CanaryTrap Method Identifies 16 Facebook Apps Guilty of Data Misuse

A group of academics has created the CanaryTrap method which can aid the identification of Facebook app developers that share user data with third-parties. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

Vulnerabilities in GTP Protocol Impact 5G Networks in Various Attacks

A new report showcases serious vulnerabilities the modern GTP communication protocol deployed by mobile network operators. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

Trickbot Trojan Spreads via Fake Black Lives Matter Content

Computer criminals are using various phishing pages and other types of web content related to the Black Lives Matter movement to spread TrickBot | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

Class Action Against Google for Tracking Private Browsing

The complaint, filed to the District Court of Northern California claims that Google is tracking users’ browsing regardless of the browsing mode. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

Why British People Should Be Aware with 0300 013 5000 Calls

The 0300 013 5000 phone calls supposedly alert people about having been in close proximity with potential carried of COVID-19. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

EasyJet Facing Class-Action Lawsuit of £18B Due to Recent Data Breach

Following a massive data breach, EasyJet is facing an £18 billion class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the affected customers. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

192M Data Records Exposed in Natura Cosmetics Data Leak

The latest large-scale data leak involves the personally identifiable information of 192 million data records of customers in Brazil. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

CVE-2020-3956: RCE Vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director

Tracked as CVE-2020-3956, the flaw triggers code injection that allows authenticated attackers to send malicious traffic to Cloud Director. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

NXNSAttack: Severe DNS Vulnerability Can Cause DDoS Attacks

The so-called NXNSAttack impacts recursive DNS servers and the process of DNS delegation. Major DNS providers are impacted. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

iOS Security Worse Than Ever Due to Oversupply of Bugs

What is the current state of iOS security? According to exploit acquisition firm Zerodium, iOS security is not doing that great anymore. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 3 years ago

CVE-2020-7473: Citrix ShareFile Vulnerable, Corporate Data at Risk

Identified as CVE-2020-7473, CVE-2020-8982, and CVE-2020-8983, the flaws could allow an unauthenticated attacker to compromise the storage zones controller | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

CAM4 Data Breach: 7 Terabytes of Highly Sensitive User Data Exposed

CAM4, an adult live streaming website, has been through a data breach which exposed over 7TB of personally identifiable information of its members. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

EventBot: The Next Big Android Malware to Steal Your Financial Data

The EventBot Android malware is currently under investigation carried out by the Cybereason Nocturnus researchers. One thing is sure - it is dangerous. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

MakeFrame: New Magecart Skimmer in Town for Coronavirus

The skimmer uses iframes to harvest data, and thus it has been dubbed MakeFrame. The MakeFrame skimmer was first detected at the end of January. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

500M Customers Affected by Marriott’s Starwood Data Breach

A data breach that affects 500 million individuals was just announced. The affected party is US hotel chain Mariott, and its Starwood reservation network. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Unpatched RCE Vulnerabilities Plaguing All Windows Versions

All versions of Windows are prone to critical unpatched remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. Microsoft is currently working on a solution. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Coronavirus Vaccine Test Facility Attacked by Maze Ransomware

The latest victim of Maze ransomware hackers is Hammersmith Medicines Research, a British company that previously carried out tests for Ebola vaccine. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Hospitals Hit by Ransomware During Coronavirus Pandemic

There have been several devastating ransomware attacks amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and cybersecurity experts predict more. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Fake HIV Test Results Spam Campaign Delivers the Koadic Rat

Scammers have been sending people fake HIV test results, masqueraded to look like as if they were sent by Vanderbilt University’s respected medical center. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

5G Networks and the Imposing Security Threats Demand Quick Reactions

With the multitude of all types of devices expected to be running on 5G, where does its security stand? The security requirements will be much different. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Ransomware to Hit Businesses Every 11 Seconds in 2021

Cybersecurity researchers also estimate that the cost of a ransomware attack to businesses will be $20 billion in 2021. What else do statistics predict? | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Online Dating and Cybersecurity: Protect Your Heart and Your Wallet

It’s safe to say we’ve all noticed the rise in the popularity of dating across the last decade. I mean, 35 million Americans to date have tried online dating, and 59% believe online dating is a good way to meet...Read more | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Adult Websites Suffered the Most DDoS Attacks in 2019

A new Imperva report is based on statistical data of 3,643 network layer and 42,390 application layer DDoS attacks, mitigated by the company. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Biggest Airports Aren’t Protected Against Cybersecurity Risks

A new report by Swiss web security company ImmuniWeb focuses on the state of security of the world’s 100 biggest airports. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Car Hacking: Are Amazon’s New Automotive Products Secure?

