Peter Thomas

"…This brand new malware has real potential to become the next big mobile malware, as it is under constant iterative improvements, abuses a critical operating system feature, and targets financial applications." --Cybereason researchers Mobile banking is now more important than ever since we can no longer leave our home at…

Better late than never, the National Security Agency (NSA) (yes, them)  have released a guideline aimed towards US government employees and military personnel entitled: Selecting and Safely Using Collaboration Services for Telework. This aims to help government workers in selecting the proper tools to conduct remote work and communications in light…

"…Every country in the world has seen at least one COVID-19 themed attack… Our data shows that these COVID-19 themed threats are retreads of existing attacks that have been slightly altered to tie to this pandemic… This means we're seeing a changing of lures, not a surge in attacks." -- Rob Lefferts, Corporate VP, Microsoft 365 Security…

The coronavirus pandemic has unfortunately put the whole world to a standstill, forcing employees to telecommute and the majority of populations to stay at home, unable to purchase their needs personally. And it’s this time that online purchases have spiked exponentially, and with that, the possibility for online payment fraud to spike as well.…

On 19 October a tweet on NordVPN official account said " Ain't no hacker can steal your online life. (If you use VPN).  Stay safe " that immediately  got the attention of cybersecurity community. Some call it a lie, some made jokes about it. Later on the tweet was taken down.  WHAT HAPPENED: NordVPN told TechCrunch that one of its data…

The article first appeared on MyHackerTech.com We're back to share another story from someone in the field of IT Security! At MyHackerTech we want to celebrate the diversity in the cybersecurity industry by sharing the inspirational stories of the people in the industry. With the IT security industry booming, many prospective IT…

There's no doubt that Anonymous, the vigilante hacking group or "hacktivists", have made an impact on the world with their projects. Let's delve into some of their more well-known antics for a moment. They hijacked the website of the controversial Westboro Baptist Chuch (WBC) after the church announced they would picket at the funerals of the…

This article first appeared on MyHackerTech Here at MyHackerTech, we're always interested in hackers and their stories. White hat hacking is such a varied field that attracts hackers from all corners of the globe and all walks of life. Hacking enthusiasts take the leap to become professional hackers for different reasons, and we want to…

What happened: Facebook have confirmed that the user data may have been at risk due to a security vulnerability on Instagram.  A security research by the handle @ZHacker13  discovered the vulnerability. The exploit would allow to bypass the Instagram security and specifically the platform's importer in combination with brute force attack on the…

What happened:  During an ongoing, large-scale web mapping project researchers at vpnMentor led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered a cache of 17M emails and 1.2 terabytes of data on an unsecured database used by a sophisticated criminal network to defraud Groupon, Ticketmasters and many other vendors. 90% of the database involved records…