Google may soon offer Chrome users a little extra protection for their passwords – which could previously be accessed in “one click” on unattended machines. The search giant is testing a new security feature, according to reports.
A three-year-battle with a mysterious new strain of malware has led researcher Dragos Ruiu to conclude that the BadBIOS malware infesting his lab “jumps” from PC to PC using sound – and can be transmitted without any internet connection.
Users of Google’s Chrome browser will be able to “purge” rogue plug-ins, after attacks where a supposedly helpful browser add-on contains malware – a tactic adopted by cybercriminals, as reported by We Live Security earlier this year.
Smart calendar app Sunrise has revealed it fell victim to the same cyberattack which saw social sharing app Buffer sending out thousands of weight-loss spam posts – and has warned users who link their Sunrise account to iCloud that they may be at risk. In an update released on the company blog, CEO Pierre Valade
The Guardian has come up with in depth analysis of documents leaked by NSA’s whistleblower Edward Snowden. The presentation shows what came up in Snowden’s mind that forced him to leave a lavish job and how he faced the hard time in HongKong followed by deportation pressure from the government of HongKong. Presentation talk about […]
Germany’s Green Party leader Hans-Christian yesterday met NSA’s whistleblower met Edward Snowden in Moscow where Snowden was invited to testify against NSA in Germany. According to reports Snowden has agreed to visit Germany in order to testify against NSA’s spying over German Chancellor Angela Merkel but at the same time according to legal experts in Russia, Snowden […]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Misafir has hacked and defaced official Google Bolivia domain on 30th Oct 2013 along with 7 other Google domains such as Google Translator, Maps, SMS, News, ID, Labs and Google Images domain. Misafir left a deface page along with a message on all defaced Google domains, expressed […]
A survey of 1,900 executives at clients of the accountancy firm Ernst and Young found that almost all (96%) felt “unprepared” for a cyberattack – due to budget cuts and lack of skilled staff.
The official website of Nigerian Ministry of Defence (http://www.mod.gov.ng/) has been hacked and defaced by world renowned hackers from Moroccan Ghosts hacking group. The site was hacked just few minutes ago, where the home page was left with a deface page along with a message. The page shows that site was defaced for an ongoing Sahara desert dispute […]
Glenn Greenwald, who is the person at the forefront of the reports that have been published on the spying program of National Security Agency (NSA) had a conversation with German Aranda who is El Mundo journalist, and has stressed that the spying activities of US have spanned far more than just Europe. Greenwald said that: […]
According to a recent report, National Security Agency (NSA) has infiltrated into the communication links that are present between global data centers of Yahoo and Google. This revelation has been made by a document that has been released by the whistle blower Edward Snowden. By penetrating into those links, it has allowed the agency to […]
If sinister pieces of malicious code could rise from the dead on Halloween, which would be the most scary for antivirus researchers? Here are 5 contenders, with a variety of very nasty traits.
Phones such as Samsung’s Galaxy S4 ship with Near Field Communication chips built in – and many companies hope to use these for payment systems. But snooper devices may be able to “listen in” as payment apps are used, researchers warn.
An Iranian hacker going with the handle of HellBoy had hacked and defaced a sub-domain of an official Tourism website of Washington DC ( http://lincolnball.washington.org/) on July 25th 2013, which is hacked till today October 31st 2013. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked on sub-domain, bashing the administrator for poor site […]
When Adobe admitted 38 million user IDs had leaked from its system this week, it was one of a long line of companies to fall victim to such data breaches. Most companies react fast – and offer good advice – but our guide adds a few extra safeguards if your ID is put at risk.
Major companies such as Disney, Boeing and General Electric are still handing out information to “hackers” using the most basic tool of all – the human voice, according to a report on a competition at DefCon.
The online hacktivists from Anonymous have asked the people to join them on November 5th 2013 in a massive million mask march against the governments around the world in order to bring a change in society. The important point about this protest is that hacking or defacing will not be a part of it. It will be […]
TurkHackTeam from Turkey, collectively has hacked and defaced 450+ random websites in order to celebrate republic day of Turkey on October 29. Hackers left a deface page with Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK’s image and a greeting message on Turkey’s republic day. The deface message was expressed in following words: Since then, every year on October 29 is celebrated as […]
Israel’s military chief in his speech this month has pointed towards the fact that a computer sabotage due to some sophisticated cyber-attack is the most evident concern for the country. This speech of Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was not just words but was based on the fact that a major artery of the country’s road […]
Windows XP users already face far higher risks from malware – with XP users facing infection rates six times higher than Windows 8 users. Microsoft will withdraw support for the ageing platform in April next year – despite the fact that one in five PCs on Earth still use it.
Previously, it had been estimated that around three million users had data accessed, but a new report by Brian Krebs of KrebsonSecurity revealed the true scale of the breach may have been far larger than thought – and that source code for software such as Photoshop may also have leaked.