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, Amazon announced several new products and services related to vehicles. How secure are they? | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

The Emergence of Mobile Biometrics, and What to Expect in 2020

Mobile biometrics have been on the rise since Apple released Touch ID in 2013. Since then, the global market has earned over $14 billion. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Can Fraudsters Hack Your Contactless Card?

With the introduction of contactless cards into the financial sector came swift, convenient, and secure payments. However, like any useful innovation, the adoption of contactless payment has seen its fair share of controversy. Perhaps, the most prominent of these disagreements... … | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

The Role of Machine Learning in a Big Cannabis Farm

In this article, the role of cannabis machine learning will be discovered and understood towards achievable cannabis sustainability. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

New Lazarus macOS Trojan Is Using Fileless Techniques

A new macOS Trojan has been uncovered, which, researchers believe, was developed by the Lazarus hacking group.Here's what the analysis of the malware shows. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Ransomware Infiltrated NYPD’s Fingerprint Database

The infection took place in October last year, after a contractor connected to the network to set up a digital display, reported New York Post. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft Office for Mac Can’t Disable XLM Macros

The problem arises when Office for the Mac has been configured to use the "Disable all macros without notification" feature. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Phishing Campaigns Are Now Using Google Analytics

Phishers are getting better at leveraging a range of technical markers in web analytics, such as Google Analytics, to improve their attacks | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

CVE-2019-13720: Severe Chrome Bug Exploited in the Wild

Chrome. Google is warning users that CVE-2019-13720 in the browser’s audio component is currently being exploited in the wild. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

iOS Apps Infected with Trojan Clicker Lurked in Apple App Store

The apps contained a Trojan clicker type of malware, which communicated with a known command-and-control server to simulate user interactions. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

The Graboid Cryptojacking Worm Is Exploiting Unsecured Docker Hosts

The Graboid cryptojacking worm is using vulnerable Docker hosts to spread, which hasn't been seen before in malware attacks. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Americans Lack Digital Knowledge, Widely Unaware of What HTTPS Is

How educated are Americans on the various cybersecurity topics? The conclusion is, not enough, as revealed by the results of a new survey. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

CVE-2019-9535: 7-Year-Old Bug in iTerm2 macOS App

iTerm2, a well-known open-source terminal emulator macOS app, has been found vulnerable to e critical flaw, which is known as CVE-2019-9535. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

SVE-2019-15435 Critical Bug: 40M Samsung Users at Risk

SVE-2019-15435 is one of 21 vulnerabilities in Samsung devices which affect Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S10e, S10 Plus, S10 5G, Note 9, Note 10 and Note 10 Plus. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Disinformation-as-a-Service Now Offered on Dark Web Forums

Security researchers report that underground forums where malware is typically sold are know offering the so-called commercial disinformation services. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Major Vulnerabilities in PDF Encryption Create the PDFex Attack

PDFex was tested against 27 PDF viewers, such as Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader, Evince, Nitro, Chrome and Firefox - all turned out vulnerable. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

CVE-2019-12648: Cisco iOS Vulnerability Has a CVSS Score of 9.9

A number of high-severity vulnerabilities were unearthed in Cisco IOS and IOS XE network automation software. CVE-2019-12648 has the highest CVSS score. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

New Skimming Trend: Injecting Malicious Scripts into Routers

According to IBM security researchers, a group of hackers is currently developing malicious scripts to use against commercial-grade Layer 7 (L7) routers. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

RDP Port Shield: New Tool Protects Against Ransomware and Brute Force Attacks

Cameyo, an application virtualization software-as-a-service platform, is launching RDP Port Shield and a free open-source monitoring tool. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

The Simjacker Attack – Silent Surveillance Against Mobile Users

Simjacker is a new set of vulnerabilities that, researchers say, have been exploited for the purpose of surveillance for at least 2 years. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Patch Gap in Chrome Could Have Been Weaponized by Attackers

A researcher discovered a patch gap in Google Chrome. The flaw could have been exploited in attacks against Chrome users days before the patch arrived. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Researchers Disclose Unpatched Android Zero-Day

A new zero-day has been discovered in Android. If exploited, the flaw could give a local attacker escalated privileges on the compromised device. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

Zerodium Payout for Android Exploits Jumps to $2.5M, iOS Price Drops

Compared to what Zerodium was offering last year, the price for Android exploits has jumped multiple times, as the payout used to be up to $200,000. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago

School Year 2019: Malware Hiding in Essays and Textbooks

According to a brand new cybersecurity research, the latest wave of malware is hiding in school- and student-related content posted for free access. | Continue reading


@sensorstechforum.com | 4 years ago