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New RCE Flaw in Apache Struts Could Be Another Equifax in the Making. Hackers are constantly on the lookout for system vulnerabilities that could give them control of important systems; and just recently, a new one just popped up within the Apache Struts open source framework, one that could give hackers complete control of a system that could lead…

Dangers of DNS Interception. The Domain Name System is basically the internet’s phone book or yellow pages that translates domain name URLs into their equivalent numeric (IP4) or alphanumeric (IP6) IP Addresses. As far as we know, it has largely been untouched or unexploited by hackers until recently, or the practice has not been put to…

Users Say "Doh sveedahneeyah" to Their Instagram Accounts. It seems that Facebook and election machines aren’t the only things the Russians are busy with. They’re also busy sowing chaos on Instagram as well resulting in thousands of users being forced to say goodbye to their Instagram accounts and their hundreds of respective followers. For some…

Apple Gets Hacked from Down Under Their Noses--by a Kid. Apple is faced with an embarrassing situation. About 90GB worth of company data was stolen from their servers after a series of hacking attacks, that if left undiscovered could have made the company’s future plans known to the world—or at least to some people. Strange that major tech sites…

WhatsApp vulnerability allows users to easily spread fake news. WhatsApp, the hugely popular Facebook-owner messaging application, has recently come under scrutiny as multiple vulnerabilities have been uncovered. With over 1 billion users and more than 60 billion messages sent every day, security flaws are a serious concern as they have the…

Snapchat Hack - Giant Social Media Platform Source Code Leaked and Posted to GitHub. The source code of the social media giant app Snapchat recently appeared on a repository at GitHub. The parent company Snap Inc filed a takedown request and GitHub complied and removed it . It seems that the hacker obtained the source code back in May…

Ransomware attack: Alaska town returns to typewriters for a week. What do you when a cyber-attack cripples your computer network? You may just use an old-fashioned solution - typewriters. That's what government workers did in tow municipalities in Alaska last week on 24 July 2018. "Without computers and files, Borough employees acted…

Reddit suffers major 'security breach' and hacker gained access to Reddit's internal systems, despite SMS Two-Factor Authentication on employee accounts. Reddit discovered on 19 June 2018 that emails, encrypted passwords, private messages, public posts of some of the registered users and a backup of and old 2007 database was stolen by hacker who…

Ransomware hits shipping lines again. Chinese shipping firm, COSCO came under a ransomware attack that disrupted its system network in the United States (US). The attack took place in 24 July 2018, Tuesday, at the Port of Long Beach where the company’s local email system and network telephone communication were in disarray. COSCO’s staff then…

SingHealth under siege. Singapore faced its worst cyberattack in history with 1.5 million patients' medical records being breached including top politicians' health records. The island-state local media released the shocking news on Friday, 20 Jul 2018, however, the data breach could have taken place much earlier as some cybersecurity experts…