5-year-old Skype Backdoor Discovered - Mac OS X Users Urged to Update

The Hacker News Daily Updates Cyber Security Roundup with Troy Hunt Hear security expert, Troy Hunt, share his insights on the 6 cyber attacks from 2016 making headlines. And find out why "the year of the breach" is this year...and next year...and so on. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Dec 14, 2016 5-year-old Skype Backdoor Discovered — Mac OS X Users Urged to Update Those innocent-looking apps in your smartphone can secretly spy on your communications or could allow hackers to do so. Hard to believe, but it's true. Recently, Trustwave's SpiderLabs analysts discovered a hidden backdoor in Skype for Apple's macOS and Mac OS X operating systems that could be ... Read More Microsoft releases 12 Security Updates; Including 6 Critical Patches For the last Patch Tuesday for this year, Microsoft has released 12 security bulletins, half of which are rated 'critical' as they give attackers remote code execution capabilities on the affected computers. The security bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows, Office, Internet ... Read More More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones Here's some bad news for Android users again. Certain low-cost Android smartphones and tablets are shipped with malicious firmware, which covertly gathers data about the infected devices, displays advertisements on top of running applications and downloads unwanted APK files on the victim's ... Read More Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining tool turns Computers into Zcash Mining Machines Since its launch over a month ago, new virtual currency Zcash (ZEC) has become a significant way for cybercrooks to make money by infecting computers with software mining program. Launched in late October, Zcash (ZEC) is a new cryptocurrency currency that claims to be more anonymous than Bitcoin, ... Read More Europol arrests 34 Teenagers for using DDoS Attack Tools Europol has announced that the law enforcement agencies from 13 countries around the globe have arrested 34 users of Netspoof DDoS attack tool and interviewed and warned 101 suspects in a global crackdown. According to the report published on the official website of Europol, law enforcement ... Read More Cyber Security Roundup with Troy Hunt Hear security expert, Troy Hunt, share his insights on the 6 cyber attacks from 2016 making headlines. And find out why "the year of the breach" is this year...and next year...and so on. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India