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Vulnerability
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Ongoing ‘FreakOut’ malware attack turns Linux devices into IRC botnet
According to Checkpoint, the "FreakOut" malware attack is exploiting "newest vulnerabilities." Here's a full list of its capabilities.
January 20, 2021
Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping
Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user's privacy and security.
January 20, 2021
‘Child’s Play’ – Kids breach and bypass Linux Mint screensaver lock
According to their father, the kids were able to bypass the Linux Mint screensaver lock not once but twice.
January 18, 2021
Google reveals high-profile attack targeting Android, Windows users
According to Google's Project Zero team, threat actors exploited 0-day vulnerabilities to successfully carry on their attack.
January 13, 2021
Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data
The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
January 12, 2021
Cloning Google’s Titan Key to bypass 2FA – Research
The attack requires the attacker to have physical access to the victim's Titan Key, hours of time, and side-channel setup equipment worth €10,000 ($12,000 - £9,000).
January 9, 2021
Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature
The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000.
January 5, 2021
Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge
According to researchers, the idea of the attack is to grab the MP3 file of the audio reCAPTCHA and submit it to Google's own Speech to Text API.
January 4, 2021
Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways
Researchers have discovered a hard-coded admin-level backdoor account as a Zyxel firmware binary revealing username and password.
January 2, 2021
Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code
Microsoft confirmed that viewing source code doesn’t elevate the risk. Here's what happened and what Mircosoft said about the attack.
January 1, 2021