Short Bytes: Kingston Digital, one of the world leaders in memory products, has released DataTraveler 2000 encrypted USB Flash drive. This portable memory device offers best-in-class security features like hardwareRead More →
The hacking group New World Hacking that claimed the responsibility for the BBC attack revealed that the DDoS attack reached the 602 GBps. On December 31th, the BBC website andRead More →
Russian ISP Eurobyte fails to answer Cisco’s emails, allows malvertising campaign to go on undisturbed. Cisco’s Talos research team has managed to identify and partially shut down a cyber-criminal group thatRead More →
When it comes to securing homes and businesses, a security camera is a privileged solution but it paradoxical is exposing users to further risks. A new study made by researchersRead More →
The TV cable and Internet service provider Time Warner Cable is warning customers their emails and passwords may have been exposed. Nearly 320,000 of the TV cable and Internet service providerRead More →
First major automaker (aside from Tesla) to issue guidelines promising not to sue researchers. On January 5, General Motors quietly flipped the switch on Detroit’s first public security vulnerability disclosureRead More →
Tech industry hits back at plans to create legal framework for hacking by spies, military and police. Tech companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook have criticized plans by theRead More →
THE SO-CALLED DARK web, for all its notoriety as a haven for criminals and drug dealers, is slowly starting to look more and more like a more privacy-preserving mirror ofRead More →
Romanian police have acted to end a series of malware ATM attacks carried out in Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Poland, and Romania. Alleged members of an international criminal group responsibleRead More →
With the year-end shopping season over, many consumers now have new various smart gadgets in their homes. One particularly popular usage of this so-called Internet of Things (IoT) are smart TVs. TheseRead More →
A new malware campaign is aiming specifically at businesses and consumers using the WhatsApp mobile messaging service. Uncovered by researchers at Comodo Labs the campaign uses emails masquerading as WhatsAppRead More →
Short Bytes: Last year, the FBI engaged in the largest ever law enforcement hacking campaign to shut down “the largest remaining known child pornography hidden service in the world.” TheRead More →
Zscaler ThreatLabZ detected a new infostealer malware family dubbed Spymel that uses stolen certificates to evade detection. In late December, security experts at Zscaler ThreatLabZ detected a new infostealer malware family dubbed Spymel that usesRead More →
Short Bytes: Ghost Squad Hackers group has taken down multiple .gov websites in Ethiopia. The collective has blamed the government for killing “students for opposing the ‘master plan’ to expandRead More →
A number of weeks back, security researcher Parvez Anwar posted a number of DLL hijacking vulnerabilities within Microsoft Office on Twitter [1]. The following week, Microsoft released MS15-132, which addressedRead More →
IOActive’s Fernando Arnaboldi has sounded the alarm on three major flaws in Drupal’s update process that may allow attackers to poison Drupal installations via update packages and in worst caseRead More →
Encrypting all HTTP traffic has long been considered a key security goal, but there have been two key obstacles to this. First, certificates are not free and many owners areRead More →
The security-focused smartphone contained vulnerabilities which allow hackers to control the device’s modem and call functions. Researchers have revealed a severe vulnerability in Silent Circle’s Blackphone which could allow attackers toRead More →
Malware was infecting machines, adding them to its botnet.Similar-looking malware targeting both Linux and Windows computers has been linked to a DDoSing toolkit sold by Chinese hackers via the ddos[.]tfRead More →
Short Bytes: Being Anonymous online is the need of the hour, and TOR browser does that job quite efficiently and honestly. But there are some things that you need toRead More →
