Browsing author
Anyone with an AOL email address was urged to change their password and security questions this week after a cyber attack which compromised a “significant number of user accounts” – quoted by news agency Reuters as around 2% of all AOL accounts.
When it comes to hacking there is nothing like 100% security. Same has happened with the popular penetration testing and Security-related Linux provider Kali aka BackTrack. Few hours ago the Libyan hackers from ‘’The GreaT Team (TGT)’’ hacked and defaced the official mailing list sub-domain of Kali Linux website (lists.kali.org). The hackers left their deface […]
Earlier it was reported how Reddit developer, Internet genius and hacktivist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, where he had allegedly hanged himself. Now a documentary ‘The Internet’s Own Boy”, based on his life, struggle and death is about to go public. To promote the documentary, a very powerful trailer has been released. […]
Brazil recently awarded a USD 4.5 billion deal for new fighter jets to a Swedish company on Wednesday. The deal, which was negotiated over three presidencies, was awarded to Saab, a Sweden-based organization offering products and services ranging from military defense to civil security. There were three contenders to the deal—Chicago-based Boeing and French Dassault […]
Parents who simply hand an iPhone or iPad to a child and let them play a favorite game risk children buying expensive in-game items. But the new version of iOS has some great defenses built in.
An interesting new piece of Android malware has been spotted this week. The threat, detected by ESET security products as Android/Samsapo.A, uses a technique typical of computer worms to spread itself.
WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging services, scaled its highest point recently when it handled more than 64 billion messages in 24 hour period in a day, just weeks after its acquisition by Facebook for a whopping USD 19 billion, according to media reports. Last year, the daily message traffic of the application […]
The AOL website has confirmed a security breach that could have compromised AOL users’ sensitive personal information such as email passwords, postal addresses, and answers to security questions on Monday. AOL is investigating the breach, which initially started once they noticed a significant increase in amount of spam, as spoof emails, from the AOL mail […]
Many mainstream news outlets offered advice on dealing with the Heartbleed bug – some misleading. This week, a spoof video has finally cut to the heart of the matter, and offered the worst advice imaginable on how to deal with the bug.
The online collective Anonymous has attacked the Boston Children’s Hospital over the recent Justina Pelletier child-custody case, said a recent report by The Boston Globe. The medical center has been experiencing cyber assaults since last few weeks. Although there are no direct indications that the attack could be from the Anonymous group, cybersecurity experts did not rule out their […]
The official website of Egyptian Ministry of Information has been hacked and defaced by hackers from a group going with the handle of Libyan Cyber Army. Egyptian ministry website was hacked few hours ago and left with a deface page, displaying Libyan flag on it. The reason for targeting the Egyptian Ministry of Information was not mentioned anywhere. However […]
Microsoft announces a zero-day security flaw in many versions of Internet Explorer, the first to hit Windows users since XP support was terminated on April 8, potentially crippling IE on XP systems.
Infosecurity expert Dr Eric Cole is to urge companies to take a close look at their network structure, and change it to make attacks difficult for cyber gangs, in a speech given as he is inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame on May 1.
New evidence has emerged that the new iPad will have fingerprint security built in, as found on the Apple iPhone 5S.
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, a Senator and the First Lady, is not yet convinced that Snowden leaked the classified documents because he was concerned about the basic privacy rights of Americans. Defending the country’s mass surveillance programs and their extent of surveying while speaking at the University of Connecticut, she blasted Edward Snowden, […]
Two Saudi Arabian hackers going with the handle of NeT-DeViL and Dr-TaiGaR from Group Hp-Hack have hacked and defaced the official website of City of Westminster, California earlier today. Hackers uploaded a .txt file as a deface page along with a message, telling the City of Westminster California to go to hell. The deface message […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that Internet is a CIA project and Russians should be careful while making Google searches. While speaking to a group of emerging journalists during a television event on Thursdays, Putin said that Internet was developed by the Central Intelligence Agency as a ‘’special project’’, reported by AFP News. While […]
A Syrian hacker going with the handle of Dr.SHA6H has hacked and defaced the official blog of The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) designated for New Zealand. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked UNICEF blog, questioning governments of the world why they are not interfering in the ongoing civil war in the Arab […]
The whistleblower kept the students glued as he addressed them via a video link from Russia stressing on “speaking out” for human rights inherent in their nature. Edward Snowden, the intelligence whistleblower, has been installed as rector at the Glasgow University, UK, after a sweeping win at student vote. Thirty-year old Snowden is currently staying […]
Job scams are a permanent fixture in cyberspace. Anyone who has posted their resume online has offered cyber gangs two crucial pieces of information – one, a way to contact them, and two, the fact they’re in need of a job.
Every single one of 30 major companies tested by Cisco over the course of 2013 had malicious traffic on their networks, according to an annual report released by the company. Spyware and other malware was also growing rapidly on mobile devices.