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It’s time to replace Lastpass. Here’s why

The Lastpass password management app revealed new information about the August 2022 hack, and the company said that pirates had access to its customers’ information and data from it “Their password vaults”, basic customer account data and related metadata including company names, end-user names, invoice addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses through which […]

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Security Update for Samsung Galaxy App Store

Samsung has released an update to the Galaxy App Store carrying version number 4.5.49.8. On devices running Android 12 and above. The update fixed two medium-risk security flaws. The two flaws allow the hacker to install malicious apps on the victim’s device and direct the victims to fraud webpages. Update Steps: 1- Open Samsung Store […]

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Windows.. Update fixes 98 security vulnerabilities

Microsoft released an update to the Windows operating system, which included a patch of 98 security vulnerabilities, 11 of which were classified as high risk. One of them is exploited. vulnerabilities also included a security flaw in the Chromium-based Edge browser, the open-source version of Google Chrome browser. A patch will be issued later. Update: […]

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Slack’s GitHub repositories got hacked

The instant messaging app slack, was involved in a security incident, at the end of December 2022. Where a aspect of the application data was leaked. The hacker took advantage of the login data of some of Slack’s employees on the github website and managed to access the app’s repositories. Customer data is safe and […]

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Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked

Amnesty International Canada’s digital infrastructure was hacked last October, according to the organization’s statement. Amnesty is one of the most prominent organizations supporting human rights activists and journalists. In its statement, the organization disclosed that it had hired Secureworks Cybersecurity, which after its investigation confirmed that there was no evidence of pirates’ access to member […]

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Urgent update for Chrome Browser

Google has issued security updates to fix a vulnerability in Chrome browser, a vulnerability type is “Zero-day”, and tracked as  CVE-2022-4262. Users are advised to update to versions: 108.0.5359.94 for Mac and Linux operating systems, and 108.0.5359.94/95 for Windows . “Zero-day” is a broad term that describes recently discovered security vulnerabilities that hackers can use […]

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New leak of Lastpass customer data

The Lastpass app revealed unusual activity on one of the cloud storage services they use. According to the application statement, an unauthorized party, exploiting the previous leak in August 2022, had access to a portion of the customers’ data. The statement confirmed that customers’ passwords were safe and not leaked. The company did not disclose […]

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Hackers taking advantage of the TikTok challenge to hack users’ devices

A new challenge appeared on the TikTok app called ‘Invisible Challenge’. Participants filmed themselves naked and with the filter used in the challenge the body appears blurry, In return, pirates put out a “filter” that they claimed would remove the effect of hiding the body, used in the challenge. In fact, malware is proven capable […]

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5.4 million Twitter Users’ data, leaked

The data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts were leaked due to vulnerability with the API. In July 2022, a pirate offered the data for sale for $30.000 on a “deep internet” platform. Data includes general information as well as phone numbers and private email addresses. Several months later, the hacker rolled out the data for […]

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