Around 100 million Samsung smartphones were affected by a vulnerability in the cryptographic security environment of the South Korean brand, which exposed hardware-protected user keys to cyberattacks, although the company has already fixed it.
The bug, discovered by researchers at Tel Aviv…
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Google will automatically activate two-step verification on November 9
Google will automatically activate, as of November 9, for millions of users of their accounts the security function of two-step verification, which requires confirming the identity in the access through techniques such as SMS codes sent to…
Hackers attack Whattpad platform
The text publishing platform Wattpad has been the victim of a cyber attack that has affected more than 271 million users, whose data has appeared on the black market.
Wattpad is a social platform where readers and writers from all over the…
Password “123456” was the least secure of 2019
The passwords '123456' and '123456789' have been the most frequent filtered by cybercriminals in the last year, and only the first one - the most common - was ever used by 3% of Internet users, according to the Ranking of the Worst…
SIM cards are vulnerable to SIMjacker attacks
SIM cards minimum level of protection set to zero puts mobiles security at risk and makes them vulnerable to attacks by SIMjacker and the recently discovered WIBattack.
SIM cards are vulnerable to a second type of cyber attack that…
Coinbase customers can save their passwords in the cloud
The company says that allowing users to save their passwords in a cloud provides them with greater protection against their loss. This will reduce the risk of loss of funds in case the keys are not found.
They also said that in addition to…
Bank of America obtains license to store cryptos
The license presented by Bank of America in June 2014 describes the background of the invention by stating that as block technology advances, financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies have become more common. Therefore, for some…
Atlas Quantum reveals data breach on its platform
Last weekend the Brazilian cryptocommerce platform Atlas Quantum detected a data leak that affected 260 thousand customers. According to spokespersons of the company, the criminal action did not affect the funds of the users.
Atlas Quantum…