Data Transfer Project—An Open Source Data Portability Initiative by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter—Lets You Easily, Securely and Directly Transfer Your Data From One Online Service to Another

https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/google-data-transfer-project.html

Egypt passes a new controversial law that allows government to monitor, block and prosecute citizens with more than 5000 followers on social media for sharing fake news

https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/social-media-fake-news-law.html

New Bluetooth Vulnerability (CVE-2018-5383)—Cryptographic implementation flaw in Firmware/Drivers affects devices from major vendors including Apple, Broadcom, Intel & Qualcomm. Attackers can intercept, decrypt, forge messages/traffic or inject malware.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/bluetooth-hack-vulnerability.html

It's happening! Starting today, Google Chrome will mark all HTTP websites as 'Not Secure'

https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/google-chrome-not-secure.html

If you have a website, you need an SSL — it's as simple as that!

Security Bypass Flaw (CVE-2018-14773) in Symfony Component Leaves #Drupal Websites Vulnerable — Patch Now

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/symfony-drupal-hack.html

Same Vulnerability Also Affects Projects Built Using Zend Feed or Diactoros Libraries

MikroTik Routers Are Under Massive Attack — Hackers Infect Over 200,000 Routers to Inject Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/mikrotik-router-hacking.html …

Popular System Optimization Tool – #CCleaner – Introduces Active Monitoring Feature and User Data Collection With No Way to Opt-Out

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/ccleaner-software-download.html

Reddit Got Hacked – Here's Everything You Need to Know

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/hack-reddit-account.html …

Attacker Bypasses Two-Factor Authentication for Employees' Accounts and Stole Users’ Private Messages, Emails, and Hashed Passwords

Fortnite APK for Android will be available only on the company's website instead of Google Play Store
. The move raises security concerns over encouraging millions of users to install (via sideloading) a 3rd-party app outside of the official app store


https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/fortnite-android-apk-download.html

Computer Virus Attack Hits #iPhone Chip Supplier—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Forcing It to Shut Down Several Chip-Fabrication Factories.

TSMC Scrambles to Resume Production and Expects 250 Million Loss in Third Quarter Revenue.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/tsmc-iphone-computer-virus.html

Android P (Android 9.0) now stands for "Android Pie" — 5 best new features you should check out:

Google officially launches Android Pie for Pixel phones today; Here's how to download it now.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/android-9-pie.html

Facebook Releases "Fizz" — A New Open Source #TLS 1.3 Implementation Library Designed For High Performance and Security

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/fizz-tls-ssl-library.html …

Facebook Also Uses Fizz to Secure Trillions of Connections Everyday

Apple Chip Maker TSMC Blames #WannaCry Ransomware Attack for Production Halt

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/tsmc-wannacry-ransomware-attack.html

Hacker Leaked #Snapchat Source Code On GitHub

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/snapchat-hack-source-code.html

—by @Swati_THN

New WhatsApp vulnerabilities could let malicious users modify private/group chats and spread fake news or misinformation. Check out the video demonstration to learn how the 3 "unpatched attacks" work!

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/whatsapp-modify-chat-fake-news.html

Security researchers release open source—Social Mapper—facial recognition tool that tracks people across social media networks, including: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, VKontakte, Weibo & Douban.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/social-mapper-osint.html

Researchers Developed AI-Powered (Artificial Intelligence) Stealthy "DeepLocker" Malware to Demonstrate Future Threats

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/artificial-intelligence-malware.html

Flaws in Pre-Installed Apps Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hackers. Affected Android handsets are from Asus, ZTE, LG, Essential, Vivo, Sony, Nokia, Oppo, Sky, Leagoo, Plum, Orbic, MXQ, Doogee, Coolpad, and Alcatel.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/android-app-hack.html

Google is tracking of billions of Android, iPhone users’ minute-by-minute locations without permissions—even with 'Location History' turned off, report revealed

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/google-mobile-location-tracking.html

Researchers introduce "Man-in-the-Disk" — a new attack vector that potentially expands the Android attack surface for millions of devices
. Using it against vulnerable apps could allow attackers to silently infect phones with malicious apps or launch DoS attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/man-in-the-disk-android-hack.html