4 Android Notes Apps Which Can’t Be Hacked
2015-12-17
So you’re like one of those people who have a really bad memory. You fail to reach appointments on time, forget your mom’s birthday, or the name of the restaurantRead More →
Comcast Users Hit by Malvertising, Exploit Kit, Tech Support Scam in One Go
2015-12-17
Trio of threats assaults unsuspecting Comcast Xfinity users. Some users visiting the Comcast Xfinity portal faced a triple threat these past days, being taken on a wild ride by a maliciousRead More →
Four Network Management Systems Vulnerable to SQLi and XSS Attacks
2015-12-17
Today, Rapid7 is disclosing several vulnerabilities affecting several Network Management System (NMS) products. These issues were discovered by Deral Heiland of Rapid7 and independent researcher Matthew Kienow, and reported toRead More →
Intense Nemucod Malware Campaign Spreads Teslacrypt Ransomware
2015-12-17
TeslaCrypt ransomware infections continue to surge. We reported last week about the first signs of a new TeslasCrypt ransomware campaign that was slowly starting to shape up. Now, after only aRead More →
FireEye Security Devices Provide Attackers with Backdoor into Corporate Networks
2015-12-16
FireEye security equipment can be compromised, Google finds. Two security researchers working for Google have discovered a simple method of compromising FireEye security products, which, ironically, are installed to prevent aRead More →
Toyota Corolla Hybrid Car Hacked via Smartphone
2015-12-16
Researcher also launches a DoS attack on the car’s computer. A professor at Hiroshima City University was able to hack an Internet-connected car with a custom-made WiFi device and an appRead More →
Tokyo Uses Drone Equipped With Giant Net To Catch Illegally-Flying Drones
2015-12-16
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has taken maintaining law and order to another level: it uses a massive drone to catch other drones trespassing in its sky. Any drone flyingRead More →
Man arrested in toymaker hack that exposed data for millions of kids
2015-12-16
VTech site remained vulnerable to an old SQL injection exploit. UK police said they have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to the November breach of electronic toymaker VTech, aRead More →
Hacker Lexicon: Botnets, the Zombie Computer Armies That Earn Hackers Millions
2015-12-16
ZOMBIE ARMIES AREN’T just invading movie screens these days. They’re also taking over the Internet in the form of massive botnets. A botnet is an army of computers, all infectedRead More →
How to implement enterprise data protection services and solutions ?
2015-12-16
There is an increase in people who have been victims of identity theft and unauthorized use of credit cards because of many companies that handle data irresponsibly. According to manyRead More →
Two Mobile Banking Trojans Used Facebook Parse as C&C Server
2015-12-15
Attackers carry out SMS fraud via the infected phones. The Android/OpFake and the Android/Marry malware families, two banking trojans targeting mobile devices, have (improperly) stored their C&C servers inside Facebook Parse,Read More →
MacKeeper Exposed Details for 13 Million Users
2015-12-15
Leaky database server left exposed online is at fault.For the past few weeks, security researcher Chris Vickery has been working on discovering insecure applications and contacting the makers of thoseRead More →
What the government should’ve learned about backdoors from the Clipper Chip
2015-12-15
The Obama administration’s calls for backdoors echo the Clinton-era key escrow fiasco. In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications, a noted encryptionRead More →
RAT trap: Norway police nab five in remote-access Trojan Europol swoop
2015-12-15
Today’s arrests are part of a co-ordinated Europol initiative to crack down on all levels of computer crime. Norway’s Kripos national criminal investigation service today announced the arrest of fiveRead More →
Hackers actively exploit critical vulnerability in sites running Joomla
2015-12-15
Wave of attacks grows. Researchers advise sites to install just-released patch. Attackers are actively exploiting a critical remote command-execution vulnerability that has plagued the Joomla content management system for almostRead More →
‘Fairly bad core bug’ crushed in Linux 4.4-rc5
2015-12-14
Linus Torvalds says almost no-one ‘actually ever hit the problem’, or will code at Xmas. Linux Lord Linus Torvalds says the fourth release candidate of Linux 4.4 contained “a fairlyRead More →
MIT Creates Untraceable Anonymous Messaging System Called Vuvuzela
2015-12-14
Researchers are still looking for a Tor alternative.Scientists at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created an anonymous messaging system, in the same category as Tor,Read More →
LATENTBOT, one the highly obfuscated backdoor in the wild
2015-12-14
Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOT has compromised companies around. Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOTRead More →
Anonymous Hacks European Space Agency Just for Fun
2015-12-14
he hacker did it “for the lulz,” no other reason.Anonymous have just released data online belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA). The group justified the hack as “for theRead More →
Anonymous Just Declared War on Donald Trump
2015-12-12
One month after the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh, waged a deadly terror attack on Paris, the hacktivist group Anonymous has organized a full day ofRead More →
