TWINN #153 - P2Pinfect targets routers and IoT devices

P2Pinfect targets routers and IoT devices

P2Pinfect Botnet: A New Variant Targets MIPS Devices A new variant of the P2Pinfect botnet has emerged, specifically targeting devices based on Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages (MIPS) This development adds a new level of complexity to the…

KidSecurity App Leaks Over 300 Million Records of Private Data

KidSecurity App Leaks Over 300 Million Records of Private Data

  KidSecurity, a popular parental control app that’s used to track children, has exposed its activity logs, leaving users’ private data in the hands of threat With more than a million downloads on Google Play, KidSecurity provides parents…

Report reveals Australian cyber crimes are getting worse | 9 News Australia

Report reveals Australian cyber crimes are getting worse

  Australia is under attack every hour of every day and it’s only getting A new report reveals cyber crimes are soaring with the targets ranging from every day people to big businesses and even the nation’s most…

Discord.io got hacked!

Discord.io got hacked!

  Suffers Massive Data Breach, Announces Closure: Millions of Users’ Information Compromised In a shocking turn of events, popular communication platform has fallen victim to a massive data breach, compromising the personal information of millions of its…

CPU

New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Puts Valuable Data at Risk in Multiple Generations of Intel Chips

Researchers Uncover Vulnerability that Allows Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Information A critical security flaw, dubbed ‘Downfall,’ has been discovered in numerous generations of Intel chips, potentially exposing valuable data to malicious The vulnerability, which allows for unauthorized access to…

Electoral Commission hacked by 'hostile actors' in cyber attack

Electoral Commission hacked by ‘hostile actors’ in cyber attack

  Electoral Commission targeted by ‘hostile actors’ in ‘complex’ cyber attack for 14 months The Electoral Commission has issued an apology after it admitted hackers were able to access the names and addresses of anyone in the UK registered…

Inception: leaking the root hash from /etc/shadow on AMD Zen 4

Nearly Every AMD CPU Since 2017 Found Vulnerable to Inception Data-Leak Attacks

Researchers Uncover Widespread Security Flaw in AMD Zen-based Processors A significant security vulnerability named ‘Inception’ has been discovered, affecting nearly every AMD Central Processing Unit (CPU) since This alarming revelation exposes sensitive data stored on AMD Zen-based Ryzen…

Another Fortnite scandal: Epic games to pay $520 million for tricking kids | Cybersecurity News

Fortnite Scandal: Epic games To Pay $520 Million For Tricking Kids

This week, the gaming world is abuzz with a major scandal involving Epic Games and their smash hit According to reports it looks like Epic will have to pay $520 million in fines due to charges brought forth…

AndroidEarthquakeAlerts

Google Releases Android Earthquake Alerts System for Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu And The Solomon Islands

The Android Earthquake Alerts System has been available for some time but has not been really available in our vicinity. Now Google has opened the Android Earthquake Alerts System for…

Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Says an Image Generating AI Invented Its Own Language

A researcher says an image generating Artificial Intelligence ‘invented its own An image AI called DALL-E has sparked debate among AI experts who claim it is creating a secret language to categorise images, the words look like gibberish but…