Google’s January Android Security bulletin has addressed 43 critical software bugs that have been affecting Android handsets including big brands such as Samsung. Within the 43 bugs, Google has fixed 2 critical bugs that affected all android devices. These critical bugs allowed remote hackers to execute arbitrary code. Among these critical flaws included a remote[…]
The US Treasury and Commerce issued a warning to employees to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion products. Major software provider SolarWinds confirmed themselves that they had been targeted by a highly sophisticated cyber-attack. This has led to US companies and government networks being infected. The manual attack is believed to have been conducted by an outside nation[…]
A few weeks ago, customers of one the UK’s top fast-food brands, Subway, took to social media to complain about suspicious emails they have been receiving from them. Users have stated they have received an email from the fast-food chain which claims to be an order confirmation email. Links within these emails have been reported[…]
California based cyber security company FireEye was set up in 2004 and specialises in investigating cyber-attacks against companies all over the world. In the past few days, however, the CEO Kevin Madia has announced the company has fallen victim to an alleged ‘State Sponsored’ cyber-attack. FireEye says that the attack was done by a “highly[…]
HMRC have issued a warning after an increase in scams and fraud attempts have been reported leading up to Christmas this year. The concerns have arisen due to online scams prompting an increasing number of victims to raise their voices on social media after being ripped off or almost losing their hard-earned cash. Some common[…]
According to Which, major security flaws have been found in popular smart doorbell’s. This has been raised as it could put consumers at risk of a hacker targeting them inside their homes. Smart doorbells that are sold on e-commerce marketplace sites such as Amazon are now being removed! Amazon themselves have removed several due to[…]
Apple’s new macOS Big Sur has a new feature that allows many of its own apps to bypass firewalls and VPNs. This is a big concern as it could potentially open opportunities for malware to exploit access to personal/sensitive data stored on a user’s system and transmit to remote servers. This issue was spotted a[…]