If you ask parents and kids what their favorite days of the year are, many of the answers will be similar – but there’ll be one key difference. And that day comes to certain days of school… Kids’ favorite school day is typically the last day of the academic year: the onset of summer and freedom – what could be better? Hell, Alice Cooper even wrote a song about it. For parents, … [Read more...] about Tips for parents sending kids back to school
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Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China
Jul 08, 2023Swati KhandelwalMobile Security / Spyware Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China. Pradeo, a leading mobile security company, has … [Read more...] about Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China
New Unpatched Horde Webmail Bug Lets Hackers Take Over Server by Sending Email
A new unpatched security vulnerability has been disclosed in the open-source Horde Webmail client that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution on the email server simply by sending a specially crafted email to a victim. "Once the email is viewed, the attacker can silently take over the complete mail server without any further user interaction," SonarSource said in a … [Read more...] about New Unpatched Horde Webmail Bug Lets Hackers Take Over Server by Sending Email
How DMARC Can Stop Criminals Sending Fake Emails on Behalf of Your Domain
21st-century technology has allowed Cybercriminals to use sophisticated and undetectable methods for malicious activities. In 2020 alone, a survey revealed that 65% of US-based companies were vulnerable to email phishing and impersonation attacks. This calls for upgrading your organization's security with DMARC, which if not implemented, will enable cyber-attackers … [Read more...] about How DMARC Can Stop Criminals Sending Fake Emails on Behalf of Your Domain
Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people.Extortion by email is growing significantly, with a large number of users recently complaining about receiving sextortion … [Read more...] about Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
Apple Under Fire Over Sending Some Users Browsing Data to China’s Tencent
Do you know Apple is sending iOS web browsing data of some of its users to Chinese Internet company Tencent?I am sure many of you are not aware of this, neither was I, and believe me, none of us could expect this from a tech company that promotes itself as a champion of consumer privacy.Late last week, it was widely revealed that starting from at least iOS 12.2, Apple silently … [Read more...] about Apple Under Fire Over Sending Some Users Browsing Data to China’s Tencent
New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS.Dubbed "SimJacker," the vulnerability resides in a particular piece of software, called the S@T Browser (a dynamic SIM toolkit), embedded on … [Read more...] about New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS