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We often heard malicious hackers siphon huge funds from big firms via ransomware or other malicious attacks. But are small businesses or small and medium enterprises (SMEs) safe from the clutches of malicious hackers? To find out, the MyHackerNews team had interviewed Troy Kitch, Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions at Malwarebytes for his…

If you’re not a Facebook user and you never had an account on this social media network, it doesn’t mean that Facebook cannot track you. Unfortunately, regardless if you decide to quite the network for good or opted not to use the network’s services, you can still be among the people Facebook tracks on a constant basis. Many people decide not to…

American Express is a brand that is trusted around the world. When you see an e-mail from this company in your inbox, you automatically think that there’s nothing wrong with it and it has informative purposes. Well, combine the reputation of American Express with a warning concerning your credit card. What will happen? You will actually believe…

Until not so long ago, cryptocurrency wallets were seen as the safest payment method in the online environment. But, researchers managed to discover significant security problems when it comes to the hardware of some of these wallets. According to the unrolled study, both the firmware and chip of these wallets showed consistent vulnerabilities…

2018 has been the most destructive wildfire season on record for California, with over 7,500 fires burning an area of 1,667,855 acres, and causing almost $3 billion in damages. Countless people have been affected by the fires, losing their homes, businesses, livelihoods or loved ones. It's not unusual that in a time of tragedy or disaster, when…

A flaw in the Android OS allows an attacker to track the location of users if they are in close proximity to the WiFi router. Applications on the Android OS are typically segregated from other applications and also separated from the OS itself. However, they are systems in place that allow apps and the OS to share information with each other.…

Fortnite is now the worlds biggest game, drawing in over 125 million players in less than a year, and has firmly made the crossover from the game world into pop culture. For those of you not in the know, Fortnite is a game inspired by the Japanese thriller movie Battle Royale; the aim of the game is to stay alive as long as possible either by…

A More Violent Malware Than Stuxnet Hits Iran . Do you remember when back in in 2010 when Sergey Ulasen discovered Stuxnet, that targeted industrial control systems and contained the first programmable logic controller (PLC) rootkit, it was a big deal since it was targeted Iranian nuclear program. Now another more powerful and damaging malware…

FireEye, a cybersecurity company that provides services to protect against cyber attacks, claim they have discovered evidence of Russian involvement in the development of TRITON malware. About TRITON Malware TRITON malware, sometimes called Trisis, is Industrial Control System (ICS) malware that targets the Triconex Safety Instrumented System…

Millions of Passengers Data Compromised After Cathay Pacific Hacked. Cathay Pacific, the worlds 10th largest airline in terms of sales, and one of Asia’s top airlines have uncovered a data breached in which over 9 million passengers information has been stolen. On Wednesday 14 October the airline admitted that a range of data has been…