If you use Google Chrome 45 or any of the older versions, it can crash by simply typing a 16 character URL. The bug was first detected by Andris Atteka who reported it to Google, but he was not rewarded since it is not a security issue but a DOS vulnerability. The issue reported by […]
Facebook had a long list of vulnerabilities and their Security team is incapable in dealing with the real world security. Unfortunately their mission of making the world open also aligns with Security principles as well. This is just the opinion and may not be the reality. This vulnerability still exists and the author says in […]
Its almost sounded unbelievable when Kaspersky research published a cyber espionage APT campaign MASK (Careto) that’s been running in the wild since 2007, undetected, targeting 31 countries. The complexity of the tools used for MAST by the attackers are very sophisticated which makes its very special. This includes an extremely sophisticated piece of malware, a […]
Jamie Sanchez, a security researcher discovered a vulnerability within Snapchat mobile app which can crash your iphone by Denial of Service attack. The vulnerability can enable a hacker to launch DoS attacks which can potentially crash a users phone or requires that the user perform a hard reset. He further says with a video that […]
The famous Android and IoS app Snapchat started to gain a lot of attention last year when CEO and Co-founder Evan Spiegel rejected the purchase offers from some of the big giants like Google ($4 billion) and Facebook ($3 billion). Snapchat made news again yesterday and it is not all good news again this time. After […]
A trojanised app version of “Minecraft – Pocket Edition” has been in the wild tricking infected users by sending SMS messages to premium rate services. As per F-Secure researchers, the purpose of the fraudster is to generate revenue sending text to various services for which users would have never purchased. Lately in the Google […]
Snapshot is one of the most popular app for Android and IoS has ignored the security issue which puts its uses at risk as per Znet media Snapchat ignored a security vulnerability reported by Gibson security, a Australian researcher since last August has triggered a huge risk at this point. “Exploits of Snapchat’s API allows […] ESET researchers have spotted a new malware spreading campaign targeting online banking users in Turkey, the Czech Republic, Portugal and the United Kingdom. It uses phishing campaigns related to trustworthy organizations to infect user machines. Based on Esset analysis, the new banking Trojan Hesperbot with functionality similar to the most notorious Zeus & Spyeye. However […] The Android Malware which threatens to take control of contact lists, internet connections, and dialing and text functions, and can be used to collect personal information and engage in SMS spamming. Once it’s turned your phone into a “zombie,” it sends text messages that create financial gains for advertisers. In many cases, the threat will overrun […]