Loopholes In Security

Microsoft discovered a major security vulnerability in multiple Android apps last week that could be exploited to gain unauthorised access to apps and sensitive data on the device. Interestingly, this security flaw does not come from the system codes, but an improper usage of a particular system by developers that can lead to loopholes that are pro...

Sky Mavis, the parent of Axie Infinity game, has offered to pay security developers upto $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crore) to identify loopholes in their security systems. The rewards will be paid in AXS, the native token of Axie Infinity game. The step comes after Sky Mavis-developed Ronin Network lost $625 million (roughly Rs. 4,729 crore) in a ...

Punjab National Bank has denied claims made in a cyber security firm's report that the personal data of the bank's millions of customers was breached due to a loophole in its system.

New Zealand on Thursday passed a new security law to criminalise preparing a terror attack, tightening a loophole that was exposed by a man who went on to conduct a mass stabbing in the country's most populated city.

Security researcher Sai Krishna Kothapalli found a loophole in the government’s SMS publishing platform that could allow anyone to send a message while posing as an official government account. This particular loophole has been fixed now.

New research conducted by Maximilian Zinkus, Tushar Jois, and Matthew Green, of Johns Hopkins University, shows our phones aren’t as secure as we think. In their analysis, they found that Apple does have a powerful and compelling set of security and privacy controls, backed and empowered by strong encryption. However, critical lack in coverage du...

Xiaomi is found to silently send user data to remote servers — once again. Security researchers have claimed that the Chinese company has provided loopholes on its phones to transmit data to remote servers hosted by Alibaba.

Security researchers are able to highlight loopholes in virtual meetings through an automated tool that can bypass the measures and find 100 Zoom meeting IDs in an hour. Separately, Zoom has disabled a feature on its platform that would help meeting hosts see the LinkedIn profiles of individuals, without their knowledge.

Google has been taking steps towards safeguarding the Play Store from all kinds of malware and frauds. According to the company, it prevented more than 1.9 billion malware installs from non-Google Play sources in 2019.

Microsoft announced a new Xbox Bounty programme today. As part of the programme, security researchers or white hat hackers can help the tech giant identify security loopholes in its Xbox Live network and services.

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari have been successfully hacked by hackers participating in network security contest Tianfu Cup. Team 360 Vulcan led the competition by winning a total bounty of $382,500 (roughly Rs. 2,74,80,000) for hacking Adobe PDF Reader, Microsoft Edge, Office 365, VMWare Workstation, and qemu+Ubuntu.

The vulnerability that was associated with Huawei's PCManager software was fixed in January and was detailed by Microsoft late last month.

After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, billionaire Acharya Balkrishna and yoga guru Baba Ramdev are about to have another go at it. Mr Balkrishna, who collaborated with Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to create a...

The upcoming policy will look at areas like technology innovation and security as well as plug "loopholes", the minister promised.

The huge leak of Aadhar data from four websites belonging to a central ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government has been on the government radar for a while. The leak, caused by poor security protocols, had left around 130 million numbers and their allied information, like bank and post office account details, open to access for several months. B...

Microsoft discovered a major security vulnerability in multiple Android apps last week that could be exploited to gain unauthorised access to apps and sensitive data on the device. Interestingly, this security flaw does not come from the system codes, but an improper usage of a particular system by developers that can lead to loopholes that are pro...

Sky Mavis, the parent of Axie Infinity game, has offered to pay security developers upto $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crore) to identify loopholes in their security systems. The rewards will be paid in AXS, the native token of Axie Infinity game. The step comes after Sky Mavis-developed Ronin Network lost $625 million (roughly Rs. 4,729 crore) in a ...

Punjab National Bank has denied claims made in a cyber security firm's report that the personal data of the bank's millions of customers was breached due to a loophole in its system.

New Zealand on Thursday passed a new security law to criminalise preparing a terror attack, tightening a loophole that was exposed by a man who went on to conduct a mass stabbing in the country's most populated city.

Security researcher Sai Krishna Kothapalli found a loophole in the government’s SMS publishing platform that could allow anyone to send a message while posing as an official government account. This particular loophole has been fixed now.

New research conducted by Maximilian Zinkus, Tushar Jois, and Matthew Green, of Johns Hopkins University, shows our phones aren’t as secure as we think. In their analysis, they found that Apple does have a powerful and compelling set of security and privacy controls, backed and empowered by strong encryption. However, critical lack in coverage du...

Xiaomi is found to silently send user data to remote servers — once again. Security researchers have claimed that the Chinese company has provided loopholes on its phones to transmit data to remote servers hosted by Alibaba.

Security researchers are able to highlight loopholes in virtual meetings through an automated tool that can bypass the measures and find 100 Zoom meeting IDs in an hour. Separately, Zoom has disabled a feature on its platform that would help meeting hosts see the LinkedIn profiles of individuals, without their knowledge.

Google has been taking steps towards safeguarding the Play Store from all kinds of malware and frauds. According to the company, it prevented more than 1.9 billion malware installs from non-Google Play sources in 2019.

Microsoft announced a new Xbox Bounty programme today. As part of the programme, security researchers or white hat hackers can help the tech giant identify security loopholes in its Xbox Live network and services.

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari have been successfully hacked by hackers participating in network security contest Tianfu Cup. Team 360 Vulcan led the competition by winning a total bounty of $382,500 (roughly Rs. 2,74,80,000) for hacking Adobe PDF Reader, Microsoft Edge, Office 365, VMWare Workstation, and qemu+Ubuntu.

The vulnerability that was associated with Huawei's PCManager software was fixed in January and was detailed by Microsoft late last month.

After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, billionaire Acharya Balkrishna and yoga guru Baba Ramdev are about to have another go at it. Mr Balkrishna, who collaborated with Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to create a...

The upcoming policy will look at areas like technology innovation and security as well as plug "loopholes", the minister promised.

The huge leak of Aadhar data from four websites belonging to a central ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government has been on the government radar for a while. The leak, caused by poor security protocols, had left around 130 million numbers and their allied information, like bank and post office account details, open to access for several months. B...