Victor Awogbemila

Researchers have uncovered a proprietary undocumented command in Chinese manufacturer Espressif’s ESP32 chips that could be exploited, to the potential detriment of millions of users. The ESP32 chip allows connectivity through Wifi or Bluetooth and can be found in millions of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. At RootedCON, a notable Spanish cybersecurity conference in Madrid, Miguel Tarascó and Antonio Vázquez, researchers at Tarlogic, presented their discovery of commands within the ESP32 that could grant access

Microsoft has uncovered a large-scale malvertising campaign that has affected over 1 million devices worldwide. In a blog post detailing its findings, Microsoft revealed that threat actors used platforms such as Dropbox, Discord, and Github to broadcast malware. The attacks, which were aimed at stealing sensitive information, were discovered early last December. These attacks came from illegal streaming sites that contained malicious ads and pop-ups. When people visit these sites, they are secretly redirected to

One of the challenges with our digital era is the burden of remembering a great number of passwords. While some try to memorize and remember their passwords, others have opted for password-managing apps. 1Password, a popular password-managing service, however, has gone beyond simply saving passwords and has recently added a feature that enables users to add specific location ranges to passwords. 1Password claims that with this feature, users can assign locations to passwords. Hence, as

It appears that Google is unmoved by recent allegations that its AI Overview feature has negatively impacted web publishers’ traffic. In a recent update, Google announced that its AI overview feature will now be powered by Gemini 2.0. Google has introduced its new, “future-looking” AI search mode, which is meant to help users find answers to queries that need more “exploration, comparison and reasoning”. According to the demo on its blog, the update will also

Yesterday, during his address to the US Congress, President Trump called for the revocation of the CHIPS Act, arguing that it is a waste of money and not an effective way of securing investment into the country. The CHIPS Act sought to promote domestic research and semiconductor manufacturing through a program that gave subsidies of $52 billion to leading semiconductor companies like Intel, Samsung, Micron Technology and TSMC, among others. Intel, especially, was a big

Firefly has announced that its “Blue Ghost” spacecraft has captured a stunning video showing the dark side of the moon while it was preparing to land on the lunar surface. Firefly is one of the private companies selected via NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, the purpose of which is to transport NASA equipment to the moon in service of NASA’s goal: returning astronauts to the moon for a future Mars mission. The video

Last Wednesday, Mozilla revealed a new Terms of Use and Privacy Notice regarding Firefox. However, the wording of the Terms of Use appears to suggest that by agreeing to use its services, the company had exclusive rights to all the information that users processed through its web browser. However, in an effort to respond to the criticism that followed the introduction of this update, Mozilla has now made some adjustments and offered explanations, which it

Imagine you’re having a good time enjoying your favorite TV show, and suddenly an adult video takes over your screen, your remote stops working and harmful content is being forced on viewers. While you might dismiss this as mere fantasy, there are reports that incidents just like this have occurred as a result of the new Vo1d botnet malware. Cybersecurity experts have reported a variant of Vo1d botnet malware that has recently compromised over 1.5

For some years, Skype was popular for connecting people via voice and video, but its journey is ending. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that Skype will be replaced by Microsoft Teams in May 2025. 14 years after its acquisition by Microsoft, the company has announced plans to discontinue Skype in favour of Teams which has been growing in prominance since 2017. According to Jeff Teper, President of Collaborative Apps and Platforms at Microsoft, the decision to discontinue

Are you using or planning to use a phone monitoring and tracking spyware application? If yes, you need to be aware of a new malware in the wild that compromises smartphones through a specific group phone monitoring applications. The latest software listed among the most vulnerable apps is Spyzie. Researchers have equally identified that this malware has compromised other phone monitoring applications such as Spicy and Cocospy. A reliable source has shown that this bug