Category: <span>News</span>

Russian military plans to replace Microsoft Windows with Astra Linux Russian army could very soon be replacing the Windows operating system on its military systems with Astra Linux. For those unaware, Astra Linux is a Debian-based Linux operating system developed to meet the needs of the Russian army, other armed forces and intelligence agencies. It provides data protection […]

Russia requires dating app Tinder to give user data to secret services on demand Tinder, the popular dating app, is now required to share information of its users – including messages and photos – with Russian authorities, the country’s communications regulator said on Monday. Under recent Russian laws, 175 companies have been put on a […]

CVE-2019-12735: Opening a specially crafted file in Vim or Neovim Editor could hack your Linux system Security expert Armin Razmjou recently detected a high-risk arbitrary OS command execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-12735) in Vim and Neovim. For those unaware, Vim and Neovim are two most popular and powerful command-line text editing applications that come pre-installed in most of the […]

Triada backdoors were preinstalled on few Android devices, Google reveals Google recently confirmed that some Android handsets were unknowingly infected with malware by smartphone manufactures even before they were shipped to customers. In a detailed study post, Google has explained how some hackers cleverly managed to put Triada, a malware designed to install spam apps on a device that […]

Cellebrite says that it can unlock any iOS and high-end Android devices for law enforcement agencies Cellebrite recently announced on Twitter that the newest version of its product called Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) has the capability to “unlock and extract crucial mobile phone evidence from all iOS and high-end Android devices.” For those unfamiliar, Cellebrite is […]

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4503327 causing black screen issues after installing the latest patches In an update to the support page for Windows 10’s new KB4503327 update, Microsoft has confirmed the presence of a ‘Black Screen’ bug in the latest cumulative update for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (or version 1809). According to Microsoft, a small number of […]

U.S. launched cyber attacks on Iranian military computer systems after drone shot down The U.S. Cyber Command reportedly launched a cyber attack against Iran last Thursday even after President Donald Trump backed off from using conventional weapons to strike Iran in response to the downing of an American surveillance drone, U.S. officials said on Saturday. […]

IBM’s AI machine loses to a human in a debate competition Last year, IBM, the global technology giant, had showcased an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine that could argue, refute, debate and win against humans. Now, the very same IBM-made machine has lost out to a human champion debater from London. For those unaware, IBM has a long list of […]

Hacker Who Threw ‘Molotov Cocktail’ At A Bank Gets Exposed After Leaving Flash Drive A Belgium hacker was sentenced to eighteen months in prison after his USB drive was found at the scene of a Molotov cocktail attack on a bank in 2014, reports ZDNet. The accused, a 35-year-old man from the Belgian city of […]

Security vulnerabilities in LTE allow hackers to easily hoax presidential alerts Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have warned that Presidential Alerts sent via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) program can be easily spoofed by exploiting LTE security vulnerabilities. For those unaware, WEA is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts […]