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The United States has charged and put highest-ever $5 million bounty on Russian hackers behind Dridex banking #malware . Read ➤ Using Dridex (aka Bugat or Cridex), they stole more than $100 million from victims across the globe over a period of 10 years.
The duo, Maksim Yakubets, the leader of 'Evil Corp' hacking group, and his co-conspirator Igor Turashev, has also been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with the infamous #Zeus banking malware that stole $70 million from victims' bank accounts.
Facebook has sued a Chinese advertising company for abusing its platform to: ➡️ distribute #malware , ➡️ compromising its users, and ➡️ then using those hacked accounts to run deceptive #Facebook ads to promote counterfeit goods and diet pills. #technews
Important 👉 A new unpatched #vulnerability (CVE-2019-14899) could let network attackers hijack encrypted VPN connections. Details: Most and Unix-like operati #Linuxg systems are vulnerable, including , Debian, OpenBSD, , i #UbuntuS , and . #macOS #Android
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🔥 CVE-2019-14287 A flaw in Sudo—that comes installed on almost every #Linux OS—could let users run commands as "root" even when they're restricted. Details ➤ How? Just by specifying user ID "-1" or "4294967295" in the command instead of the root.
🎃 0-Day Alert! #Google is warning Windows, Mac, #Linux users to update their #Chrome browser (to 78.0.3904.87) immediately due to a security vulnerability (CVE-2019-13720) that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild to hijack computers. #infosec
This is interesting... Hackers can covertly inject inaudible commands into voice controlled devices—Google Home, Alexa, Apple Siri—by shining a laser at them from several meters away. Read ➤ ✅ OK Google, open the garage door ✅ Hey Siri, unlock my car
Beware! Popular Sarahah App Secretly Steals Your Entire Contact List #privacy
WARNING 😱 Hidden malware found in the highly popular — CamScanner — #Android app that has more than 100 million users. has removed it from i #Googles Play Store. To be safe, users are also recommended to uninstall immediately. #CamScanner
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