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Major Vulnerabilities Found In Popular Parental Control App
Major Vulnerabilities Found In Popular Parental Control App
Kids Place, the parental control app of the Kiddowares company, was found to have vulnerabilities that put its 5 million-plus users at risk. The vulnerabilities were anything but minor — researchers at SEC Consult found that th...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 18, 2023
Philadelphia Inquirer’s Servers Offline Due to Cyberincident
Philadelphia Inquirer’s Servers Offline Due to Cyberincident
The Philidelphia Inquirer News Company had its systems knocked out, though it isn’t clear if it was a cyber attack yet. On Sunday morning, the newspaper was unable to print newspapers. However, officials at the paper quickly re...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 17, 2023
Former TikTok Executive Alleges The App Was A Propaganda Tool
Former TikTok Executive Alleges The App Was A Propaganda Tool
Yinato Yu, a former executive of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has come out recently and declared that TikTok is a propaganda tool used by the Chinese government. This comes as TikTok is being scrutinized by the US g...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 17, 2023
Google's Dark Web Monitoring Feature Now Available for All US Gmail Users
Google's Dark Web Monitoring Feature Now Available for All US Gmail Users
Google announced at its annual developer conference, Google I/O, that it would be extending its dark web monitoring service to all Gmail users in the US. Previously only available to paid subscribers of Google One, the dark web...
Kamso Oguejiofor by Kamso Oguejiofor Published on May 12, 2023
Bitdefender Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Anomaly Detection Feature For Mobile Devices
Bitdefender Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Anomaly Detection Feature For Mobile Devices
Bitdefender, the popular cybersecurity company, released a brand new feature for its mobile app — anomaly detection. This first-of-its-kind feature analyses the behavior of the apps on your phone to find malicious behavior that...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 12, 2023
New Free White Pheonix Ransomware Decrypter Released
New Free White Pheonix Ransomware Decrypter Released
A new ransomware decrypter dubbed, White Pheonix, was released to combat ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption while stealing data. Normally, when ransomware gets on your device, it encrypts all of your data and t...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 12, 2023
Western Digital Confirms Customer Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Western Digital Confirms Customer Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Western Digital, a digital storage company, has confirmed that an unauthorized third party breached its systems on March 26 and gained access to some of the company's systems. The company disconnected its systems and services in e...
Kamso Oguejiofor by Kamso Oguejiofor Published on May 10, 2023
US Busts Longstanding And Far-Reaching Russian Cyber Operation
US Busts Longstanding And Far-Reaching Russian Cyber Operation
The Snake implant, the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaign used by Center 16 of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), was finally defeated by the US government after a decade-long investigation. Snake is one of the...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 10, 2023
4 US Citizens Plead Guilty To Hacker-For-Hire Services
4 US Citizens Plead Guilty To Hacker-For-Hire Services
Four US citizens plead guilty after being arrested during the third sweep of an FBI investigation into online DDoS-for-hire hackers and threat actors. A Denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is when people attempt to overwhelm...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on May 10, 2023
Google Introduces Passkeys: A New Era of Secure and Convenient Login
Google Introduces Passkeys: A New Era of Secure and Convenient Login
Google has announced that it will roll out a new login feature for its billions of users, allowing them to log in using passkeys instead of traditional passwords. The feature is designed to improve security and reduce the risk of...
Kamso Oguejiofor by Kamso Oguejiofor Published on May 9, 2023