Interesting research on the possibility of a cheap online surveillance. 'In this work we examine the capability of [..] an individual with a modest budget -- to access the data collected by the advertising ecosystem. Specifically, we find that an individual can use the targeted advertising system to conduct physical and digital surveillance on targets that use smartphone apps with ads.'
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SensePost researchers found out that the Microsoft Office home page is able to compromise user by loading ActiveX component with VBscript.
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There is a great probability that if you used Outlookâs S/MIME encryption in the past 6 months, plaintext of your emails was leaked to the mail exchange because of Outlook S/MIME CVE-2017-11776 vulnerability.
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Security researcher Gal Beniamini from Google has discovered a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-11120) in Apple's iPhone and other devices that use Broadcom Wi-Fi chips and published working exploit after notifying affected parties.
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The ZNIU Android malware is exploiting Linux kernel 'Dirty COW' vulnerability to install itself on a device and collect money through the SMS-enabled payment service.
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SfyLabs' researchers discovered a new Android banking Trojan named Red Alert 2.0, that is being offered for rent on many dark websites. It uses Twitter as a fall back mechanism for communication.
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The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in D-Link routers.
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Autodesk A360 cloud-based online storage misused as a delivery platform for multiple malware families.
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Danish conglomerate Maersk expects to lose between $200-300m due to Petya ransomware infection, according to their latest quarterly results.
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The lone Nigerian guy is responsible for an attack against at least 4000 gas, oil, banking, infrastructure organizations using phishing and NetWire trojan for remote access.
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