Warning: Your WhatsApp May Be Hacked and There’s Nothing You Can Do – E Hacking News
If one is not careful, things might get really unpleasant for WhatsApp users. A new vulnerability has been discovered that could enable a...
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Unearthing the ‘Attackability’ of Vulnerabilities that Attract Hackers
Vulnerability management is largely about patch management: finding, triaging and patching the most critical vulnerabilities in your environment. Each aspect of this process presents...
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Cost of Sandboxing Prompts Shift to Memory-Safe Languages. A Little Too Late?
NEWS ANALYSIS: Google’s decision to promote Rust for low-level Android programming is another sign that the shelf-life for memory corruption mitigations are no match...
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Report: Supplier Impersonation Attacks a Major Risk
Threat actors are leveraging the supply chain to deliver various types of threats to organizations, and few of them are spared from such attacks,...
Facebook Says Hackers ‘Scraped’ Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
Facebook said Tuesday that hackers “scraped” personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help...
US lawmakers Press Online Ad Auctioneers Over User Data
A bipartisan group of US senators on Friday sent letters to major digital ad exchanges, including Google and Twitter, asking whether user data was...
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SecureDrop Workstation Gets Post-Audit Security Refresh
The open-source SecureDrop Workstation has undergone a security makeover after a third-party security audit flagged multiple problems, including a high-risk bug that could allow...
Telemetry Data is Being Shared by Google and Apple Despite the user Explicitly Opting out – E Hacking News
A new study revealing Apple and Google’s monitoring of mobile devices is making headlines. It discusses how, despite the fact that both companies...
Websites of EU Mobile Providers Fail to Properly Secure User Data: Report
Sensitive data pertaining to the customers of top mobile services providers in the European Union is at risk of compromise due to improperly secured...
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Dutch Data Protection Authority Fines Booking.com Over Incident Notification
The Dutch Data Protection Authority announced on Wednesday that it has issued a fine of €475,000 (roughly $550,000) to online travel agency Booking.com for...