American search engine giant Google is rolling out the latest privacy feature that auto-resets permission for apps that haven’t been used for months. According to the company, this feature will automatically revoke the permission for inactive apps to access sensitive device features, including SMS messages, sensors, and contact lists. The feature is designed to strengthen […]

The popular messaging platform, Telegram is turning into a den of cybercriminals due to its signature encryption policy. Widely used as an alternative to WhatsApp, the platform has received fierce criticism for not taking adequate measures to fight against revenge porn, distribution of unconsented explicit images, or counterfeit vaccination cards. And making matters even worse, […]

This is not a drill! If you own any Apple devices (Apple iOS, macOS, and watchOS), you need to update them as soon as possible to prevent potential hacking! Apple issued emergency security patches for two serious vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited to hack into activists’ and reporters’ devices. Released on Monday, the security […]

ExpressVPN, one of the industry’s leading Virtual Private Networks, has been sold to Kape Technologies for a whopping $936 million deal announced on Tuesday. We are delighted to share we will be joining Kape, a London Stock Exchange-listed company, to form the global leader in digital privacy. Thank you to everyone who has supported us […]

Attention Windows 10 users! Microsoft issued a serious security threat warning, and you need to act! Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 10 users that cybercriminals are exploiting a formerly undetected and subsequently unpatched security flaw. The zero-day hack is a highly critical vulnerability that allows attackers to have complete control over a target’s […]

Attention, Fortinet users! Your credentials might have been leaked on the dark web! A notorious group of hackers allegedly extracted and released a huge number of users’ credentials of a popular VPN service owned by cybersecurity firm Fortinet. The hacker gang, known as “Orange,” seemed to have leaked over 500,000 users’ credentials on the dark […]

Two security researchers discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that enables phishing attacks using internationalized domain names (IDNs). The email service displays an actual contact detail alongside a scam email sent from these domains, making it look real to the recipient. Phishing emails sent from IDNs are also called homograph attacks. These emails consist of […]

A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in the Google Play sign-in, which lets you spy on another user’s location. While it isn’t exactly a security glitch, ill-intentioned individuals may exploit it for covert spying without the aid of stalkerware.   Google Play Sign-in can be used for covert spying! A researcher from Malwarebytes found that […]

A 20-year-old Israeli resident is accused of distributing private data of over 170 women and girls on popular messaging apps Discord and Telegram. This data includes non-consensual naked images, explicit videos and other private information. The culprit was also found to be selling access to this content. On Sunday, the Cyber department filed an indictment […]

WhatsApp just fixed a high-gravity security threat in the app’s image filter that could crash the program and even reveal your sensitive information to hackers. Discovered by Check Point Research (CPR), the bug (CVE-2020-1910) concerns an out-of-bound read/write and originates from applying a particular image filter and sending the filtered image to the user, thereby […]