Considering that billions of people post a staggering amount of material on social networks daily, chances are low that your Instagram pictures and TikTok videos will capture the attention of internet-savvy thieves. Entertainment industry celebrities, professional athletes and successful influencers are not like us, at least not in that respect. Still, thereContinue Reading
Iranian state-sponsored actors are behind the attacks, says Google Iranian state-sponsored hackers have built a new tool capable of downloading Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook inboxes, and are using it against unknown high-profile targets. This is according to a new report from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which managed to obtain a version ofContinue Reading
iPhones have a unique tool that can let you listen in on any room using your AirPods – although it was designed for people with hearing difficulties some have ‘misused it’ for eavesdropping The Apple iPhone is packed full of secret tools and tricks. But one feature is possibly the sneakiest ofContinue Reading
WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing under new privacy features. The changes will also allow people to control who can see when they are online and to prevent screenshots of auto-deleting “View Once” messages. The features are described as ways to keep users’ messages as “secureContinue Reading
Reverse engineers pointed out the new feature available in some profiles that track how often you tweet per month. Twitter has tested many controversial updates to its platform over the years, but few are likely to be as awkward as its newest experiment. First uncovered by reverse engineers earlier this summer, theContinue Reading
Seventeen malicious apps designed to infect Google Android users with banking malware have been removed from the Play Store. The malware campaign has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro who’ve dubbed it DawDropper and say it delivers four types of banking trojan – TeaBot, Octo, Hydra and Ermac – in what’s described as a dropper-as-a-service (DaaS)Continue Reading
Twitter may be working on a new way to share varied content in a single Tweet, according to a new leak by Alessandro Paluzzi, who’s got He has posted a screenshot of a Tweet being composed with multiple content types being added to it, including a GIF, a video andContinue Reading
Google looks to add a password strength indicator to Chrome As Google begins its march towards a passwordless future, passwords are still a necessary online security tool to block unwanted access to accounts. Now, the search giant wants to let users know how weak their login credentials are with a passwordContinue Reading
YouTube videos used to promote fake bitcoin mining software Cybercriminals have begun to lean on YouTube to distribute potent malware, security experts have discovered. Researchers from Cyble Research Labs recently stumbled upon more than 80 videos with relatively few viewers, and all belonging to the same user. The videos seem toContinue Reading
Look out, WhatsApp users – the popular messaging service is adding yet another tool to the arsenal of overbearing group chat admins. As spotted by WABetaInfo(opens in new tab), WhatsApp is working on a new update that will grant admins the ability to delete any and all messages sent in groupsContinue Reading