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Fake Security Apps on Google Play Store
Hi Guys, A new set of malicious apps have bypassed Google security measures and have been available for download on the Google Play Store. This time, these apps are posing as security scanner apps. Who could be affected?Anyone who uses the Google Play Store could...
ALERT: Android Malware Found Embedded In APKPure Store Application
Hi Guys, Do you use the popular third-party Android app store called APKPure? Security researchers from Kaspersky and Dr. Web have found malware embedded within the official APKPure application, which once installed flood user devices with adverts. The malware can...
Is it fishing or phishing?
Is it fishing or phishing? Have you ever been told to watch out for phishing emails? No, it doesn’t mean a trout is about to fly out of your screen and attach to you like a face hugger from Alien. It is in fact something quite different but equally as scary. We are...
ALERT: Data Stolen from 500 Million LinkedIn Users Leaked Online
Hi Guys, Just days after the Facebook data leak was revealed, security experts have now discovered a huge pile of data containing the personal information of over 500 million LinkedIn users for sale on a popular hacking forum. The hackers who are selling the...
ALERT: WhatsApp-based Malware Posing As Netflix
Hi Guys, We have just been made aware of another version of wormable malware currently spreading through WhatsApp. Once infected, the malware spreads via the victim’s WhatsApp by automatically replying to any received WhatsApp message notification with a link to...
ALERT: 530 Million Facebook Accounts Leaked: Check if You Are Exposed
Hi Guys I hope you are well. Facebook - 509,458,528 breached accounts In April 2021, a large data set of over 500 million Facebook users was made freely available for download. Encompassing approximately 20% of Facebook's subscribers, the data was allegedly obtained...
The Worst Passcodes To Use On Your Phone
Hi Guys, The following is a list of the most easily guessed passcodes. This list was originally published by security expert Tarah Wheeler in 2019. At the time approximately 30% of all smartphones could be accessed with one of these twenty passcodes. If you are using...
Spyware: The software That Spies
Hi Guys, Is malware spyware? Is spyware malware? Is spyware… spyware? All great questions. Well most of them anyway.Chances are you’ve probably heard of malware and spyware. They don’t have the same name so you assumed they were different things altogether. Well it...
ALERT: Fake ‘System Update’ App Targets Android Users
Hi Guys, Here is a great article by Lucas Ropek from Gizmodo about a new strain of highly sophisticated Android malware that gives a remote attacker FULL access to the target device including all data. This is some serious spying...
ALERT: 1,834,006 Accounts Breached At Oxfam
Hi Guys I hope you are well. Oxfam - 1,834,006 breached accounts In January 2021, Oxfam Australia was the victim of a data breach which exposed 1.8M unique email addresses of supporters of the charity. The data was put up for sale on a popular hacking forum and also...