December 17, 2021 Firefox's list of the most popular and innovative add-on browser extensions of 2021 was dominated by ad blockers, a clear sign that users value their privacy without being tracked. To determine which add-ons are most more...
December 17, 2021 Tech companies such as Cisco Systems, IBM, VMware, and Splunk are still struggling to install patches that fix the Log4j vulnerability, which was recently discovered by researchers and exploited by attackers. The Log4j flaw has more...
December 17, 2021 Facebook uncovered six private surveillance companies for criminal activity targeting some 50,000 people on its platforms. The criminal actions as revealed by Facebook in its reports included various abuses, including hacking attacks. Facebook or Meta more...
December 17, 2021 BitDefender recently discovered the first ransomware family installed directly through Log4Shell exploits. In their statement, the researchers pointed out that the exploit downloads a Java class, which is loaded and executed by the Log4j application. more...
December 15, 2021 Romanian law enforcement authorities have arrested a 41-year-old Romanian ransomware affiliate. While the ransomware gang for which he works remains unknown, the attacker is suspected of being behind some illegal operations such as hacking and more...
December 15, 2021 It is now very possible for hackers to gain root access to Ubuntu systems by exploiting a double-free memory corruption bug in GNOME's AccountsService component. The bug, which was tracked as CVE-2021-3939, was discovered accidentally more...
December 15, 2021 Dashlane recently unveiled its annual list of 2021's Worst Password Offenders. Platforms that made the list include SolarWinds, COMB, Verkada, RockYou2021, Facebook, Ticketmaster, Go Daddy/WordPress, ActMobile Networks, DailyQuiz.me, New York City Law Department. Upon careful more...
December 15, 2021 In Microsoft's December issue of Patch Tuesday, the tech giant released 67 security fixes for software problems. These problems include issues in software include Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, privilege escalation security flaws, spoofing bugs, more...
December 15, 2021 Hackers are taking every opportunity to compromise a vulnerability discovered in Log4j, a java programming language used by millions of computers to run online services. According to security firm Check Point, 100 new hacker attempts more...
December 14, 2021 The Log4j vulnerability, discovered in a widely used software library, is currently causing a stir, as security researchers rush to close any gap while cyber criminals rush to exploit the vulnerability. Security researchers fear that more...
