Habiba Rashid
67 posts
I am a cyber security writer and one of my favourite games is Minecraft. I also really like obscure cat memes and during my free time, if I'm not found hanging around in Discord voice channels with my friends, I'm probably cycling and taking pictures of random cats on the street.
9 apps with 6M installs stole Facebook logins of Android users
In total, 10 of these Trojan apps were found, out of which, 9 were available on Google Play. Here is the list of malicious apps.
July 4, 2021
Microsoft signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware
Microsoft signed off a driver, Netfilter, for Windows that contains rootkit malware and has been circulating mainly amongst the gaming community.
June 27, 2021
Western Digital My Book Live hard drives remotely wiped by hackers
People are shocked to find out all of their data stored on their Western Digital My Book Live hard drives has been wiped out through a factory reset.
June 27, 2021
US supermarket giant Wegmans exposed sensitive data
It took Wegmans a month to respond and secure its data after the Website Planet security team's responsible disclosure.
June 25, 2021
DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records
The database belonged to DreamHost's DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any security authentication.
June 25, 2021
Cybersecurity firm exposes 5 billion data breach records
Cybersecurity firm Cognyte fails to secure its database exposing 5 billion records comprise of previous data breaches.
June 20, 2021
Threat actors using Google Docs exploit to spread phishing links
Cybercriminals have started employing a new phishing attack that abuses the popularity of Google Drive and Docs to bypass security filters.
June 19, 2021
Nameless malware stole 26m login credentials from 3.25m computers
The total amount of data collected by the malware includes 26 million login credentials holding 1.1 million unique email addresses.
June 17, 2021
How gamers should secure their accounts from cyber attacks
It is a fact that gamers are under constant threat of phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks. Let's big into defense options for gamers.
June 8, 2021
Influence of technology on gaming industry
With easy access to games and the internet, technology allowed millions around the world to enjoy gaming as a shared interest and activity.
June 4, 2021