Category: ethical hacking

50 Million accounts exposed after Facebook security breach. Facebook has revealed that almost 50 million of its users accounts were left exposed due to a security flaw. Facebook has more than two billion active monthly users, making security a high priority concern. The security breach has caused Facebook’s shares to drop by 3% on Friday,…

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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…

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) attack, which works by exploiting the cache invalidation bug in the Linux memory management system,…

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 developed by Sednet, a Russian state sponsored hacking group who have been operating since 2007 and have carried out…

When it comes to startups, a good idea and business plan will only get you so far, they need to grow in order to tap into their potential and bring new and exciting tech onto the market. Most tech startups look to venture capitalists to acquire this funding for growth, since most startups will die…

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 it was found that 150 apps on…

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…

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 access to the system. The security researches also released a proof…

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 typically looking…