Hackers effectively Jailbreak the most recent update of iOS 12.4 by exploiting the unpatched vulnerability that has been now fixed by Apple, and the Jailbreak makes a simple method to hack any iPhone and iPad running on iOS 12.4. Apple coincidentally unpatched the vulnerability that has officially fixed in last Apple security update in July and the bug was discovered by a Google security researcher. Pwn20wnd (Twitter name), a security analyst who has released a free Jailbreak code on Github for iPhone running on iOS 12.4. This unpatched vulnerability permits to Jailbreak iOS 12.4 a ..read more

According to a study by DataVisor, a California based start-up firm which is specialized in fraud detection, 65 percent of accounts which have experienced an account takeover attack when an unknown logged in with the username and password of the victim have been when the victim did not been access by their e- commerce or banking account in more than 90 days. When an account is not opened for a while, it is easier for cyber criminals to get into it and take what they want and get out before they are even caught. Criminals gather usernames and passwords which have been leaked in previous brea ..read more

Media reports from Nigeria depict that the weekend attack on an MTN server has seen the firm lose nearly R28 million [N700 million] within two hours, after subscribers accessed up to 120GB of free data per person. Nigeria is the biggest market but also the most challenging one for the South African firm, with nearly 60 million mobile phone subscribers. According to reports the newly NSE-listed firm notified the office, the Nigerian Economic Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] to check into a suspected cybercrime offence. MTN had not responded to ITWeb by the time of publishing. The operator ..read more

According to the draft European Council conclusions on the 18th of June ’19, the leaders of Europe are expected to take a decision to bring in a tougher ‘security culture’ so as to counter attack the various kinds of cyber threats. Weeks after the news was out that a cyber security breach had occurred at the European Union delegation in Moscow, the draft says that the European Union bring in more cooperation with international actors and institutions and give a strong and coordinated response to cyber threats and cybercrimes. The draft backs the making of a new strategy to keep a check on c ..read more

Ad frauds have been helping fraudsters to generate a revenue for themselves via fake traffic, fake installs and fake clicks. Ad frauds also help the cyber thieves to deploy malware on the computers of the users. It has been estimated that cybercriminals have looted nearly $5.8 billion USD from digital ad frauds in this year itself. These ad frauds are favourite among the cyber thieves because they are really difficult to detect. It can help the criminals easily earn money through fake traffic. These are the most common online advertising frauds which are popular among the cyber criminals: A ..read more

Threats to Global Supply Chains: Consumers depend on supply chains which are for goods. These supply chains have become automated and interconnected. But the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore [CSA] has warned that the cyber criminals can trying and disrupt them. By doing this they can extract data of the firms which are involved in these supply chains. Industries are dominated by a few giant firms which are vulnerable as problems in one stage of production could lead to the fall of the entire process. Smart Buildings and Connected Systems: The advent of Internet of Things [IoT] devices and ..read more

The University of Missouri–St. Louis has talked about one of the most important issues in the sector of cybersecurity, ‘A skilled workforce’. The university has launched a new undergraduate program as well as a master’s program in cybersecurity. Across the entire globe, the cybersecurity talent shortage has been nearly 3 million. The shortage is particularly very high in Missouri, as the talent of the state has been very low but the job postings across Missouri have been more than 5,000 from September 2017 to August last year. The Cybersecurity Institute Director of UMSL, Shaji Khan said ..read more

The Unites States of America based bitcoin [BTC] is supporting payments service Square Crypto announced that it recruited former Google product director Steve Lee in a tweet published on the 12th of June ‘19. Square Crypto was announced in March this year when the firm joined Twitter, and planned to hire crypto professionals and engineers to work on the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem, paying them in crypto asset. Just hours before announcing the recruitment of Lee, the official Twitter Square Crypto account asked in what appeared to be a joke that the community to welcome the firm’s “summer i ..read more

Jay Y. Lee, the Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman has laid out a confident roadmap on where the tech giant is headed. The areas of focus of Samsung will be the blockchain technology, AI, and 6G network. The Vice Chairman of Samsung and its de facto leader, Jay Y. Lee has talked about his ambitious goals about going forward. The firm is precisely focussing on reinventing themselves for the next technological evolution. Lee feels that, this evolution will be occurring in these three important areas: blockchain technology, AI and 6G networks. As Huawei and Apple look to implement the 5G ne ..read more