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windows 7, windows

Microsoft’s latest Windows patch protects you from NSA’s hacking tools

This is actually course correction. Why you ask ? Well, Microsoft had…
powerpoint, Microsoft

Now, even hovering over a link in Microsoft PowerPoint can infect your PC with malware

We’re all well acquainted with Microsoft PowerPoint, which is one of the…
windows 7, windows

New NTFS exploit allows any website to hang or crash Windows 7/Windows 8 machines

After the widespread WannaCry ransomware attacks earlier last week, Microsoft seems to…
wannacry, iOS spyware attack, wannacry

Newly discovered flaw in networking software can potentially lead to another WannaCry-like attack

While organizations are still reeling from the effects of the widespread WannaCry…
wannacry, shadow brokers, mirai, DDoS, cybersecurity-vdos-akamai-dos-attack, cyberattack

North Korea ‘highly likely’ to be behind WannaCry ransomware attacks, says Symantec

Symantec Corp, the cyber security expert on Monday said that the WannaCry…
wannacry, shadow brokers, mirai, DDoS, cybersecurity-vdos-akamai-dos-attack, cyberattack

Shadow Brokers threaten to sell NSA-leaked hacking tools each month, starting in June

Shadow Brokers, the organization responsible for leaking stolen NSA hacking tools back…
wannacry, iOS spyware attack, wannacry

WannaCry ransomware attack code said to have links to North Korea: Kaspersky Lab

Over the weekend, the ‘WannaCry‘ ransomware attack reeked havoc over the cyber…
2,000, rbi, digital transactions

MeitY reaches out to RBI, NIC, Aadhaar to warn against ‘Wanna Cry’ ransomware

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has advised stakeholders like…
OSCE. hack, scam, hacke, Google

Project Zero unearths bug in Broadcom chip deployed in iPhone, Nexus and other premium devices

Apple has released a brand new security patch and this s one…
wannacry, shadow brokers, mirai, DDoS, cybersecurity-vdos-akamai-dos-attack, cyberattack

Distributed denial of service(DDoS) attacks on a rise, India among top 10 source countries: Akamai

And we’re back again, to talk (again!) about the crushing state of…

Critical zero-day vulnerabilities in MySQL allow hackers to takeover your servers

After Apple, cybersecurity researchers have now uncovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in the…
wannacry, shadow brokers, mirai, DDoS, cybersecurity-vdos-akamai-dos-attack, cyberattack

Two Israeli teens arrested for allegedly running DDoS-for-hire service ‘vDOS’, hoards of client data spilled online

Another day, and yet another proof of the appalling state of cybersecurity at…
intel

Intel partners with TPG to spin-off McAfee security into independent entity valued at $4.2 billion

Finally putting all rumors to rest, the renowned chipmaker Intel has announced that…

Porn website Brazzers hacked, over 800k user account details dumped on the dark web

The dire state of cybersecurity in the current scenario is becoming a pressing…