Depending on when users receive it, this week’s Android’s July patch update will fix 33 security vulnerabilities, including 9 marked critical, and 24 marked high.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Scary Granny zombie game slurps credentials, spawns phishing attack
Halloween came a little early for some Android users this year after a horror-themed computer game was found stealing their account credentials and displaying potentially malicious ads.
Dating app Jack’d fined $240K for leaving private photos up for a year
The company behind the gay dating app left users’ private photos online for a year in spite of knowing about the security bugs.
Medtronic rushes to replace insulin pumps after flaws found
Medtronic is immediately recalling of all MiniMed 508 & Paradigm insulin pumps after researchers uncovered serious security flaws.
Relatives’ DNA in geneology database leads to murder conviction
Privacy advocates may question the use of genealogy data in forensics, but defense attorneys in this case did not.
RDP BlueKeep exploit shows why you really, really need to patch
A video of the exploit shows CVE-2019-0708 being exploited remotely, without authentication.
ETERNALBLUE sextortion scam puts your password where your name should be
Here’s a sextortion scam that puts your password right where your name would usually be, to rattle your cage even more than usual.
Cloud computing giant PCM hacked
The attackers allegedly stole admin credentials for Office 365 accounts, and planned to use stolen data to conduct gift card fraud.
Crave that Instagram verified badge? Don’t fall for this login-stealing scam
It’s yet another way to trick Instagram users out of their login credentials. Don’t fall for it, lest your account be hijacked!