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Mark Zuckerberg, Paypal founder Elon Musk and Ashton Kutcher have invested $40 million in an artificial-intelligence start-up, Vicarious, which can already ‘read’ CAPTCHA codes – and aims to mimic functions of the human brain.
NSA hacked into servers of Huawei Technologies, a Chinese network manufacturer, and collected information to plant ‘backdoors’ on their equipment, according to latest media reports based on the documents leaked by Edward Snowden. NSA, however, declined to comment on the company specifically but in an email statement to the IDG news service, the agency said: […]
Bitcoin’s developers have released a new version of the software, which includes a long-awaited fix for the “transaction malleability” bug which is said to have brought down the Mt Gox exchange – and Mt Gox staff have ‘found’ 200,000 BTC in an abandoned wallet in the exchange.
A hacker going with the handle of Eth_Spectrum had hacked and defaced the official websites of top Hollywood celebrities including Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj and Selena Gomez. All websites were hacked on 8th March 2014, left with a deface page along with a message. The reason for targeting these celebrities was not mentioned anywhere. […]
According to documents leaked by the Syrian Electronic Army, Microsoft have been charging the FBI with millions of Dollars a year for giving them legal access to customer information. The Syrian Electronic Army is a group of hackers which is said to be loyal to the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. This hackers group has been known for […]
Starting today, Gmail will use an encrypted HTTPS connection to check or send email, regardless of what platform users employ to access the service – and will use security measures when moving mails internally, citing fears over government snooping.
The list of secrets held by the NSA is a never-ending one. Latest in the list includes its refusal to disclose the amount of water it pumps in its new data center at Bluffdale, Utah. An aerial view of the NSA’s Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah. According to a letter sent to officials in Utah. […]
The malware problem on Mac OS X is nothing like as bad as it is on Windows, but that doesn’t mean it can be ignored.
Apple’s Mavericks update was the first free update to Mac OS X – itself a big step forward for security, as all Mac users can update to the latest version freely (providing their machine is up to the new software – which Apple allows you to check here). But under the bonnet of Mavericks lurk
A new form of Android malware could bypass one of the main warning systems built into Google’s smartphone and tablet OS – allowing malicious apps to ‘sneak’ onto a phone with a relatively innocuous list of ‘Permissions’, then add new, malicious abilities.
The Target breach, and in particular the role of respected security blogger Brian Krebs in breaking the story, has been optioned as a feature film by Sony. The studio bought the rights to the New York Times article, “Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly,” with a view to creating a “cyber thriller.”
Tor Browser app in the Apple app store is fake and have been found spreading adware and spywares. According to the official website of Tor Browser, the Browser app available in Apple store on iTunes is fake and has nothing to do with the official version. The developers of Tor said that: Tor Browser in the Apple […]
Facebook’s ‘Deepface’ photo-matching software can now ‘recognize’ human faces with an accuracy just a fraction of a percentage point behind human beings – a huge leap forward in the technology, with some potentially alarming implications for privacy.
Spyware which stealthily takes photographs using Google Glass’s built-in camera and uploads them to a remote server without the user being aware has been demonstrated successfully on the eyepiece – despite Google’s policies explicitly forbidding such programs.
As Mac malware increases in prevalence, testing security software that supplements OS X internal security gets more important and more difficult.
Boycott Israel through Smartphones, a higher level of anti-Israel campaign launched by pro-Palestinian activists from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). The Boycott Israel movement http://www.bdsmovement.net/ plans to launch a smartphone application soon that will allow users to boycott Israeli products if they wish to, in support of the campaign for Palestinian rights. It will allow “The […]
Indian politicians have taken social media to its greatest height during the coming 16th Lok Sabha elections. A politician’s strength and mass following is reflected on his/her social media management. Not allowing letting go any chance of belittling their opponents appears to be the main agenda running on the social websites, which rather should be used […]
Malware researchers at ESET have uncovered a widespread cybercriminal operation that has seized control of tens of thousands of Unix servers. Learn more about how to check your systems for compromise, and prevent innocent computer users from being attacked.
Our report titled “Operation Windigo – the vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential-stealing malware campaign” details our analysis of a set of malicious programs that infect servers and desktop PCs, and send nearly 500,000 web users to malicious content daily.”
More than 80% of business leaders do not feel fully prepared for the effects of a major cyber incident, according to a new survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit – despite 77% of companies having faced such incidents in the past two years.
Apple’s Mac OS X Mavericks has some very neat privacy features built in – from a “Guest User” account which restricts people to using Safari when borrowing your Mac to a panel which prevents apps using your location.