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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.
Top 5 Last-Minute Memorial Day Deals at THN Store → Get 60% Extra OFF

Memorial Day has come and gone, but you still have time to land some of the best deals on some of the best apps and tech training bundles around.

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
Unpatched Flaw in SUPRA Smart TVs Lets Attackers Hijack Screens With Any Video

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/supra-smart-tv-hack.html
Newly Disclosed #0Day Flaw in Apple's macOS Mojave Lets Hackers Bypass Security and Privacy Protection Features with Synthetic Clicks…. Again!

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/macOS-synthetic-click.html
Apple Launches Privacy-Focused "Sign in with Apple ID" Feature at #WWDC19

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/apple-launches-privacy-focused-sign-in.html

It has been designed to prevent users' tracking by hiding their actual email addresses and randomly generate a new unique email address for each different 3rd-party service.
Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/firefox-tracking-cookies.html

➦ Enhanced Tracking Protection
➦ Firefox Lockwise [Desktop Extension]
➦ Facebook Container Extension Update
New Unpatched Bug Could Allow Client-Side Attackers to Bypass Windows Lock Screen On RDP Sessions

Read more — https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/rdp-windows-lock-screen.html

All the attacker needs to do is… interrupt the network connectivity of a targeted client system and Tadaaaa...! the lock screen will disappear