Allwinner’s ARM Linux kernel includes “rootmydevice” code that gives apps root. Allwinner, a Chinese system-on-a-chip company that makes the processor used in many low-cost Android tablets, set-top boxes, ARM-based PCs,Read More →
Last week, US-based cyber security firm Hold Security recovered 272.3 million stolen accounts from a fraudster. Out of those, 88,000 accounts originated from Singapore, Hold Security’s founder and chief informationRead More →
Can you capture the flag? Facebook’s Capture the Flag program can be used to teach basic security skills. Facebook wants to teach the next generation security skills and hopes theRead More →
Attackers can score user privileges thanks to heap corruption hassle Some of the world’s biggest security and software vendors will be rushing to patch holes in implementations of the popularRead More →
Android malware is not unusual; we’ve even seen it pop up in Google’s Marketplace app on several occasions. Increasing in both sophistication and stealthiest, Android malware has mostly been aRead More →
In 2015, the FBI hacked Tor to identify users of child sex websites. Now, Mozilla is begging courts to divulge to it how the operation was carried out so thatRead More →
Maybe the FBI should team up with India because that country’s government says it can hack into Apple’s iPhones. Both think access to encrypted data in investigations is important, althoughRead More →
Is the North Korea behind the hack of a South Korean defense contractor? The officials announced an investigation into the security incident. There is a constant tension between South KoreaRead More →
The information security plan describes how the security is implemented, defined policies, controls and solutions. The information security plan is developed considering all the IT resources depending on the securityRead More →
Exploits exist for both bugs and allow for remote code execution. Windows users woke up to something that doesn’t happen every day: the disclosure of two zero-day vulnerabilities, one in theRead More →
