NEWS & PRIVACY TIPS

Hi Guys, Researchers from Checkpoint research have discovered a piece of cryptocurrency-mining malware disguised as legitimate-looking applications, such as Google Translate, available on free software download sites and through Google searches. This malware has been...

Hi Guys, I hope you are well. START - 7,455,386 breached accountsIn August 2022, news broke of an attack against the Russian streaming service "START". The incident led to the exposure of 44M records containing 7.4M unique email addresses. The impacted data also...

Hey Guys, Most people do not know this, but when you turn off your wifi, it is not entirely switched off, and while you think it is off, it is still accessible by your phone's operating system and any apps installed on it. This represents a privacy concern, given that...

Hi Guys, Mozilla, the people behind the Firefox web browser, has just released version 104. While there are no zero-day exploits patched in this one, several other minor fixes will enhance your security. It is worth updating. In the menu bar, open the Firefox...

Hi Guys, The company behind the LastPass password manager was hacked into last week, and the hackers took a massive chunk of their source code, including blueprints for the LastPass application itself. In a statement, the CEO of LastPass said: "We have determined that...

Hi Guys, Here is another one straight out of a James Bond movie. Israeli researcher Mordechai Guri has discovered a new method to steal data from a network using the LED indicators on network cards. He calls the technique 'ETHERLED,' and it turns the blinking lights...

Hi Guys, If you download copies of pirated software or music, please be extra careful. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple ongoing malware distribution campaigns that target you by embedding Redstealer malware into the downloads. RedLine Stealer is...

Hi Guys, A free VPN service aimed mainly at Asian users has been found guilty of exposing over 5.7 billion data entries. The staggering amount of users' personal information that was sitting on the Internet for anyone to discover includes the following: User IDsSource...

Hi Guys, Brace yourself; this is a big one. The Irish Council of Civil Liberties, in conjunction with privacy advocates in the US, has launched a class action lawsuit against Oracle over claims that the tech giant is unduly tracking and monitoring people. The suit,...

Hi Guys, I hope you are well. Banorte - 2,107,000 breached accountsIn August 2022, millions of records from South American bank Banorte were publicly dumped on a popular hacking forum including 2.1M unique email addresses, physical addresses, names, phone numbers, RFC...