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Hackers found exploiting a critical 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-3568) in WhatsApp audio calling feature to secretly install spyware on targeted phones just by calling them.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/hack-whatsapp-vulnerability.html

Update your WhatsApp for Android, iOS, Tizen, Windows Phone immediately.
Secure Boot (TAm) bypass flaw — dubbed "ThrAngryCat" or 😾😾😾, CVE-2019-1649 — affecting millions of Cisco devices could allow remote attackers to implant persistent backdoors on vulnerable routers, switches and firewall devices.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/cisco-secure-boot-bypass.html
Adobe Releases May 2019 Software Security Updates to Patch Dozens of Critical and Important Flaws in Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, and Media Encoder

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/adobe-software-updates.html
Microsoft releases May 2019 security updates to patch a critical "Wormable Flaw" [CVE-2019-0708] and 78 other CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its software and Windows operating systems

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/microsoft-security-updates.html
MDS Attacks [ZombieLoad, RIDL, and Fallout] — A new class of Spectre-style flaws discovered in #Intel CPUs that affects almost every processor since 2011, allowing attackers to steal sensitive data across processes, privilege boundaries and Hyperthreads.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/intel-processor-vulnerabilities.html
Google’s Bluetooth-compatible Titan Security Keys Can Be Hijacked by Nearby Hackers — But Don't Worry, Users Can Apply for Free Replacement from Google

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/google-titan-security-key.html
Breaking — International Law Enforcement agencies have dismantled a major cybercrime network behind GozNym banking #malware that's responsible for stealing nearly $100 million from over 41,000 victims

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/GozNym-banking-malware.html

10 members indicted across 5 Countries.
Hacker breaks into Stack Overflow, the largest Q&A site for programmers.

Read More ⮞ https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/stack-overflow-databreach.html

Q— Have my account password, profile data, or online activity on Stack Overflow also been compromised?

A— There is no evidence that users’ data was accessed.
Report reveals TeamViewer, one of the most popular remote desktop software companies, was breached by Chinese hackers in 2016.

Read More: https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/teamviewer-software-hacked.html
Some Core Elastic Stack Security Features Are Now Available To Free Users As Well

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/elastic-stack-security.html
Hacker publishes 0-day exploit for a new unpatched LPE vulnerability in Windows 10 operating system

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/windows-zero-day-vulnerability.html
Oops! Google "Mistakenly" Stored G Suite Enterprise Users' Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years

Read More >> https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/google-gsuite-plaintext-password.html
NEW: Hacker publicly disclosed 0-day exploits for total 3 new unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities in less than 24-hours

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/microsoft-zero-day-vulnerability.html
🎉 Woohoo! Great news for privacy-focused users.

Tor Browser for Android released — First stable version has arrived on Google Play Store for anyone to download for free.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/tor-browser-for-android.html
U.S. Charges #WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 new counts on violation of the Espionage Act by publishing classified information.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/wikileaks-assange-espionage.html

He could face decades in the prison if convicted.
Nearly 1 million Windows computers are still unpatched and have been found vulnerable to the critical "Wormable" BlueKeep RDP vulnerability—latest mass Internet scan confirms

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/bluekeep-rdp-vulnerability.html
Flipboard Database Hacked — Users' Account Information Exposed

Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of certain users have been hacked.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/flipboard-data-breach-hacking.html
Chinese Hackers Infected Nearly 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit-Protected CryptoCurrency Mining Malware

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/hacking-mysql-phpmyadmin.html

Thanks to Weak Login Credentials.
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https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/memorial-day-deals.html
Watch Out! POS Malware Found Installed On 103 Checkers and Rally's Drive-in Restaurants—Hackers Stole Customers' Credit Cards Details

https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/credit-card-checkers-restaurants.html