Cybernetics

Phone Light Sensor: A Potential Tool for Unauthorized Surveillance

Credit: Unsplash.In increasingly mobile-dependent lives, people entrust their smartphones with various sensitive tasks, from financial transactions to work-related activities and even documenting personal musings through apps like Notes. However, a recent study conducted by MIT researchers sheds light on a potential privacy threat associated with the unassuming ambient light sensor in most phones.The Vulnerability...

Password Theft Occurs Through the Interception of Keystrokes by the Exploit

Credit: Pixaobay"Incorporate an additional hazard into the roster of dangers you expose yourself to when utilizing your phone for business transactions at the neighborhood coffee shop."Researchers from Chinese and Singaporean universities have identified a security vulnerability that enables malicious individuals to capture your passwords by monitoring your keystrokes.This innovative cyberattack, known as Wiki-Eve, is...

Neuralink, Mind Control or Advanced Technology

“I am so secure about Neuralink that I can implant it in my kids”. Elon MuskTechnology has come way too far, isn't it? Today we more often hear about a Neuralink´s coin size device capable of making humans control several devices just with their thought. Well, this has also implications for important fields such...

KeePass Exploit Enables Attackers to Recuperate Master Passwords from Memory

A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been provided for a security flaw affecting the KeePass password manager that could be exploited to recover a victim's master password in cleartext under certain situations.The problem, tracked as CVE-2023-32784, impacts KeePass versions 2.x for Windows, Linux, and macOS and is presumed to be patched in version 2.54, which is...

ChatGPT and The Dark Web, Yet, A Hushed Talk in The Tech World

The use of ChatGPT provides benefits for businesses, including automation and the potential for increased profits. However, this technology also presents certain risks. One such risk is the possibility of hackers using ChatGPT to manipulate victims, resulting in more advanced and difficult-to-detect cyber attacks.A recent study by NordVPN has shown an increase in ChatGPT-related...

Hackers Install Malware Instead of Promised AI

Tech titan Meta says it expects hackers and other malicous actors online to begin using generative artificial intelligence to scale up attacks. Credit: W&V.On Wednesday, the social media giant Meta, which is the parent company of popular platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, warned that hackers exploit the popularity and potential of generative...

A Look on Data Mining and Machine Learning

Python is a popular programming language used for data mining, among many other applications. Data mining involves the extraction of useful patterns and insights from large data sets, and Python provides a wide range of tools and libraries that make it well-suited for this task. Some of the popular Python libraries used for data...

FBI Seizes ‘SSNDOB’ ID Theft Service for Selling Personal Data of 24 Million People

Credit: Pixelz.On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that an illegal online marketplace called SSNDOB was dismantled in an operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies.SSNDOB take downSSNDOB trafficked in personal data such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of roughly 24 million people in...