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Parthiv Menon
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Hello everyone, I am Parthiv—engineer-in-the-making by qualification. I love learning anything that might intrigue me, which more often than not, happens to be everything around me. When I am not buried in books or messing around with colours on paper, I like to muse about the world and its happenings—more specifically the people that make up the world. I dabble in all sorts of sports, and generally like playing anything. Getting work done is something I pride myself on—no matter how much, or who's work it might be, helping someone out is something I absolutely enjoy doing. The more people stay around me, the more they realise how much I talk, belying my otherwise quiet nature. Also, I love word play. So if you have got a pun or a wisecrack that could make me sit up and take notice, do reach out to me!
Articles by Parthiv
VULNERABILITIES
Vulnerabilities in WordPress Quiz and Survey plugin patched
5 years ago
The ‘Quiz and Survey Master’ plugin installed in over 30,000 WordPress websites has patched two critical vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to launch varying attacks on websites. Researchers discovered the flaws at Wordfence - an arbitrary file upload vulnerability ranked ten on ten on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS scale).... Read more
The ‘Quiz and Survey Master’ plugin installed in over 30,000 WordPress websites has patched two... Read more
FRAUDS AND SCAMS
Zoom Gets Stuffed: Here’s How Hackers Got Hold Of 500,000 Passwords
5 years ago
About half a million Zoom account details, including usernames and passwords, were recently made available for sale on dark web crime forums. IntSight researchers believe that attackers used a four-pronged approach to strip users’ data from the popular conferencing platform, which has around 300 million active users. Data,... Read more
About half a million Zoom account details, including usernames and passwords, were recently made available... Read more
VULNERABILITIES
New BlackRock Android Malware can steal passwords and card data from 337 apps
5 years ago
A new Android malware named BlackRock emerged in late May this year and was identified by a mobile security firm ThreadFabric. Researchers say that this malware is based on the source code of another malware named Xerxes. The malware has been additionally equipped to enhance its credit card and password... Read more
A new Android malware named BlackRock emerged in late May this year and was identified... Read more
VULNERABILITIES
Malicious npm package caught trying to steal sensitive Discord and browser files
5 years ago
The Node Packet Manager (npm) security team has removed a malicious JS library named “fallguys” that claimed to provide an interface to the “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” game API. The malicious package present in the library would get executed whenever developers installed and ran the “fallguys” library in their code.... Read more
The Node Packet Manager (npm) security team has removed a malicious JS library named “fallguys”... Read more
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
China imposes restrictions on zero-day vulnerability researchers
4 years ago
The Chinese government has mandated that any Chinese citizen who finds a zero-day vulnerability must pass the details to only the Chinese government and not to any third-party outside China. A zero-day vulnerability is a computer-software vulnerability unknown to those who work towards resolving those very bugs. Hence, until the... Read more
The Chinese government has mandated that any Chinese citizen who finds a zero-day vulnerability must... Read more
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Easy Secure Photos algo to encrypt images on the cloud
4 years ago
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new technique called Easy Secure Photos (ESP) that encrypts photos uploaded to any cloud service like Google Photos or iCloud without making any changes to the services themselves. The encryption of photos on the cloud was a huge problem since most lcoud services... Read more
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new technique called Easy Secure Photos (ESP) that... Read more
FRAUDS AND SCAMS
Phishers Use Fake VPN Config Notification to Target Office 365 Details
5 years ago
Security researchers at Abnormal Security have intercepted phishers making use of a fake VPN configuration notification to target employees’ Office 365 credentials. The attackers capitalized on the trend of organizations implementing VPNs to secure their employees working from home during the ongoing pandemic. The link provided in the... Read more
Security researchers at Abnormal Security have intercepted phishers making use of a fake VPN configuration... Read more
FRAUDS AND SCAMS
Spacex Bitcoin Scam Features BTC Giveaway, Elon Musk, and NASA Launch
5 years ago
The SpaceX-Youtube Bitcoin scam video shows a live interview with Elon Musk about the recent SpaceX launch in collaboration with NASA. A URL and a Bitcoin address lead people onto a website entitled ‘Spacex Foundation 5,000 Bitcoin Giveaway Airdrop’, which claims to help out by giving away 5000 bitcoins. ... Read more
The SpaceX-Youtube Bitcoin scam video shows a live interview with Elon Musk about the recent... Read more
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
India Eyeing Self Developed OS to Rival iOS and Android
3 years ago
The the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has announced that the Government is planning to promote the creation of an "indigenous" mobile Operating System to compete with iOS and Android. India is an increasingly important market to Apple, but it continues to face fierce competition from Android... Read more
The the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has announced that the Government... Read more
