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30 Nov

HP Silently Installs Telemetry Bloatware On Your PC—Here’s How to Remove It

Do you own a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Windows PC or laptop? Multiple HP customers from around the world are reporting that HP has started deploying a “spyware” onto their laptops—without informing them or asking their permission. The application being branded as...
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7 Sep

Hackers Can Silently Control Siri, Alexa & Other Voice Assistants Using Ultrasound

What if your smartphone starts making calls, sending text messages, and browsing malicious websites on the Internet itself without even asking you? This is no imaginations, as hackers can make this possible using your smartphone’s personal assistant like Siri or...
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19 Jul

New Linux Malware Exploits SambaCry Flaw to Silently Backdoor NAS Devices

Remember SambaCry? Almost two months ago, we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software, allowing a hacker to remotely take full control of a vulnerable Linux and Unix machines. We dubbed the vulnerability as...
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11 Jul

Google Silently Adds ‘Panic Detection Mode” to Android 7.1 – How It’s Useful

How often do you click the ‘back’ or the ‘Home’ button on your mobile device to exit an application immediately? I believe, several times in a single day because a large number of apps do not have an exit button...
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2 Jun

This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that can silently infect other computers of interest...
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2 Jun

CIA Implants This Windows Hacking Tool to Silently Hack Computers Over Network

3 May

Hundreds of Apps Using Ultrasonic Signals to Silently Track Smartphone Users

Your smartphone may have some apps that are continuously listening inaudible, high-frequency ultrasonic sounds from your surroundings and they know where you go, what you like and dislike — all without your knowledge. Ultrasonic Cross-Device Tracking is a new technology...
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15 Sep

Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor

Do you own an Android Smartphone from Xiaomi, HTC, Samsung, or OnePlus? If yes, then you must be aware that almost all smartphone manufacturers provide custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, MIUI and others with some pre-loaded themes and applications...
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17 Mar

Warning — Hackers can Silently Install Malware to Non-Jailbroken iOS Devices

Hard time for mobile phone users! Just recently, two severe vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Snapdragon chip and Stagefright were spotted on the Android platform, affecting more than a Billion and Millions of devices respectively. And now: Hackers have discovered a new way...
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21 Oct

French Researchers Hack Google Now And Siri Remotely, Silently Via Headphones

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researches on the French government’s payroll have discovered a new way to remotely and silently seize control of personal assistants such as Google Now or Microsoft’s Siri installed on a smartphone....
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