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Researchers at firmware and hardware security company Eclypsium discovered that hundreds of motherboard models made by Taiwanese computer components giant Gigabyte include backdoor functionality that could pose a significant risk to organizations. The backdoor was discovered by Eclypsium based on behavior associated with the functionality, which triggered an alert in …

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record of over 7.4 million accounts in India in April 2023. This is the highest number of accounts banned by WhatsApp in a single month. The accounts were banned for violating WhatsApp’s terms of service, which include rules against spam, abuse, and hate speech. In addition …

Google is temporarily offering a triple reward to bug bounty hunters who report functional full-chain exploits that can escape the Chrome browser’s sandbox. The bonus is effective until December 1, 2023. A sandbox is a security feature that isolates code from the rest of the system, making it more difficult …

In his budget speech for the fiscal year 2023-24, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal announced the launch of a digital bank. He said that the bank would be established to expand and accelerate efforts at financial inclusion. A committee of Bangladesh Bank has been working on the establishment of the …

Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, has unveiled GravityZone Security for Mobile, a comprehensive mobile security solution that protects Android, iOS, and Chromebook devices from a wide range of threats, including malware, phishing, and ransomware. GravityZone Security for Mobile leverages Bitdefender’s industry-leading antimalware and advanced threat intelligence solutions to provide real-time …

Google CTF 2023 Capture the Flag (CTF) exercises have been around for several years and provide a great challenge and knowledge for ethical hackers and bug bounty hunters. Many companies conduct CTF competitions as part of their security enhancement efforts. Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft have vulnerability …

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that CAPTCHA-breaking services are being offered for sale to bypass systems designed to distinguish legitimate users from bot traffic. These services work by farming out CAPTCHA-breaking tasks to actual human solvers. This makes it easy for customers of CAPTCHA-breaking services to develop automated tools against online …

NASA and its partners have achieved a record data transmission speed of 200 gigabits per second (Gbps) using lasers. This new capability could revolutionize space exploration by enabling scientists to collect and transmit more data than ever before. Traditionally, NASA has used radio waves to communicate with spacecraft. However, radio …

According to IT Governance, a global provider of cyber risk and privacy management solutions, 4.3 million records were compromised by cyberattacks across the world in April 2023. This represents an 89% decrease from April 2022. However, organizations must not let this lull them into a false sense of security. Cybercriminals …

Android Smartphone users in front of the big warning signal? A new malware has been discovered, which may pose a major threat to Android users. India’s Central Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has already issued an alert in this regard. The malware, called ‘DAAM’, is infecting Android smart phones, …