Tag: security
A popular Android barcode scanner app has some worrying cybersecurity flaws
A popular barcode-scanning app for Android carried a severe vulnerability that allowed anyone easy access to a database full of sensitive data, as long as they knew where to look. This is according to Cybernews report on the flaw in the Barcode to Sheet app, which allows ecommerce users to…
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This Bluetooth security flaw could be used to hijack Apple and Linux devices
Experts have uncovered a way to trick a Bluetooth-enabled device into thinking it has connected to a wireless keyboard when, in fact, it’s connecting to another computer. This, in turn, would allow the operator to run commands on the device, including running malware, according to cybersecurity researcher Marc Newlin, who…
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Intel and AMD CPUs alike could be affected by this alarming new cyberattack
Academic researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have discovered a new Spectre-based flaw in several major upcoming CPU chips, but the hardware manufacturers are seemingly unfazed by the findings. As reported by BleepingComputer researchers from the Systems and Network Security Group (VUSec Group) found a side-channel attack and dubbed it…
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Top mobile password managers could be exposing user details
Some of the most popular mobile password managers on Android have a serious security flaw that could cause the worst problem possible for users – leaking their credentials. Known as “Autospill,” the vulnerability involves a bug in the autofill function on Android devices. It was discovered by researchers at the…
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Green Card Lottery applicants see private data leaked online
Hundreds of thousands of people applying for the US Green Card Lottery have had their personally identifiable data (PII) exposed on the internet, due to sloppy data protection practices by a third party. This is according to a report from researchers at Cybernews, who found the data and notified the…
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Millions of patient scans and health records leaked online
Personally identifiable information (PII), as well as plenty of medical records belonging to millions of patients across the world have been found exposed on the internet and available to anyone who knows where to look. These are the findings of Aplite, which claimed to have found more than 3,800 accessible…
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