A hacker with the username “L&M” has infiltrated two GPS vehicle-tracking services, ProTrack and iTrack, gaining access to more than 27,000 accounts in South Africa, Morocco, India, the Philippines, and other countries. L&M could see customer d…
A hacker with the username “L&M” has infiltrated two GPS vehicle-tracking services, ProTrack and iTrack, gaining access to more than 27,000 accounts in South Africa, Morocco, India, the Philippines, and other countries. L&M could see customer d…
British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly planning to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to play a role in the construction of the United Kingdom’s 5G network, against the stern warnings of its cyber-allies the US and Australia. While the plan is t…
Remember when a cell phone was primarily for making phone calls? Now smartphones have become our go-to digital interface.
The cost of cybercrimes reported to the FBI nearly doubled last year to $2.7 billion, according to a new report from the bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
Just about everything we do online requires us to submit an email address or create an account.
Using Avast’s mobile threat intelligence platform, apklab.io, we discovered 50 adware apps on the Google Play Store. The installations of the apps range from 5K to 5M installations. The adware can be very annoying as it persistently displays full scree…
In the past decade, our home computing environments have multiplied in complexity. While in the past, you might just have a laptop and a Wi-Fi router, today the number of devices on the typical network has exploded. Phones, tablets, baby monitors, vide…
Sea Turtle hijacks the internet
A hacker group that experts believe might be backed by a nation-state has been targeting big fish in the internet infrastructure world. Sea Turtle, as the group is nicknamed, launched cyberattacks against 40 government …
Before 2016, one of Facebook’s regular protocols was an option for users to verify their accounts using email passwords. Users were informed if they chose this option, all of their email contacts would be uploaded as well, which would let the users see…