Starbucks has promised to update its mobile app – the most-used mobile payment app in America – after a security researcher found that it stored passwords in plain text, leaving users vulnerable to attack.
The internet security software company AVG is in trouble, this time the company has been attacked by hackers from Indonesia and Pakistan who have defaced 19 subdomains of the company have been hacked and defaced. From Indonesia, a hacker going with the handle of Hmei7 has hacked 11 domains belonging to AVG’s downloads, renewal, free trial, AVG […]
At CES 2014, the app was king – and more importantly, the appcessory – fridges, lights, appliances and gadgets built for app control. But with companies unveiling door locks controlled via app, should we applaud – or worry?
A secret technology which relied on radio transmissions has allowed the National Security Agency to spy on computers disconnected from the internet – a security measure known as an ‘air gap’, and commonly used to protect machines containing highly sensitive data.
Computer users often feel bombarded by warnings about malware – particularly in internet browsers, which often repeatedly warn about risky sites – but tricks used by cybercriminals can help stop this, a new paper claims.
A group of Turkish hackers going with the handle of @Turkguvenligi on Twitter has hacked and defaced the official website (http://leaks.sea.sy/) of high pro-Bashar Ul Assad Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers left a deface page along with a message on hacked website, bashing SEA for targeting Turkish cyber space. The deface message was expressed in following words: […]
The US government’s extensive dragnet across the country keeping track of almost everything that travels across the internet and following every single phone call has not helped much in preventing terrorist attacks, according to a report released by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit policy group. The group analyzed 225 terrorism cases in the […]
Major international cyber attacks follow a pattern – and attacks such as Stuxnet, which targeted Iran’s nuclear plant can be predicted by a mathematical model, University of Michigan researchers have claimed.
Malicious software was installed in tills in Target stores across the U.S. and went undetected for weeks, the chain has admitted, harvesting information from the magnetic stripes on customer cards during transactions.
Read how to protect yourself if you’ve been shopping with credit or debit cards (and who hasn’t?). As the scope of the latest cyber crime spree expands beyond Target and Neiman Marcus, malicious software is suspected.
This is the first in a series of two blog posts on the malware family Win32/Boaxxe.BE whose end goal is to drive traffic to advertisement websites by using various click fraud techniques, and thus earn money from these websites as an “advertiser”.
Anonymous hacktivists hacked into the official website of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on January 11, 2014 to mark first death anniversary of Aaron Swartz, the internet prodigy and also a fellow student at the MIT. This is their third intrusion into the website, the first being shortly after his suicide and the second one on January […]
A survey of 22,762 consumers conducted by the British government found that less than half took the most basic steps to protect themselves online, the government revealed as part of a new campaign aimed at consumers and small businesses.
High-end retailer Neiman Marcus has admitted that thieves had accessed its systems and made unauthorized charges on customers’ credit cards over the holiday period.
Google has apologized for mistakenly listing the Berlin intersection as Adolf-Hitler-Platz, a mistake that was corrected only after a few days. The mistake could be attributed to Google Maps’ openness that allows anyone to suggest changes; however, there are volunteer moderators or editors on board that review and then approve any suggested changes. On January […]
The Pro – Assad hackers from Syrian Electronic Army have hacked the official blog and verified Twitter account of Microsoft. A bad start of a new year for Microsoft when yesterday its official verified Twitter account got hacked and today company’s blog came under attack by high profile hackers from Syrian Electronic Army. The hackers managed to […]
Brazil: An online advert on South America’s largest online shopping website (MercadoLivre.com) has put humanity to shame offering “blacks for sale for one Brazilian real” ($0.42). The ad was featuring a photo image of two black kids, suggesting that sold black children can “serve as carpenters, masons, cooks, security guards, nightclub bouncers, janitors, garbage collectors, […]
A European Parliament committee has approved inviting the ex-NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, to testify for US snooping on the EU leaders through a video link. The Justice and Civil Liberties Committee of the parliament voted 36-2 with one abstention in favor of seeking testimony from the US whistleblower who has sought asylum in Moscow temporarily. […]
Target’s 2013 data breach is expanding in scope and scale, requiring additional vigilance on the part of shoppers to protect their accounts and their identity.
Retailer Target has announced that the breach affecting the company was even bigger than thought – and 70 million credit card details may have leaked.
A new app, Snoopwall, could offfer Android users some protection against apps which listen to user data – and transmit it – a problem that plagues the operating system, by allowing users to monitor apps, and disable their ability to transmit or store data.