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SINGAPORE - More than 100 million Internet-connected devices globally, including consumer devices like some smartphones and wearable fitness products, could be at risk from security flaws disclosed last week. The bugs, collectively called Name:Wreck, prompted Singapores cyber-security watchdog to issue an alert last Thursday (April 15) and urge organisations to apply patches immediately. Here is how the bugs could affect consumers: How can the Name:Wreck flaws be abused by hackers? A: The bugs ...

minute read Share this article: The malware seems like a silly coding lark at first, but further exploration shows it can wreak serious damage in follow-on attacks. The NitroRansomware malware strain is shaking up the ransomware norm by demanding Discord Nitro gift codes from victims instead of actual money. Discord is a VoIP, instant messaging and digital-distribution platform designed for creating communities. Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, medi...

The curious case of Google Pays disappearing American Express cards has been fixed 2021/04/15 2021/04/16 On Thursday, many American Express customers that had their cards loaded into Google Pay received a notice that their cards had been removed from the app. The cause was apparently a certificate issue, and over the next day or so, some customers had intermittent problems attempting to re-add their cards to Google Pay. Were told the issue has since been resolved, and though your disabled car...

15 April 2021, 12:23 am EDT By Google has launched its Chrome version 90 on Apr.14. The popular browser will also advance for another step of changing its default HTTP to HTTPS together with other security improvements and developer changes along its way. Now moving forward, this update could also be Googles way to address a lot of fixes which should be settled in the fastest possible time. Google Chrome 90 Comes with Improved Security and Privacy (Photo : Caio from Pexels) According to a repo...

Pierre Fabre farmaceutical group was affected by a REvil ransomware attack where the attackers initially demanded a $25 million ransom.

533M Facebook user records offered on a hacking forum A database containing details of 533 million Facebook users is being offered on a hacking forum. First spotted April 3 by Alon Gal, chief technology officer of Hudson Rock Ltd., the data was posted by a user called TomLiner on Raid Forums and is claimed to include user names, mobile phone numbers, gender, occupation, city, country, marital status and and in some cases email addresses. The validity of the data has b...

April 5, 2021 Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. This letter is from the Clop ransomware gang, putting pressure on a recent victim named on Clop’s dark web shaming site. “Good day! If you received this letter, you are a custom...

If you have a Facebook account, you should probably be keeping your guard up in the near future. A new report states that a hacker has posted the

How To Protect Your Windows Devices From Hackers Installing Malware Through Underground Call Centers KEY POINTS Hackers use fake subscription notifications to get potential victims attention The malware infects Windows devices by using Microsoft Office Word and Excel A team of hackers is reportedly installing malware on Windows devices through call centers. The following are some bits of information about the said malware and a couple of tips to protect your devices. Since late January, secu...

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 New Update To Fix Printing Crashes KEY POINTS The out-of-band security update restores the normal flow while printing Users have to install the Windows 10 emergency patch manually Microsoft finally put an end to the problem that Windows 10 users encountered during the previous update. A week ago, Bleeping Computer reported a March update of Windows 10 caused devices to end up in Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) as users executed printing commands. Following this, Mi...