The 2019 Truecaller study data shows that the top countries that receives the most spam SMS are in the emerging markets. The top three markets that are affected are in the African continent. Ethiopians receives the most spam SMS in the world, with the average of 119 spam SMS on a monthly basis. In total …
For many people, watching television is a definitely a nice pastime — but could your smart TV also be watching you in return? Just this past month, Black Friday discounts on smart TVs fly off the shelves as well as the Cyber Monday sales, the FBI has issued a warning that the internet-connected devices can …
Adobe has announced the end of support for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015. On April 7, 2020, support will finish for these versions of the PDF reader and creation software, keeping in line with the tech giant’s position to withdraw support after a maximum of five years of general availability. Once April passes, the company …
Google has reportedly secretly gathered millions of patient records across 21 states on behalf of a health care provider, in an effort dubbed “Project Nightingale,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Neither the provider’s doctors nor patients were made aware of the effort, according to the report. The Wall Street Journal’s Rob Copeland wrote that the …
In an effort to better protect the Play Store from malware and malicious apps, Google has announced that it has partnered with the cybersecurity firms ESET, Lookout and Zimperium to launch a new project called the App Defense Alliance. According to Google, the goal of the new project is to unify malware and threat detection …
Facebook Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group, alleging the cybersecurity company’s spyware infected the phones of some users after it was delivered through the WhatsApp messaging platform. WhatsApp accuses the company of sending malware to roughly 1,400 mobile phones for the purposes of surveillance. Users affected included journalists, human rights activists, political …
Searching for more information about your favorite celebrities online could get you hacked according to the McAfee 2019 list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online. For the thirteenth year in a row, the McAfee has researched which famous individuals generate the riskiest search results that could potentially expose fans to malicious websites …
Nearly half (48%) of all corporate data is stored in the cloud, up from a third (35%) three years ago -Thales A new global study from Thales, with research from the Ponemon Institute, has exposed an increasing disparity between the rapid growth of data stored in the cloud and an organization’s approach to cloud security. …
As per Hacker News, a Pakistani hacker who goes by the name of ‘Gnosticplayers’ – who earlier this year put the credentials of 620 million accounts from 16 websites up for sale – has claimed to have successfully breached Words With Friends to access a database of more than 218 million users. Pilfered details are said to include players’ …
Microsoft, Hewlett Foundation, MasterCard, and several other unnamed major corporations and philanthropic institutions have formed an independent non-profit organisation called the CyberPeace Institute aimed at protecting victims against cyberattacks and helping them recover from one. “For years, non-governmental organisations around the world have provided on-the-ground help and vocal advocacy for victims of wars and natural …