Acidic Security

Is there anyway one can edit an already posted WhatsApp update?....is it officially there?Think about it WhatsApp

Some couple of weeks ago,one politician was complaining of the gorvenment spying on him using Chinese technology gadgets,and all of you know that it was even written in the news paper in America.To me as a cyber security enthusiast,I had to laugh!!! The biggest issue with most of us is that we don't understand the term spying and we knew what is really behind our phones and where they come from then we must know who spying on us.First of all,the Socs of these phones we use are made from foreign countries and some of these gorvenments pattern or sponsor some these projects to come up with Socs or the mobile operating systems.Am sure most of you do use Android Is and it is a fact that CIA ,the USA's spy masters are behind it's commencement and if you are using Android it is just very easy for CIA,FBI,NSA to get any information from and about you.Since the writting of that story the Uganda is using Chinese gadgets and technology to spy on opposition,I have been tr...

Are you aware of your web camera's leakage of your data Every cybersecurity article you’ll find will include some sort of reminder emphasizing the use of strong passwords, good antivirus software and the related usual. However, there is less care taken to ensure the hardware components of our computers are secure. In the wake of this, Avishai Efrat, a white hat hacker from Wizcase has found 15,000 webcams globally that can be accessed unauthorizedly with the only pre-requisite being an Internet connection. Many of these webcams can also be tinkered with by malicious users editing their settings which is made easier by the fact that most users do not bother changing the default credentials of such devices. Some of the manufacturers include: AXIS net cameras Cisco Linksys webcam IP Camera Logo Server IP WebCam IQ Invision web camera Mega-Pixel IP Camera, Mobotix WebCamXP 5 Yawcam. These have been found installed both for home and business use in different countries with...

Another day, another Android malware – This time; The Joker malware is here not to creep you out but steal from you. While  “The Joker”  might be your favorite villain fighting the dark knight, a new malware that goes by the name of it may not entertain you. It has been recently discovered by researcher Aleksejs Kuprins, that The Joker malware infected 24 apps on the  Google Play Store which had over 472,000 installations. After successfully being deployed, the malware tricks and scams users by signing them up for premium subscription services all without their knowledge. It does so by using the background component and stealthily clicking on advertisements and other processes intended to reach its final goal. Finally, since an authorization code would be required usually for confirming payments, it accesses the user’s SMS messages and copies any code needed. However unlike most malwares, it only targets users in specific countries. This is evident as the ...

With the widespread availability of the Internet today, there are still times when it may not be feasibly available. Be it on a flight, during the commute to work or simply put the blame on poor network reach, such situations can arise frequently.  For example, suppose I need to watch a lecture on YouTube but I won’t have access to the Internet on my flight later on in the day. I’ll simply download the lecture up ahead and watch it offline later then. Furthermore, people like journalists, bloggers and videographers can download videos to analyze or edit them according to their needs.  If you can relate, turns out that you could easily download online video and audio files using a new downloading tool from SaveFrom.net to watch them later. You can do so in 4 simple steps: Visit  SaveFrom.net  by entering the URL in your browser bar.   Enter the video link from which you want to download in the search bar. You could also alternatively add “ss” befor...

The Simjacker vulnerability could extend to over 1 billion mobile phone users globally. As time passes, we’re witnessing more exploits building upon the usage of sim cards including the  ever-famous sim swapping method . To add to these, just recently, AdaptiveMobile Security had released details of a previously undiscovered exploit dubbing it as SimJacking. How it apparently works is illustrated very simply with the help of a diagram below, however, there’s more to its intricacies. Example of how Simjacker vulnerability can track mobile phone location of vulnerable subscribers – 

company  Alphabet  has confirmed that it is under investigation by the United States Department of Justice. Specifically, the DOJ suspects Alphabet of antitrust practices, and is demanding all information and documents related to prior antitrust investigations involving the company around the globe. While the DOJ stated that it was just beginning to investigate major tech companies back in July 2019, we now know the department's efforts have kicked into high gear. Alphabet and  Google  aren't the only major tech companies under the crosshair right now.  Apple ,  Facebook , and  Amazon  are all known to be under investigation as well, and we wouldn't be surprised if other platforms like  Twitter  soon found themselves under scrutiny, too. President Trump has quite the  love-hate relationship with Twitter , as he uses it frequently to announce major policy decisions and communicate with the general populous. He has also c...

Some few days ag o another privacy disaster hits Facebook users.But mark Zuckeberg and his team would not have read such news with surprise because I remember few months ago I wrote about the database uncertainties and irregularities especially in the login credentials.I have read mant tweets about this and seemingly many this it is a problem prone to the western hemisphere,am telling you that"africa" is also under this privacy threat!!It should be noted carefully that even whatsApp is with privacy issues,under some research on security of social media,I in June this year discovered that the VPNs used mainly in African can make many fall prey to privacy leakages of which leakages are Paramount to the users security in terms of gps location ,phone book,calls and sms ...etc..i i wi write about this later in my final analysis by the end of September. To add insult to the already enraged privacy advocates, Facebook has yet again disappointed its user base. It has been reveal...