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Teen who hacked Apple gets no Jail Time. Responsible for downloading 90GB of secure files, the teen has escaped jail time. At the time of the offense he was 16 years old. Instead of jail time, he has received a probation of 8 months, a light sentence, but the judge reiterated the seriousness of the crime. The boy cannot be named as he is protected…

Google’s Project Zero has discovered a major Linux kernel vulnerability. This vulnerability exists for kernel versions 3.16 through to 4.18.8, beginning in August 2014. Project Zero is the name of a team of security analysts employed by Google and tasked with finding zero-day vulnerabilities. The vulnerability is a use-after-free (UAF)…

UEFI Rootkit attacks no longer theoretical after one has been discovered in the wild. ESET Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware, named LoJax, capable of modifying a computer’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), making it able to sustain an attack even after OS reinstallation and hard disk replacement. The malware was…

Banking Trojan found hidden in apps on the Google Play Store. The Android operating system makes up 76.82% of the mobile operating system market share worldwide. With so many users, Android is an attractive target for hackers, making it one of the most vulnerable operating systems. In August 2018, Android users were told to be on high alert after…

The first computers ever created featured meager storage capacities that barely exceeded one megabyte. We’ve come a long way since then; on an individual scale, we can fill up a terabyte of storage or two easily, so unless you have the extra storage to back up your data, you’ll have to go out and buy a new hard drive. Or not. Cloud…

Dangerous Linux Vulnerability is discovered by security researchers. An integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation creates a numeric value that is outside the typical range that can be represented, this can give results that lead to unintended behaviour within the application. The exploit could allow an unprivileged user to gain admin…

Professional certifications are certainly important in the world of the ethical hacker or penetration tester, but never underestimate the importance of personal development and undertaking niche courses. The benefit of upskilling in different areas in your own time is that you set yourself apart when it comes to the job market, employers are…

Chrome update sparks privacy concerns for users. With so many people trusting in Google to meet their browser needs, there’s also a concern the company is being inappropriate when it comes to user’s privacy. There has long been talk of what Google does with the vast amount of data it collects on its users, but up until recently, there has also been…

A United Front for ASEAN Cybersecurity. After its worst national-wide cyber-attack, Singapore has decided to beef up its cyber-security with the help of others. This united front in joint cyber-security cooperation among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is named the ASEAN-Singapore Cyber-security Centre of Excellence (ASCCE) with…

Nghia Hoang Pho, a former developer for the US National Security Agency (NSA) was sentenced 5.5 years by Baltimore US district court on Tuesday 25 September for taking home classified information. Nghia Hoang Pho is a naturalized immigrant from Vietnam who was hired in 2006 by the NSA to work on their Tailed Access Operations (TAO) division.…