A bug in the Facebook anti-spam system mistakenly eliminated legitimate news stories and also other posts. The system miscategorized them as violating content. So, many users complained that their posts, including some regarding the Coronavirus outbreak were taken down.
As the online Covid-19 threats become worse, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the UK took some steps. So, they started removing malicious and phishing websites linked to them. Still, they warned that attacks could increase if the outbreak does.
The Government…
Microsoft patched an RCE vulnerability as an emergency. But this happened only after some security partners accidentally disclosed the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.
The fix from Microsoft addresses a remote code execution vulnerability (RCE). This is because it…
Microsoft busted Necurs botnets, which infected more than nine million computers since 2012. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) worked together with BitSight and other partners across 35 countries.
They managed to disrupt it after years of study focused on…
Update (03.09.2019: World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning regarding the cybercriminals that pretend to be WHO.
The World Health Organization announced it would never ask users to login to view safety information or email attachments the users did not…
Security analysts discovered a huge hole in Intel’s read-only memory. Afterwards, they said that nobody can fix it. Moreover, this leaves all Intel’s devices exposed, except Intel’s latest 10th generation devices. The security company Positive Technologies…
Facebook is concerned about domain names used for phishing. So, the company takes action and announced it filed a lawsuit in Arizona, against Namecheap. According to the social media giant, the domain name registrar aims to deceive people. They do this by misleading users…
Facebook might include other coins in its cryptocurrency project, under pressure from regulators. The giant and its partners announced Libra some time ago, but now they are facing regulatory scrutiny.
So, Bloomberg reported that Libra could become more like a payments…
ESET researchers revealed a critical vulnerability in Wi-Fi chips. KrØØk, as they call it, causes vulnerable devices to use an all-zero encryption key to encrypt part of the user’s communication. So, attackers might decrypt some wireless network data transmitted by such…
Malvertising targets old outdated software. So, according to Confiant, using modern web browsers, ad blockers and keeping the operating system up to date with the security updates can prevent being infected.
Usually, threat actors target malvertising at specific web…
