Do you use DoorDash frequently to order your food online?If yes, you are highly recommended to change your account password right now immediately.DoorDash—the popular on-demand food-delivery service—today confirmed a massive data breach that affects almost 5 million people using its platform, including its customers, delivery workers, and merchants as well.DoorDash is a San … [Read more...] about DoorDash Breach Exposes 4.9 Million Users’ Personal Data
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1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp
A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices.Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the hacking group behind this campaign sent tailored malicious web links to its targets over … [Read more...] about 1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp
Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password
If you have an online account with Foxit Software, you need to reset your account password immediately—as an unknown attacker has compromised your personal data and log-in credentials.Foxit Software, a company known for its popular lightweight Foxit PDF Reader and PhantomPDF applications being used by over 525 million users, today announced a data breach exposing the personal … [Read more...] about Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password
Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users’ Data
In the wake of data abuse scandals and several instances of malware app being discovered on the Play Store, Google today expanded its bug bounty program to beef up the security of Android apps and Chrome extensions distributed through its platform.The expansion in Google's vulnerability reward program majorly includes two main announcements.First, a new program, dubbed … [Read more...] about Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users’ Data
WARNING — Malware Found in CamScanner Android App With 100+ Million Users
Beware! Attackers can remotely hijack your Android device and steal data stored on it, if you are using free version of CamScanner, a highly-popular Phone PDF creator app with more than 100 million downloads on Google Play Store.So, to be safe, just uninstall the CamScanner app from your Android device now, as Google has already removed the app from its official Play … [Read more...] about WARNING — Malware Found in CamScanner Android App With 100+ Million Users
Viral FaceApp Unnecessarily Requests Access to Users’ Facebook Friends List
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
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
A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and includes rarely seen functionalities with regards to most Linux malware, The Hacker News learned.It's a known fact that there are a very few strains of Linux malware exist in the wild as compared to Windows viruses … [Read more...] about A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users
‘Legit Apps Turned into Spyware’ Targeting Android Users in Middle East
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about an ongoing Android malware campaign that has been active since 2016 and was first publicly reported in August 2018.Dubbed "ViceLeaker" by researchers at Kaspersky, the campaign has recently been found targeting Israeli citizens and some other middle eastern countries with a powerful surveillance malware designed to steal almost all … [Read more...] about ‘Legit Apps Turned into Spyware’ Targeting Android Users in Middle East
Important Flaw in Outlook App for Android Affects Over 100 Millions Users
Update (22 July 2019) — More technical details and proof-of-concept for the OutLook for Android vulnerability has been released that we have covered in a separate article here.Microsoft today released an updated version of its "Outlook for Android" that patches an important security vulnerability in the popular email app that is currently being used over 100 million … [Read more...] about Important Flaw in Outlook App for Android Affects Over 100 Millions Users