Month: September 2019

Researchers have found sober security vulnerabilities in over 600,000 GPS trackers available for sale on Amazon and other online retail merchants that have exposed individual data, including accurate real-time GPS coordinates. Czech cyber-security firm Avast, which disclosed the vulnerabilities, said it clued-up the manufacturer about the flaws on June 24, 2019, but added that they never got a response to their repeated messages.   The trackers — 31 models in all that are made by Chinese IoT manufacturer Shenzhen i365 Tech — allowed individuals to keep tabs on their children’s’…

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Be cautious! Attackers can distantly take control your Android device and steal the data stored on it if you are using the free version of CamScanner, a highly-popular Phone PDF creator app with 100+ million downloads on Google Play Store. So, be secure, and just uninstall the CamScanner app from your Android device, as Google has already removed the app from its official Play Store. Regrettably, CamScanner has just gone rascal as researchers found Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Necro.n – a hidden Trojan-Dropper module within the app that could permit remote attackers to secretly…

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Based in France, Option Way has the client base around the world and helps individuals find flight deals to and from various destinations. Here, according to a reported security research firm VPNMentor, the website was leaking 100 GB worth of unsecured client data to the public internet. Option way claims that the website is confined by an SSL certificate. This should encrypt the data transaction made to the website, as they are processed in line with the recommendation set out by the CNIL i.e. France’s data protection authority. Moreover, the…

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