FaceApp—the AI-powered photo-morphing app that recently gone viral for its age filter but hit the headlines for its controversial privacy policy—has been found collecting the list of your Facebook friends for no reason.The Russian-made FaceApp has been around since the spring of 2017 but taken social media by storm over the course of the past few weeks as millions of people … [Read more...] about Viral FaceApp Unnecessarily Requests Access to Users’ Facebook Friends List
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Judge Rules No Jail Time for WannaCry ‘Killer’ Marcus Hutchins, a.k.a. MalwareTech
Marcus Hutchins, better known as MalwareTech, has been sentenced to "time served" and one year of supervised release for developing and selling the Kronos banking malware.Yes, Hutchins will not go to prison, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller ruled today in Milwaukee County Court, after describing his good work as "too many positives on the other side of the … [Read more...] about Judge Rules No Jail Time for WannaCry ‘Killer’ Marcus Hutchins, a.k.a. MalwareTech
Just Opening A Document in LibreOffice Can Hack Your Computer (Unpatched)
Are you using LibreOffice?You should be extra careful about what document files you open using the LibreOffice software over the next few days.That's because LibreOffice contains a severe unpatched code execution vulnerability that could sneak malware into your system as soon as you open a maliciously-crafted document file.LibreOffice is one of the most popular and open source … [Read more...] about Just Opening A Document in LibreOffice Can Hack Your Computer (Unpatched)
Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges
An Irish national has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators who helped run now-defunct dark web marketplace "Silk Road."Gary Davis, 31, of Wicklow, Ireland, was known as 'Libertas' on the Silk Road website, then-largest underground black marketplace on the Internet used by thousands of people to buy and sell drugs … [Read more...] about Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges
New Android Spyware Created by Russian Defense Contractor Found in the Wild
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new piece of mobile surveillance malware believed to be developed by a Russian defense contractor that has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Dubbed Monokle, the mobile remote-access trojan has been actively targeting Android phones since at least March 2016 and is primarily being used in highly … [Read more...] about New Android Spyware Created by Russian Defense Contractor Found in the Wild
Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets
A former Siemens contractor has pledged guilty in federal court Friday to secretly planting code in automated spreadsheets he had created for the company over a decade ago that deliberately crashes the program every few years.David Tinley, a 62-year-old resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, was hired by Siemens as a contract employee for Monroeville, Pennsylvania location, … [Read more...] about Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets
Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that's almost half the country.According to an official announcement by the U.S. Federal Trade … [Read more...] about Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement
Kazakhstan Begins Intercepting HTTPS Internet Traffic Of All Citizens Forcefully
If you are in Kazakhstan and unable to access the Internet service without installing a certificate, you're not alone.The Kazakhstan government has once again issued an advisory to all major local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) asking them to make it mandatory for all their customers to install government-issued root certificates on their devices in order to regain access to … [Read more...] about Kazakhstan Begins Intercepting HTTPS Internet Traffic Of All Citizens Forcefully
Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn’t Changed It Since 2015 Breach
If you use Slack, a popular cloud-based team collaboration server, and recently received an email from the company about a security incident, don't panic and read this article before taking any action.Slack has been sending a "password reset" notification email to all those users who had not yet changed passwords for their Slack accounts since 2015 when the company suffered a … [Read more...] about Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn’t Changed It Since 2015 Breach
Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers
Eastern European country Bulgaria has suffered the biggest data breach in its history that compromised personal and financial information of 5 million adult citizens out of its total population of 7 million people.According to multiple sources in local Bulgarian media, an unknown hacker earlier this week emailed them download links to 11GB of stolen data which included … [Read more...] about Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers