Researcher finds two new bugs in Zoom that lets hackers take over a computer’s webcam and microphone as the video conferencing service is hit with a string of security compromises Two flaws discovered in Zoom expose audio and video feeds A researcher says that to exploit the flaws a hacker must have local access One … Read more
Microsoft has disrupted a Russian botnet that infected more than 9 MILLION computers with malicious software that was used for a wide range of internet fraud Microsoft has disrupted one of the world’s largest and longest running botnets The Necurs botnet was based in Russia and affected 9 million computers It had been used to … Read more
Hackers are using the world’s fear of coronavirus against them. Security experts found fraudulent websites are using maps tracking the outbreak to infect people’s computers and steal personal information. The malicious software being used is known as AZORult, which was first discovered in 2016 and currently sold in Russian forums with the sole purpose of … Read more
Unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in the last five years could allow cyber criminals to hijack computers and wreak ‘utter chaos’ The flaw causes a security feature protecting computer memory to load too late This creates a short window in which expert hackers can run malicious code The issue stems from uneditable … Read more