Have you noticed some Instagram accounts having different bios? How about profile pictures that have been changed to Disney characters? Many Instagram users are being locked out of their accounts due to a widespread hacking crusade, leaving them with altered profiles.Continue Reading…
LastPass — Your Password Manager
LastPass is a password manager and password generator that locks your passwords and personal information in a secure vault. LastPass autofills web browser and app logins for you, and generates new, secure passwords instantly.
Zero-Day Microsoft & Adobe Vulnerabilities Patch
This Tuesday, Adobe and Microsoft released security updates to solve vulnerabilities. Adobe had five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft launched 17 updates to solve at least 60 vulnerabilities in Windows, including two zero-day defects that hackers were already abusing before these patches were issued.Continue Reading…
Phishy Psychology Used in Hacker’s Email
Email in Inbox:
Oh My Goodness… Did you know that this picture of you is up online?! www.photobucket.com/share-1641287237627
Blue Light From Phone Accelerates Blindness
Be careful, our phones and tablets may be causing more damage than originally thought. Scientists say they have discovered how blue light from smartphones, laptops and other digital devices impairs vision and can speed up blindness.Continue Reading…
DeepLocker Targets Victims
Security researchers at IBM Research came up with DeepLocker—a new breed of “highly targeted and evasive” attack tool powered by AI (artificial intelligence),” which conceals its malicious intent until it reached a specific victim.
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FBI Warning! Unlimited ATM Cashout Scheme
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has adviced banks that cybercriminals are planning to carry out a highly choreographed, global fraud scheme recognized as an ATM cash-out, in which criminals hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines around the world to fraudulently withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.Continue Reading…
Swallowable Chip to Detect Illnesses
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a chip that could take place of an endoscopy. Those who’ve had one before are in no rush to experience that again. While a doctor feeds a tube-camera down the patient’s throat to examine their stomach and beyond, patients try not to cough, gag, or be sick. In some cases, it is so uncomfortable they have to be sedated. Continue Reading…
Social Mapper to Track People on Social Media?!
Security researchers at Trustwave have released a new open-source tool called Social Mapper that uses facial recognition technology to locate targets across numerous social media networks on a large scale.Continue Reading…
SIM Swap Scheme Artist Arrested
Florida Police arrested 25-year-old Ricky Joseph Handschumacher, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. Handschumacher is allegedly accused of being part of a multi-state cyber gang that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that extracted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims through their SIM Swapping Scheme.Continue Reading…