Items tagged with security
Android users are currently at risk of a scarily advanced malware that reportedly uses Meta's advertising platforms (like Facebook and Instagram) to hunt for users' PINs, messages, and other sensitive data. The malware which has been...
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Apple device owners that also use WhatsApp have cause for concern. The instant messaging app is affected by zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited in the wild.
MacBook, iPhones, and other Apple products are...
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Updated: 9/1/2025 - 4:58PM ET
Google reached out to HotHardware to make our team aware that reports of a Gmail security threat were false, though several reputable news outlets were reporting otherwise. It is difficult to determine where...
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We are not expecting a decline in the number of data breaches and ransomware campaigns anytime soon. At least not at a time when AI is becoming an enabler for the malicious activities of black hat hackers. We’ve published a lot of reports...
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From the onset of the AI race, many have expressed fear about the potential abuse of AI, and many instances have proved that this fear is well-founded. A few months ago, a report revealed how hackers crack passwords with AI. Recently, the...
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Google’s Android operating system has historically offered a more open approach compared to Apple’s iOS, giving users more freedom when it comes to customization and apps. However, the company has laid out some new policy changes coming to...
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The cruelty of black hat hackers seems to know no bounds as they operate with complete disregard for ethical considerations. Just a few days ago, we reported on a vicious ransomware attack on a kidney dialysis organization, and prior to...
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Windows 10's imminent sunset on October 14th has been the subject of much ink lately. Windows 11 is a free upgrade, but some users wish to stick with the older version due to device or app incompatibility, fear of a botched upgrade, or...
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As was shown in a recent report about a vicious cyber attack that targeted kidney failure patients, cyber criminals show no mercy. Now a new report from Microsoft has revealed a growing deployment of ClickFix social engineering tactics by...
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Black hat hackers are often greedy, and their desperation to amass ill-gotten wealth can drive them to do virtually anything. This was evident in a recent data breach, which exposed the sensitive information of over 2.7 million patients at...
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Update, 8/23/25, 1:45 PM ET: The company that makes the Flipper Zero has released a blog post in response to recent stories regarding stolen vehicles. The blog post states that, "the so-called hacker firmwares for Flipper Zero don’t add anything new — they just reuse techniques documented...
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Apple just released a series of OS updates for iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks to address some serious security issues. If you check the update page on any of your Apple devices, you can expect to see a pending updates for iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS...
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The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has recently sounded an alarm regarding a group of notorious Russian hackers who target network devices in the United States and other countries.
Cisco indicated in its advisory that "Only...
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A few weeks ago, Microsoft released its usual monthly patch update on Tuesday, fixing 100 security flaws and a vulnerability already exploited in the wild. However, there have been widespread complaints about the update breaking some...
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This month's edition of Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes hundreds of security flaws, including 13 critical flaws and a zero-day vulnerability. It also contains security updates to vulnerabilities initially patched in July's Patch...
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Everyone's favorite file archiving utility isn't often in the news, but today is an exception. The WinRAR archiving utility has been the target of a couple of large-scale attacks that leverage a 0-day security vulnerability.
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NVIDIA is emphatically putting to rest the notion that it supports any industry push to equip its AI chips with backdoors or remote kill switches. In a new blog post titled "No Backdoors. No Kill Switches. No Spyware.," the chip designer...
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If any AI company were to face allegations of using deceptive web crawling tactics to access website content, few would have expected Perplexity. With its $150 million annual recurring revenue, one would expect that it has the financial...
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Within the last month, the Cloudflare Email Security team has observed and tracked some sophisticated cyberattacks in which malicious actors mask phishing links by exploiting link wrapping features on email services.
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Meta must be feeling very confident about the security of its WhatsApp messaging application. The company is co-sponsoring this year's Pwn2Own competition (from ZDI, the Zero Day Initiative group) with a cool combined $2 million in prizes. If you're clever enough, you can earn $1 million with...
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Yesterday, Apple released iOS 18.6, which includes several security patches that will only benefit users who actually update their iPhones, iPads, and iPods. One vital issue fixed in this update is an accessibility flaw that could allow a...
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Allianz Life, an insurance company based in the U.S. has disclosed that a large-scale attack on its security infrastructure has resulted in a data breach that impacted about 1.4 million customers.
The company stated that malicious...
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