Android bug leaks DNS queries even when VPN kill switch is enabled
A Mullvad VPN user has discovered that Android devices leak DNS queries when switching VPN servers even though the ”Always-on VPN” feature was enabled with the ”Block connections without VPN”…
Iranian hackers pose as journalists to push backdoor malware
The Iranian state-backed threat actor tracked as APT42 is employing social engineering attacks, including posing as journalists, to breach corporate networks and cloud environments of Western and Middle Eastern targets.…
Microsoft warns of ”Dirty Stream” attack impacting Android apps
Microsoft has highlighted a novel attack dubbed ”Dirty Stream,” which could allow malicious Android apps to overwrite files in another application’s home directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and…
Police shuts down 12 fraud call centres, arrests 21 suspects
Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily. […]
CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities
CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping. […]
Bitwarden launches new MFA Authenticator app for iOS, Android
Bitwarden, the creator of the popular open-source password manager, has just launched a new authenticator app called Bitwarden Authenticator, which is available for iOS and Android devices. […]
CEO who sold fake Cisco devices to US military gets 6 years in prison
Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit…
Microsoft rolls out passkey auth for personal Microsoft accounts
Microsoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate using password-less methods such as Windows Hello, FIDO2 security keys,…
NATO and EU condemn Russia’s cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia
NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by the Russian threat group APT28. […]
Google rolls back reCaptcha update to fix Firefox issues
Google has rolled back a recent release of its reCaptcha captcha script after a bug caused the service to no longer work on Firefox for Windows. […]