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In the modern age, data has become a crucial asset. It's like a new form of currency that powers businesses globally, but it also raises concerns about security. How can individuals be sure their personal information is protected? How do companies safeguard their own data and that of their clients? This is where CyberNews steps in. We are a group of privacy advocates dedicated to guiding individuals and businesses through the complexities of the digital landscape. We offer a daily mix of the latest technology news, insightful articles, helpful cyber tips, software and product evaluations, thorough research, and thought-provoking pieces. Our mission is to equip you with the knowledge needed to protect yourself and your digital assets.

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Asus routers are critically vulnerable to a newly discovered flaw: update now

6 days ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

Hackers can craft a request, send it to the Asus router, and execute functions without authorization. Due to this critical vulnerability, bearing a score of 9.2 out of 10, the company is urging users to update the firmware of Asus routers running AiCloud. Asus AiCloud is a cloud storage and remote access service developed by ASUS for their modern routers. The company’s routers are very popular in the US, especially among gamers, tech enthusiasts, and other home users.
Sneaky “Vote for me” scam leads to stolen Facebook, Instagram, and other accounts

6 days ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

Is a friend asking you to vote for them on Facebook? It’s a scam that starts a chain reaction. Many people have already fallen victim. Swiss authorities are warning of phishing campaigns turning into a “chain reaction” on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Snapchat. Cybercriminals compromise accounts and ask “friends to vote for them,” which leads to more compromised accounts. In the recent campaign, social media users received messages from scammers posing as people they knew.
58 Chrome extensions with 6 million users have secret, dangerous code

6 days ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

Dozens of Chrome extensions, many of them featured on the Chrome Web Store but also hidden and not indexed by search engines, contain secret functionality to track users, a security researcher has discovered. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner uncovered a network of 58 Chrome extensions with six million total installs.
iPhone AI app leaked user-generated NSFW stories

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

For the privacy savvy, generating adult content online is rarely a good idea. For example, Apple App Store’s Novel AI: Book Creator leaked its Firebase database, revealing that its users generated far spicier stuff than your average ghost story.
YouTuber challenges viewers to de-pixelate a video: cracked in hours

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

One YouTuber laid out a challenge to his viewers: $50 to anyone who could de-pixelate a heavily obscured section of his video, intended to hide private folders. It was cracked in hours, demonstrating the vulnerability of blurring as a privacy measure. Moving pixelated images contain enough information to restore what’s hidden behind the mask.
Ex-Ameriprise advisor exposes thousands of client records

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Ameriprise Financial, a Fortune 500 firm and American financial sector veteran, has informed thousands of customers that an ex-employee's mistake revealed their personal details. Not every data breach is hacker-made. Sometimes, customer details are exposed in a less malicious way. For example, ex-employees share more about you than they were supposed to. As the company’s data breach notification letter indicates, Ameriprise Financial found itself in a situation just like this.
Thousands of AWS records found: keys used in ransomware attacks

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

A massive database of over 1,200 unique Amazon Web Services (AWS) access keys has been amassed and exploited in a ransomware campaign. Administrators of exposed AWS S3 buckets are finding their files encrypted except for a ransom note demanding payment in bitcoin. Security researchers discovered a publicly accessible server containing over 158 million AWS secret key records. Most of the keys were duplicate entries replicated across different regional endpoints and configurations.
Virtual students vanish with $11 million in California college funds

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

“Bot” students are using fake aliases, enrolling in community college classes, and submitting AI-generated homework in order to collect millions of dollars in state and federal aid money. Colleges are struggling to respond. According to a new investigative report by Voice of San Diego, a non-profit news organization in California, the onslaught of enrollments from “bot” students has become the biggest issue facing community colleges across the US. The problem has hit California especially hard.
6 deeply disturbing tech trends from Black Mirror Season 7

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Jurgita Lapienyte

Thank you, universe, for the genius of Charlie Brooker. Whether you like it or not, Black Mirror Season 7 also subtly captures the essence of our overreliance on technology, deploying distorted yet eerily plausible twists to stir our emotions. Since you’re probably subscribed to this newsletter for technology news rather than movie reviews, I’ll briefly go through each episode, highlighting one tech trend it explores.
Android gets security upgrade: will auto-restart after 3 days locked

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

Google is rolling out a new security feature that reboots Android devices if they remain locked for three consecutive days. This makes it much harder to access data from stolen but also seized devices. The new feature is included in the Google Play services update released on Monday. This follows reports that devices are vulnerable once they enter a so-called After First Unlock (AFU) mode.