Category : Security

Possibility of Samsung cloud security hole results in South Korean celebrity extortion (report)

Possibility of Samsung cloud security hole results in South Korean celebrity extortion (report)

Several A-list celebrities in South Korea have been extorted for hundreds of thousands of dollars.The cause could be a Samsung Galaxy phone or an unid...

Please patch Firefox now to fix this zero-day security flaw

Please patch Firefox now to fix this zero-day security flaw

If you're using Mozilla Firefox, stop what you're doing and check to see if you have version 72.0.1 of this popular web browser, or 68.4.1 if you're u...

"Obama's phone is preloaded with malware

"Obama's phone is preloaded with malware

Malware is pre-installed on inexpensive Android phones that the federal government subsidizes for low-income Americans, cybersecurity firm Malwarebyte...

A "cable infestation" flaw could hack Hundreds of millions of cable modems

A "cable infestation" flaw could hack Hundreds of millions of cable modems

Updated on January 13 to add the cable modem model in which the vulnerability was discovered and to add comments from Broadcom. This article was origi...

Adware Riddled Apps hit 550,000 Android Devices: Remove These Now

Adware Riddled Apps hit 550,000 Android Devices: Remove These Now

[Yesterday (January 14), Bitdefender researchers reported that more than a dozen stealth Android apps are using all sorts of clever tricks to trick Go...

android?free scareware? The app catches charging users up to week70 a week after a free trial

android?free scareware? The app catches charging users up to week70 a week after a free trial

"Serious financial pain awaits you in your future." This is probably the most appropriate prediction for a fortune-telling app for Android phones, whi...

Epic fail: Critical Windows10 Security Update installation fails

Epic fail: Critical Windows10 Security Update installation fails

When the NSA warns you that you should update your Windows, you should heed the warning. However, a critical update to Windows 10 is failing to instal...

It took 4 days to file an Equifax data breach claim: Here's how:

It took 4 days to file an Equifax data breach claim: Here's how:

As of today (January 18), you have exactly four days to file a claim for compensation if your personal information was compromised in the massive Equi...