Security researchers have uncovered a trojan that evades sandboxes specifically targeted at corporate users, hidden in legitimate looking phishing email that apes Microsoft’s Volume License.
Modern cars are more and more dependent on computer systems. And guess what? They can be hacked.
The hacktivist group Anonymous has attacked the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) on a large scale. ISIS has a very strong social media presence and in this attack, its numerous accounts were taken down. ISIS uses these accounts to spread its propaganda and recruit new members. ISIS was believed to be responsible for the attack […]
IBM defines a data scientist as an individual evolved from the data analyst or business role. The person needs a solid foundation in applications of computer science, mathematics, analytics, stats and modelling. They are “part artist, part analyst.” Taking a look around on “How To Become A Data Scientist” shows that this concept has a lot many different meanings to […]
Victims of the Anthem Inc health insurance hack are being bombarded with phishing scams including fraudulent emails and cold calls, reports Slashgear.
The British government has released a document outlining the rules that British spy and law enforcement agencies have to follow in their hacking activities, reports The Guardian.
Buying and selling on eBay can be great, but it can also be fraught with risk. Here are some of the most common eBay scams and how they can be avoided.
Your internet-enabled Samsung Smart TV could be listening to everything you say, and sharing it with third parties.
It’s is an undeniable fact that different governments use hacking as a security and a way to keep an eye on its citizens but they aren’t much comfortable admitting this fact. US citizens, in particular, are the one most troubled in this regard by its agencies NSA and FBI. When asked about it, these agencies only say […]
As the launch dates of anticipated products approach, the leaked pictures and videos start pouring in. Samsung did an amazing job till now by keeping the Samsung Galaxy S6 under the hood. But, the recently leaked pictures suggest that Samsung may be planning to release multiple versions of its upcoming flagship Samsung Galaxy S6. CNet Korea […]
The world’s first Ubuntu phones have arrived and they are available online. Here I’ll be talking about the difference this Ubuntu phone brings to the smartphone scenario. Why the new smartphone players don’t succeed? The current smartphone market is ruled by Android and iOS, and this market doesn’t allow the new players to establish themselves. It has […]
World’s First Ubuntu based Smartphone will go on sale for just €170 in Europe via BQ.com through a series of flash sales. Ubuntu announced the plans for Ubuntu smartphone back in early 2014. The deadline for the phone phone was passed in 2014, but Canonical announced yesterday about the very first ubuntu powered Smartphone Aquaris E4.5. Ubuntu’s […]
This has not been a great week for Adobe; they have been scrambling to fix a number of critical vulnerabilities in their Flash Player product that are being used in active attacks. But a patch is now available to cover all these vulnerabilities – so patch now!
A new cybersecurity video from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has taken an unusual approach to raising awareness, playing dumb in this mock public service announcement aimed at a “non-technical” audience.
The famous Bangladeshi hackers from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army are back in action. This time the hackers hacked and defaced the sub-domain of the official Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (DEMA) on Feb 2nd, 2015. The targeted sub-domain belongs to AZARNG | Arizona Army National Guard (Environmental Division). Hackers left a deface page along with a message […]
Yesterday the Anthem breach, the biggest healthcare-related breach to date was announced, as attackers accessed a database containing the records of current and former employees. As we discussed earlier this morning on We Live Security, this could affect as many as 80 million people.
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014, a Kurdish hacker going with the handle of Anonymous Kurdistan & Muhmad Emad hacked two Turkish government websites belonging to the Afyonkarahisar Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management (Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province), asking the Turkish government to stop supporting the ISIS terrorist group. The hacker left […]
A survey of more than a million apps on the Google Play and iOS App Store has found that more than 40 percent of ‘risky mobile’ apps originate from the United States
The CEO of WhatsApp, Jan Koum informed on January 21 that the very popular and well-known mobile application has a web client that can be used from Google Chrome which will enable users to retrieve all the conversations and messages from the mobile device. Banking Trojan delivered in Brazil via Fake WhatsApp for web: Attackers […]
Anthem Inc. has suffered an attack on its database which is likely to be the biggest data breach ever disclosed by a health insurance company.
A ransomware kind of threat has been on the loose that works by encrypting the data on the infected computer and then displays a message to the victim asking him/her to pay a fee so as to unlock the files. The ransomware is called Critron or can also be referred to as the CTB-Locker. Chrome […]