Ultrasonic attack on Siri, Alexa & Google’s Assistant could disarm smart-home systems
US researchers have developed an attack named NUIT (Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan) which uses the builtin microphones of your home’s Smart Assistant to silently and remotely control devices including garage door…
Twitter Circles bug shares private messages
A bug on Twitter further hurts trust of the platform as private tweets shared with a select group were found to be populating the ‘For You’ timelines of unintended viewers,…
Emails leaked of Russian spy wanted by FBI for DNC hack
Ukrainian hacking group Cyber Resistance have stolen emails from Lt. Col. Sergey Morgachev, who the FBI accused with hacking the Democratic National Committee emails and the Clinton campaign ahead of…
Israeli spyware maker sells Zero-Click iPhone attack
Journalists, politicians and even a NGO worker across multiple countries found to be infected with spyware from Israel’s QuaDream, exploiting the iOS calendar app. Researchers from Citizen Lab and Microsoft…
PC maker MSI breached
Taiwanese hardware manufacturer MSI has been breached by a Ransomware group, who are demanding $4 million to not leak the stolen data, the company said in a stock exchange filing…
UK Defense subcontractor Capita confirms ‘cyber incident’
Capita is the largest outsourcing company in the UK and provides nuclear submarine training for the Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The company confirmed on Monday that a ‘cyber…
Belgium puts Huawei on Security watchlist
Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE) has been gathering intelligence to scrutinize how China may be using non-state actors to push China’s policies and interests in Europe. “Belgian security services are…
More Canadian victims coming forward from Clop ransomware
Investissement Québec, a huge financing firm confirmed to TechCrunch that the Russian ransomware gang Clop had made off with “some employee personal information” via the exploited GoAnyware file transfer software.…
Exploding USBs sent to Journalists
No longer is catching a virus the worst thing that can happen when plugging in an unknown USB, as five Ecuadorian journalists were sent flash drives in the mail that…
Bitcoin ATMs hacked, $1.5 million stolen
Bitcoin ATMs sold by General Bytes were exploited using an unknown 0-day bug that allowed hackers to steal 56 BTC valued at approximately $1.5 million dollars. A malicious Java application…