Epic Games Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Hacked 'Fortnite' Accounts
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https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/epic-games-fortnite-lawsuit.html

On the behalf of over 100 affected users, #lawsuit accuses the company of failing to maintain adequate security measures and notify users of the #security breach in a timely manner.

Cerberus — A New Android “Banking Malware for Rent” Emerges Online

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/cerberus-android-banking-trojan.html

🔥 Breaking: Google researcher discloses 20-year-old 'unpatched' vulnerabilities affecting all versions of Microsoft Windows—from XP to the latest Windows 10.

Details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/ctfmon-windows-vulnerabilities.html

It could allow attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on a targeted PC.

⚡HTTP/2 DoS Attacks

Various widely-used implementations of HTTP/2 protocol have been found vulnerable to multiple denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to easily knock websites running over vulnerable servers OFFLINE.

Details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/http2-dos-vulnerability.html

🔥 CVE-2019-9506

A new Bluetooth 'Encryption Key Negotiation' vulnerability lets attackers hijack and spy on encrypted connections.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/bluetooth-knob-vulnerability.html

The flaw affects a wide-range of Bluetooth-enabled devices including smartphones, laptops, IoTs, and industrial devices.

A privacy flaw in Kaspersky antivirus products by-default exposed its users to cross-site online tracking—even in incognito mode.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/kaspersky-antivirus-online-tracking.html

The 4-year-old flaw, CVE-2019-8286, could have allowed online trackers to identify you without even using browser cookies.

This new smartphone app—called "Bluetana"—can quickly detect hidden Bluetooth-enabled #CreditCard skimmers at Gas Pumps and ATMs

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/credit-card-skimmer-detector.html

Researchers bypass security patches for two severe vulnerabilities that "LibreOffice" attempted to patch in its software with earlier updates.

Read this ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/libreoffice-patch-update.html

Update LibreOffice (Windows, Linux and macOS) to version 6.2.6/6.3.0 to patch them again.

The European Central Bank (ECB) Shuts Down Its 'BIRD Portal' After Getting Hacked

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/european-central-bank-hack.html

Watch Out, SysAdmins!

Someone planned an RCE backdoor in Webmin (versions 1.882 through 1.921)—a popular open source, web-based cPanel type utility for Linux/Unix servers—that remained hidden for over a year, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on affected servers

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/webmin-vulnerability-hacking.html

⚡ Fully working jailbreak released for the latest iOS 12.4 — thanks to Apple who "accidentally unpatches" an old vulnerability (CVE-2019-8605) that it patched previously in iOS 12.3.

Details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/ios-iphone-jailbreak.html

It works on updated iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.

👨‍🔧 Off-Facebook Activity

Facebook releases a new privacy tool that lets its users view & simply dissociate their Facebook identity from the data 3rd-party websites & apps share with the company through online tracking tools.

Read details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/clear-off-facebook-activity.html

Google and Mozilla finally today blocked the Kazakhstan’s government-issued root CA certificate in Chrome and Firefox web browsers to prevent the government from intercepting HTTPS connections and spying on its citizens' online activities.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/kazakhstan-root-certificate.html

🔥 Privacy Sandbox

Google announces a new initiative to develop a set of open standards that fundamentally enhances privacy on the web, while continuing to support a free, open and democratic Internet through targeted online advertisements.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/google-privacy-sandbox-ads.html

Hostinger—Popular Web Hosting Provider— Suffers Data Breach; Resets Password For 14 Million Customers

Read ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/web-hosting-hostinger-breach.html

Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, confirms the "blackmailing hacker" obtained some of its users’ KYC data from a 3rd-party vendor.

Details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/binance-kyc-data-leak_26.html

🤷 Like it or not...

Apple just patched an unpatched Jailbreak flaw that it patched previously but accidentally unpatched lately—Did I confuse you?

Details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/apple-ios-iphone-jailbreak.html

Just update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch devices to the latest iOS 12.4.1 immediately.

WARNING 😱 — CamScanner Goes Rogue! Remove this app immediately from your smartphones.

Hidden malware found in the highly popular—CamScanner—Android app that has more than 100 million users.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/android-camscanner-malware.html

Google has also removed it from its Play Store.

Bravo 👏

French Police—in collaboration with Avast researchers—took control over widely-spread "RETADUP" botnet network and remotely removed the malware from more than 850,000 infected computers worldwide.

More details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/retadup-botnet-malware.html

Magecart Hackers Compromise 80 More e-Commerce Websites to Steal Online Shoppers' Credit Card Information

Read ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/magecart-hacking-credit-card.html

Apple changes the way it will handle Siri recordings following #privacy concerns that involved 3rd-party contractors listening to users’ voice interactions without their knowledge or consent.

Read details ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/apple-siri-recording-privacy.html

NO, it hasn't ended the program entirely.