Another week, another massive data breach.In this case, Capital One was the target when an unknown individual gained access to the company’s servers.The breach was detected by an independent security researcher, who contacted Capital One on July 19th....
Recently, researchers from Boston University published a paper called “Tracking Anonymized Bluetooth Devices”. The paper detailed a flaw in the ubiquitous Bluetooth communication protocol that could expose device users to tracking and even leak their IDs....
Equifax is one of the three credit reporting firms in the US that suffered a massive data breach in 2017 that exposed the personal and financial state of literally half the country (more than 150 million people). As a result, Equifax was ordered to pay a hefty $700...
When it works, Android’s app permissions are awesome.They’re straightforward and easy to understand.When you install a new app on your phone, you’ll get a popup box that gives you a summary of what permissions the app says it needs. Then, you have...
Yet another new ransomware family has been found in the wild, discovered independently by researchers at two separate security firms, Anomail and Intezer. The new strain has been dubbed “QNPCrypt” by Intezer and eCh0raix” by Anomail and is written...
McAfee researchers have discovered a new version of the 16Shop phishing kit in use by hackers around the world. According to the latest research, there are now more than 200 URLs currently being used by hackers to collect login information from Amazon customers. The...
