Category: News
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Credit Card details are to be stored by browsers
Currently, the credit card details of must customers who purchase goods online are handled and stored by the platform which sells the item or service. Alternatively, a lot of transactions are handled by specialized web payment services such as PayPal or Amazon, for example. However, as of recent, a new W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)…
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Google Chrome Project for Blocking Tab-Under Redirects
Intrusive web-advertising is everywhere nowadays. It is pretty much mandatory to have an ad-blocker in order to be able to normally browser the Internet without getting interrupted every five minutes by some nagging and obstructive pop-up, redirect or banner. This is also the reason why more and more browsers start to include built-in ad-blocker tools…
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iPhone 8 battery expanding and breaking the case
Only a couple of weeks ago came out the latest addition to the iPhone family – iPhone 8. Naturally, millions of users went on to buy the latest Apple device and enjoy its high-end features. Unfortunately, however, recently several users have reported a peculiar issue with their iPhone 8 devices that seems to be uncomfortably…
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Backdoor malware inside a WordPress plug-in
Recently, s software-security company named Sucuri has reported that a WordPress plug-in contains backdoor malware that allows the creator of the extension to gain access to the user’s WordPress account and execute a number of unwanted actions. The name of the plug-in is X-WP-SPAM-SHIELD-PRO and it is disguised as a security add-on when in reality…
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Firefox 56 – what’s new?
Every browser developer that seeks to keep their product popular and used by customers should constantly struggle to modernize and reinvigorate their product. The only way big and popular programs such as Chrome, Opera and Firefox manage to remain the most widely used web-browsing options is through ceaseless improvement and frequent updates. In that regard,…
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Android Oreo uses Mobile Data instead of Wi-Fi
Two weeks ago the latest Android OS version was released under the name of Android Oreo and users have already started to update to their devices to it. However, recently, a bug was discovered that left a number of customers dissatisfied and disgruntled by the performance of the new OS version. Even though the issue…
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Vulnerabilities detected within German voting machines
Technology is currently interwoven within pretty much every aspect of our daily lives and while there might be a lot of positive sides to that, there are also a number of potential negatives. Normally, the main issue with having everything automated is the fact that wrongdoers have a greater opportunity to cause problems, especially when…
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Foreign companies’ source code reviewed by a Chinese agency linked to online espionage
China is well known across the world for its strict measures and legal norms when it comes to the national cyber-space. Many regulations are introduced in order to help keep cyber-crime at bay and to help avoid any illegal online activities. For example, a recent regulation issued by the government of China requires all users…
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Vulnerable IoT Devices hacked in two minutes
What is IoT? Before we go any further, we’d like to take a couple of moments to explain to our readers what IoT and an IoT device actually mean. IoT stands for Internet of Things – the term basically refers to the networking between any sort of device that is embedded with electronics, sensors, network…
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The future is now: Patients with Pacemakers need security update for their devices
Abbott, a pharmaceutical company known for manufacturing pacemakers, has recently started stated that patients who use their pacemakers should go to their doctors in order to have their devices updated with a security patch. The update is supposed to fix three recently detected security vulnerabilities which could potentially be exploited by a skilled hacker. The…