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Intel has issued a security advisory detailing over 20 vulnerabilities affecting various processors, and has urged users to update their systems. The vulnerabilities primarily impact Intel’s UEFI firmware, used in processors such as Atom, Xeon, Pentium, Celeron, and Core. These flaws can result in

Husain Parvez Published on 13th September 2024

A newly discovered flaw in WhatsApp’s "View Once" feature allows recipients to bypass privacy protections to save and share media intended to disappear after a single viewing. The issue was formally identified by the Zengo X Research Team. WhatsApp launched the "View Once" feature in 2021 so

Husain Parvez Published on 11th September 2024

X, formerly known as Twitter, has permanently suspended the use of European Union (EU) user data in training its AI model, Grok. This comes following a legal challenge by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), demanding that X halt its AI data collection practices. The suspension, which took

Hendrik Human Published on 9th September 2024

In a recent campaign, GitHub comments are being used to distribute Lumma Stealer, a password-stealing malware. The campaign was first reported by a contributor to the teloxide Rust library, who shared on Reddit that multiple GitHub comments, disguised as fixes, were actually pushing malware.

Anka Markovic Borak Published on 7th September 2024

In an alarming series of cyberattacks, a North Korean hacking group known as Citrine Sleet exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Chromium-based browsers to steal cryptocurrency. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-7971, impacted popular browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and was swiftly

Husain Parvez Published on 5th September 2024

Brazil's Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the ban on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The ruling, which has sparked global attention, centers on X’s failure to comply with Brazil's legal requirements, including the appointment of a local representative to address

Husain Parvez Published on 5th September 2024

A Russian state-sponsored hacker group, known as APT29 or "Cozy Bear," has been caught leveraging exploits initially developed by commercial spyware vendors NSO Group and Intellexa. This latest campaign, which ran from November 2023 to July 2024, targeted visitors to Mongolian government websites

Husain Parvez Published on 3rd September 2024

vpnMentor’s Research Team observed a 1,600% increase in VPN usage in Brazil following the country’s blockade of social media platform X. After the legal dispute between X, formerly Twitter, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes resulted in Musk’s decision to close X's operations in

vpnMentor Research Team Published on 1st September 2024

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has been charged in France with a wide range of crimes, including complicity with the distribution of child pornography, drug trafficking, fraud, and refusal to provide information necessary to law enforcement. The charges follow investigations into how

Hendrik Human Published on 1st September 2024