirus. The photo showed an online meeting... Read more
Coronavirus Forces People Around the World to Work From Home: How to Do It Safely
Whatever plans you’ve had for this spring; they must’ve been scrapped by COVID-19. The world is scrambling to slow down and eventually stop the pandemic, and the direct result of that effort for many is working... Read more
Netflix Users Can't Get Support Because of Coronavirus Shutdowns
To stop the spread of the new coronavirus, companies the world over sent their employees home and urged them to avoid social interaction. Thousands of people are still not sure how they're going to cope with this,... Read more
Researchers Found Fleeceware in 32 iOS Apps Installed by 3.5 Million Users
Information security terminology is an absolute nightmare. As things stand, there are far too many terms floating around, and the definitions are often quite fuzzy. Despite this, the infosec lingo expands further,... Read more
A Shocking Key Ring App Data Leak Has Exposed 14 Million Users
If you still think that serious data leaks are not that common, we have a story that might just be about to change your mind. In January, a team of researchers led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar found a poorly configured... Read more
Don't Step on the Rake of This WhatsApp Scam
One of the defining characteristics of the times we live in is the speed with which information is spread around. Never before have people been able to share news, alerts, and opinions as quickly as we do it now, and... Read more
42 Million Telegram User Records Were Posted on an Underground Forum
Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for information to be exposed without any signs of a data breach. Over the years, we've seen countless incidents where databases are connected to the internet, and the information in... Read more
Firefox Is Determined to Password-Protect All Your Passwords. Can You Trust It?
Mozilla seems to have a pretty clear strategy when it comes to Firefox's development. Over the last few years, the browser went through a couple of major changes, which brought a more contemporary interface and plenty... Read more
Hackers Attack a Medical Center Responsible for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
While honest, hard-working people are asked to stay at home in order to prevent the spread of the terrible COVID-19 virus, the hackers are as busy as ever. If anything, the coronavirus outbreak has opened new... Read more
The Coronavirus Makes Zoom More and More Popular as Privacy and Security Problems Continue to Emerge
The developers of video conferencing application Zoom can't catch a break, and this is hardly surprising. With millions of workers stuck at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to find ways of organizing... Read more
Bugs in 12,700 Popular Android Applications Expose Hardcoded Passwords, Hidden Menus, and Security Backdoors, New Study Finds
Without mobile applications, your smart device is nothing more than an expensive feature phone with a big touchscreen display and a terrible battery life. We use mobile apps for all sorts of purposes, and we keep... Read more
An iOS 13.4 VPN Bug May Lead to Data Leaks
VPN providers receive their fair share of criticism. People blame some of them for misusing the trust users grant them and for not protecting their privacy as well as they should. Sometimes, the allegations are... Read more
A Newly Discovered LTE Vulnerability Makes It Possible to Impersonate Mobile Devices and Their Owners
Onе of the key roles of IT security specialists and researchers nowadays is not only to develop countermeasures to existing threats and attacks but to discover weaknesses in essential IT systems and to take measures... Read more
Home and Small-Office Routers Redirect Users to Phishing Websites That Exploit COVID-19
Many people in the 199 countries that are hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are staying at home and are trying to make the most out of what is a woeful situation. Whether they're working or doing something else, a large... Read more
Beware of Hackers Who Are Trying to Hijack Food Deliveries During the Coronavirus Quarantine
There should be little doubt in anyone's mind that stopping the current coronavirus outbreak as quickly as possible is extremely important. Because of it, governments all over the world have set up a wide range of... Read more
