Researchers say malware infects phones in order to sneak ads on devices for profit.

Alleged cybercriminal made $336k per month through fake stores and ATM fraud

Patch Tuesday July 2019 offers fixes for a total of 77 vulnerabilities, including 15 marked critical, rounded out by two zero-day flaws.

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Another day, another data breach; this time, a security researcher has discovered a massive trove of data hosted on an unprotected MongoDB database available for anyone to access without any authentication. Discovered by Comparitech’s researcher Bob Diachenko on June 18, 2019; the database contained personal sensitive information of over 188 million people. According to Diachenko’s […]

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New research has revealed that apps are snooping on data such as location and unique ID number - even when users haven't given permission.

A new anti-bullying feature uses AI to recognize mean words in comments and warns users before they post them.

Singapore positioned to ‘lead by example’ in Southeast Asia

Intel issued patches for a high-severity flaw in its processor diagnostic tool as well as a fix for a medium-severity vulnerability in its data center SSD lineup.

Microsoft today released software updates to plug almost 80 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. Among them are fixes for two zero-day flaws that are actively being exploited in the wild, and patches to quash four other bugs that were publicly detailed prior to today, potentially giving attackers a head start in working out how to use them for nefarious purposes.

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