A critical security vulnerability in Facebook has been patched up in their globally installed Messenger application. This enables any remote hacker to make calls to targets that are unsuspected and begin listening to them even before they are being received. …
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South Korea threatened by Lazarus group attacking safety of + supply-chain
ESET on Monday confirmed the reports of the Lazarus APT group deploying malware in South Korea. Lazarus, also known as Hidden Cobra is a North Korea-linked group that has time & again targeted various victims in South Korea. This time,…
macOS Big Sur launches its first update 11.0.1 that fixes 60 vulnerabilities
Along with the official release of macOS Big Sur 11.0 on the 12th of November, Apple also released its update for the same versioned 11.0.1. Though it comes preinstalled in certain Mac models, it might not be there in others.…
Acute Fissures RCE in Cisco Security Manager
Cisco has posted a couple of safety advisories regarding some major defects in Cisco Security Manager (CSM) a week later the networking device maker stealthily launched the patches with model version 4.22 of the platform. The improvement comes after Code…
IoT Botnet Mushtik becomes a threat for Cloud Servers
The ever-strengthening IoT botnet has another threat up their sleeve. It is Mushtik, the 2-year-old botnet that can target cloud infrastructures by wrongfully using web applications exploits. This botnet mines cryptocurrency by a DDoS attack, XMRrig & cgmining. Recently, it…
ENISA releases IoT Security Guidelines for Product Development
A set of IoT Security guidelines was recently released by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). These guidelines are based on a thorough deep & give insights into securing the supply chain for IoT. Everything from hardware, software &…
Ubuntu Vulnerabilities discovered that escalate privileges for users
A security researcher at GitHub has reported two Ubuntu Vulnerabilities. These Ubuntu vulnerabilities can help any user gain LPE (Local Privilege Escalation) on the system. Only the Desktop version of Ubuntu is affected by these vulnerabilities. The researcher, Kevin Backhouse…
Git LFS Vulnerability can give attackers access to Remote Code Execution
Security Researcher Dawid Golunski has discovered a new critical vulnerability in an open-source extension of Git called Git LFS (Large File Storage). Git LFS is the extension for versioning large files. The vulnerability named CVE-2020-27955 is high risk & can…
The Government might take stringent measures to ensure user data privacy
The recent Big Basket Data breach has proven to be the last straw for the Indian Government. With multiple data breaches happening on a fairly regular basis, the Government of India is now looking at taking strong measures to ensure…
WhatsApp & WhatsApp Business for iOS face high-risk WhatsApp security vulnerabilities
The older versions of WhatsApp & WhatsApp Business for iOS are facing multiple vulnerabilities. These WhatsApp security vulnerabilities were given a high severity rating. The news came after the Indian Cybersecurity firm CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team) has announced a…