08 Jan TikTok Flaws Allowed Hackers to Delete Videos, Steal User Info Security researchers found several vulnerabilities within TikTok’s infrastructure that made it possible for potential attackers to hijack accounts to manipulate users’ videos and steal their personal information. […]
07 Jan Tails 4.2 Fixes Numerous Security Flaws, Improves Direct Upgrades The Tails Project released a new version of the security-focused Tails Linux distribution and advises users to upgrade as soon as possible to fix multiple security vulnerabilities impacting the previous Tails 4.1.1 version. […]
07 Jan Microsoft Releases January 2020 Office Updates With Crash Fixes Microsoft released the January 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates that come with crash and memory leak fixes, as well as performance and stability improvements for Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016. […]
07 Jan Medical Info of Roughly 50K Exposed in Minnesota Hospital Breach The personal and medical information of 49,351 patients was exposed following a security incident involving two employees’ email accounts as disclosed by Minnesota-based Alomere Health. […]
07 Jan Go-Based LiquorBot Adapts Cryptomining Payload to Infected Host A cryptomining botnet has been attacking unpatched routers since at least May 2019. It exploits a small set of critical vulnerabilities and targets multiple CPU architectures. […]
07 Jan Microsoft Phishing Scam Exploits Iran Cyberattack Scare An attacker is attempting to take advantage of the recent warnings about possible Iranian cyberattacks by using it as a theme for a phishing attack that tries to collect Microsoft login credentials. […]
06 Jan Fake Windows 10 Desktop Used in New Police Browser Lock Scam Scammers have taken an old browser scam and invigorated it using a clever and new tactic that takes advantage of your web browser’s full-screen mode to show a fake Windows 10 desktop stating your computer is locked. […]
06 Jan InfoTrax Gets Slap on The Wrist After Being Breached 20+ Times The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a settlement with a Utah-based tech company that got hacked and had the personal info of over a million clients stolen following a series of more than 20 undetected network intrusions. […]
06 Jan Nvidia CES Game Ready Driver Adds a Maximum Frame Rate Setting At CES 2020, Nvidia has released GeForce Game Ready Driver 441.87 and with it comes a few new features, including one that allows you to set a maximum frame rate that will be used by 3D games and applications. […]
06 Jan IT Executive Steals $6 Million, Busted by Word Doc Metadata A former corporate executive for integrated marketing solutions firm Rakuten Marketing swindled roughly $6 million between August 2015 and at least May 2019 using a shell company named Interactive Systems. […]