The Pirate Bay keeps its new user registration system down even after three months have passed. Existing users are still uploading a large volume of torrents, so everything looks normal. The platform is getting even more popular as it only offers malware-free torrents right now. It looks like The Pirate Bay has entered a closed-circle operation mode, allowing only existing … [Read more...] about The Pirate Bay Not Accepting New User Registrations After Three Months
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Face-Swapping App ‘ZAO’ Goes Viral, Raising User Privacy Concerns
The ZAO app can swap people’s faces with those of actors in movies, creating highly convincing deepfakes. The problem is that the users upload a series of images of their face, and this data goes to Chinese servers. The user agreement terms give ZAO the right to do whatever they want with that data, including selling it. Last week, we presented the belief of a video expert … [Read more...] about Face-Swapping App ‘ZAO’ Goes Viral, Raising User Privacy Concerns
Malicious Package Was Stealing User Credentials on the NPM Repository
NPM removed a malicious package called “bb-builder” after hosting it there for over a year. The discovery of the package came after an in-depth scan of the whole repository by ReversingLabs. Malicious actors love to infect development repositories as this is the basis for supply chain attacks. NPM (Node Package Manager) has just removed a malicious package named “bb-builder” … [Read more...] about Malicious Package Was Stealing User Credentials on the NPM Repository
Luscious Left a Database With 1.2 Million User Accounts Unprotected
Luscious left their code database unprotected, risking sensitive information about their users. The adult content website is one of the most successful of its kind but has now blundered. Users should change their usernames and email addresses and should use a VPN from now on. As reported by vpnMentor’s researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, the pornographic image website … [Read more...] about Luscious Left a Database With 1.2 Million User Accounts Unprotected
A Mozilla Firefox Bug is Allowing User Passwords to be Stolen
Earlier Firefox versions allowed user passwords to be copied even if a master password was set. An unauthenticated person with access to the target’s computer could use the ‘Saved Logins’ dialog to copy the passwords. The latest bug-fixing version has resolved this problem, but people still need to set up a master password. Mozilla has released Firefox version 68.0.2, fixing … [Read more...] about A Mozilla Firefox Bug is Allowing User Passwords to be Stolen