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Lenovo has been caught, yet again, installing apps on its laptops and workstations without the user’s consent or knowledge, as Michael Horowitz from Computerworld reports. This is not the first time Lenovo has done this, as earlier this year, in February, security experts found that the company installed the Superfish Visual Discovery software on PCs, […]
Cisco pushed out on Wednesday its usual semiannual round of patches for IOS, the software the company uses for most of its routers and switches. This month’s security advisories addressed four vulnerabilities, three which could lead to denial of service situations, and another that could have let an attacker bypass user authentication. The bypass vulnerability […]
TV starlet offers iCloud access, photoshopped nudes, to bait voyeur hackers. The chief hacker behind the infamous iCloud celebrity hacks has revealed in a documentary how the group dubbed RipSec shook Hollywood by plundering thousands of naked photos and financial data of Tinsel Town icons. The hacker broke silence and spoke to Canadian tech and […]
The IT security researchers at ESET detected malware on popular Android games which created quite a furor among users. A couple of weeks ago we reported how the hackers are infectiting verified Android apps with malware and successfully passes through Google Bouncer, the vetting system of Google Play Store. Now, ESET reports that the malware […]
Short Bytes: Today, Apple has released a list of the 25 most popular XcodeGhost infected iOS apps. The tech company tells the users to update these apps right now. Just a couple of days ago, Apple released a statement in the wake of the new XcodeGhost episode and told how this malware infects the applications. […]
Short Bytes: Google is synonymous with the Internet today, and the word in itself has become a verb. So what made Google popular and the brand that it is now? How Big is Google? Read the article to know more. Just after a few years of being a mere startup in 1997, Google literally burst […]
Apple’s iOS 9 contains a security flaw that lets cybercriminals gain limited access to a device through Siri.
Variant of CryptoLocker makes an unwelcome appearance. Spam emails disguised as messages from local post offices – but actually packing the latest variant of the CryptoLocker ransomware – are being flung at surfers in Scandinavia. Heimdal Security reports that emails referring to an undelivered package and written in local languages are actually attempts to trick […]
A Chinese mobile app promotion company has created malicious adware that allows them to gain complete control of users’ Android devices. The company misuses this access to make the phones download additional apps and to show ads. Naturally, they get paid for installing these apps and promoting a variety of services. As their adware is […]
RIPE NCC is building the largest Internet measurement network ever made. RIPE Atlas employs a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an unprecedented understanding of the state of the Internet in real time. RIPE provide anyone who is interested with a probe that can be connected to a network and […]
The data breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is slowly shaping up to be one of the biggest hacks in the country’s history, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealing that, besides the personal information of over 21 million American government officials, the hackers might have gotten their hands on fingerprint records for […]
Antivirus applications and other security software are supposed to make users more secure, but a growing body of research shows that in some cases, they can open people to hacks they otherwise wouldn’t be vulnerable to. The latest example is antivirus and security software from Kaspersky Lab. Tavis Ormandy, a member of Google’s Project Zero […]
A security flaw has been discovered in Apple’s mobile software iOS 9 that lets strangers exploit Siri in order to bypass lock screen on the latest Apple’s mobile operating system and gain access to contacts and photos stored in the device within 30 seconds. Apple iOS is believed to be one of the most secure […]
In June this year, we reported how Facebook was sued by Belgium’s Privacy Commission (BPC) for tracking users even those who never made a profile on the social media site. Now, Frederic Debussere (representative of the Belgian Privacy Commission/BPC) in his opening arguments on Monday, referred to Edward Snowden, the famous NSA whistleblower, while revealing the […]
The experts over at United States Navy are busy in the development of a cyber-protection system, codenamed RHIMES (the Resilient Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Security), to enhance cybersecurity and to protect the Naval’s shipboard electrical and mechanical control systems from the cyber attacks, according to the Office of Naval Research. When the term cybersecurity appears […]
A high schooler from North Carolina and his girlfriend are expecting prosecution both as minor victims and adult culprits for keeping nude selfies. Now keeping nude pictures on your mobile phone can account for legal proceedings even if you are a minor. Reportedly, a 17-year old boy Cormega Copening and his girlfriend Brianna Denson have been […]
Short Bytes: In this article, I’m going to share how someone made a “PiPhone”. Well, as the name suggests, PiPhone is a Raspberry Pi based smartphone that can make actual calls. Let’s know more. Raspberry Pi is today’s most popular development board and it’s continuing to receive tons of love from developers and DIYers. Today […]
Apple’s App Store in China has apparently been penetrated by Hackers which experts say has placed the devices of hundreds of millions of people at risk. The malware named XcodeGhost, believed to be a malicious and modified version of Apple‘s very own development software, is said to have compromised a significant number of applications. Apple […]
Linguistics and some form of textual analysis can be helpful in analysing malware and scams. Regional attribution, though, still requires caution.
Short Bytes: What if you had to study one single page to get the complete idea of a programming language? In this article, I’m sharing an infographic to help you learn Python faster than ever. This is the follow up of my article The Entire JavaScript Language in a Single Image. Today, we are sharing The […]
Security researchers at VerSprite have tested and discovered a few vulnerabilities in Western Digital’s My Cloud NAS (Network Attached Storage) hard drive, marketed by the company as your own personal cloud server. This device, sold across the world, allows users to place it in their home and access it via a local network, or even […]