What are the alternatives to passwords?
Is it time for big companies – at the very least – to abandon weak password security? If so, what password alternatives are there?
Is it time for big companies – at the very least – to abandon weak password security? If so, what password alternatives are there?
A cat leads to a notorious death threat hacker finally being caught and jailed in Japan.
Gamers using Raptr and AMD Gaming Evolved chat services should change their login details immediately, following a breach that could give hackers access to names, email addresses and passwords
Image: Phandroid Generally the mischievous applications on the Android store Google Play don’t last long due to Google’s security measures or complaints of users. But, a recent report from the antivirus firm Avast tells about the discovery of a new malware on Google Play store in a recent batch of apps. Avast has caught […]
Facebook updated its privacy settings at the end of January. As Facebook turns 11 today, here’s what you need to know about the new settings and how they could affect you.
It has been found by researchers that a hacking operation has been conducted targeting military intelligence so as to collect it for Pro-Assad parties in the Syrian conflict. FireEye, a security firm, released on Monday a report (PDF) telling in detail about the threat group which finally stole a cache of sensitive data which contained […]
Adobe Flash Player has again seen a zero-day exploit that has appeared in the field due to a critical vulnerability that enables drive-by-download attacks. The U.S seems to be teeming with a malvertising-based attack having its foundations on the exploit. It is Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and earlier versions for the Windows and the Mac […]
Home monitoring devices are the hot topic recently no matter it is crowd funding website, geeky technology website, or technology news website you are watching. Among all the recently popped out cool things, SpotCam caught our attention for its unique offer – continuous cloud full time recording for free. This may seem to be normal […]
Senate Bill 13 targets Anonymous and its Guy Fawkes masks, according to members of Anonymous, a hacker collective. The bill by Sen. Don Barrington, R-Lawton bans the use of masks and other facial coverings in public places. Thus, two Anonymous members were stopped from putting on the group’s signature masks in the Oklahoma City on Monday. […]
President Obama’s budget proposal for the 2016 fiscal year includes a projected 10 percent increase in cybersecurity spend, reports Reuters.
A Russian dating website that had 20 million email addresses stolen last week, has paid the hackers not to sell the information, TechWeek Europe reports.
The recent opening of the Hacker List portal brings to mind the age-old question: Would you hire a hacker?
Use HipChat? Be aware that hackers have accessed the names, usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords for some users.
Google has announced it is to pay out research grants to security researchers seeking out potential bugs, even if they turn up empty-handed, reports ZDNet.
A new porn scam is spreading startlingly quickly through Facebook – one that has managed to spread malware to over 110,000 users in 48 hours, reports The Guardian.
Facebook appears to be infected with a porn-based malware that has affected about 110,000 Facebook users in just two days. The malware, disguised as a Flash update, comes as a link to a porn video on one of your friend’s post. Clicking on it takes you to a website that may or may not be […]
One of the most popular online gaming profile trackers Raptr has been hacked and its users are pressed to change their user account passwords at the earliest opportunity. An interesting fact about this attack is that the label is similar to those recently carried out against other popular online gaming platforms Xbox Live and PlayStation […]
A developer claims that the newly launched Outlook app for iOS breaks your companies security for mobile PIM access on many levels. This was claim about the Microsoft app, which was released this Thursday, was made by René Winkelmeyer. The company released this email management and cloud-based app after its Acompli buyout, which helped Microsoft […]
For those who do not know much about Siri, Siri is a voice based application which was designed by Apple. It is one of the most famous as well as amusing applications designed by Apple which let you instruct your i-Phone via different voice commands. Microsoft has launched its voice assistant Cortana and it’s pretty […]
Uploading Photos on WhatsApp Web Risky as Privacy Lapses Discovered: WhatsApp Web: WhatsApp Web is a new service launched by WhatsApp. It allows users to sync their mobile and desktop devices with the messaging app. In its blogpost dated 21st January, 2015, WhatsApp announced the new web client and noted that WhatsApp Web “mirrors conversations […]
Pirate Bay’s Trimmed down Version Creates Rift between the Staff – Staff Members adamant on bringing back the site’s full version. The Dispute: Pirate Bay is returning, which could have been big news had a rift between the site’s management and staff was not created. Reportedly, the website will resume operation from this weekend but the […]