Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) refer to the first boot of a new PC as the out-of-box experience (OOBE). As you battle your way through modal dialogues for questionable software, and agree to some exciting 30 day antivirus trials, it’s pretty forgivable to want to throw your brand new computer through the nearest window. Today, Duo […]
The serious vulnerabilities impact Samsung’s Knox security sandbox. A number of severe problems have been discovered within the Samsung Knox security system in Android smartphones. Three vulnerabilities affecting Android devices running Samsung’s Knox security feature were recently revealed in a paper presented by Uri Kanonov and Avishai Wool, researchers from Tel Aviv University. The security flaws […]
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) carried out a US $25million study, which spanned over 2.5 years. Now, we have gotten to know the findings of this study and these are indeed startling! The study was centered (Pdf) on the role of cellphone radiations in encouraging cancerous cells within humans. The study identified that there is a […]
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Someone leaked entire Mexican voter data on the Internet and it was not even password protected A database containing voter data of each and every Mexican citizen was available on the Internet without any password protection. This means the records of 93.4 million Mexican voters were out there for anyone to access without any restriction […]
Your chat history on iMessage just went through a period when it was not altogether safe, but now, all wrongs have been righted thanks to an OS X update. A major issue in iMessage was recently fixed by Apple, preventing hackers and other ne’er-do-wells from pulling victims’ message histories. It turns out that, prior to […]
Last week at the CeBIT the Lookout’s Co-Founder and CTO Kevin Mahaffey talked about hacking Tesla Model S providing indications on possible countermeasures. Last week at the CeBIT conference held in Hanover, the Lookout’s Co-Founder and CTO Kevin Mahaffey talked about hacking Tesla Model S providing indications on possible countermeasures. Unfortunately, many security professionals provided […]
Security researchers 2, Radamant coder 0.Researchers from InfoArmor, an Arizona-based cyber-security firm, have discovered an SQL injection flaw in the control panel of the Radamant ransomware that allows them to trick the C&C server into starting the decryption process without user interaction or without users paying the ransom. The Radamant ransomware family was first spotted […]
Insecure configurations expose car telematics to hacking. Industrial vehicles like trailer trucks, delivery vans, or buses that have an Internet connection, can be tracked, and even hacked, if they use insecure and improperly-configured TGUs (Telematics Gateway Units), security researcher Jose Carlos Norte claims. TGU devices, or telematics, are basically a portable 3G, 4G, GPRS, LTE, Edge, […]
A judge has confirmed that US Departement of Defense funded the Carnegie Mellon University to conduct research on the Tor hacking. In November 2015, the researchers at the Tor Project publicly accused the FBI of paying the experts at the Carnegie Mellon University to deanonymize Tor users. The experts at the Tor Project collected information about the […]
Short Bytes: When we visit a hospital, we put our complete trust in our doctor and the medical equipment that he/she uses. With advancement in technology, these equipment have become more complex and interconnected. Sadly, ensuring standard cybersecurity measures is not a top priority of the medical professionals. This fact was recently outlined by a […]
This smart building was hacked by IBM researchers to show hacking risks associated with Internet of Things. IBM security researchers are warning that building automation systems used to power so-called “smart buildings” pose a security risk to companies. According to Gartner, devices in smart homes and smart commercial buildings represented 45 percent of total connected […]
Tor Project patches critical bug but refuses to acknowledge the bug discovery by a security researcher. Tor Project’s website had a critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which if exploited by a potential hacker, could have put thousands of visitors to the blog at risk. The vulnerability was discovered by an independent cyber security researcher Roy Jansen. Roy, […]
Experts at the SANS Technology Institute spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers. Johannes Ullrich, security expert at the SANS Technology Institute, spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers to trick users into downloading malicious software. The expert discovered the malicious campaign while analyzing […]
For cybercriminals developing an Android malware is a piece of cake and the problem is Google just not care. According to Dr.Web’s security researchers, Google’s official Play Store is extremely unreliable because over 60 Android games available on this platform contain Android.Xiny, a malicious Trojan. It was also discovered that around 30 different developers were responsible for […]
Radamant ransomware v1 and v2 are now decryptable. Fabian Wosar, security researcher at Emsisoft, has managed to crack the encryption algorithm for the first two versions of the Radamant Ransomware Kit, and its creator was not happy at all with his actions. The first version of the ransomware which encrypted files with the .RDM extension was […]
Chris Vickery, a security researcher who is known for finding leaked databases online claims he has found US voter registration records of 191 million US voters — It is unclear who is behind the leak, why the data was leaked, if the leak is a result of a security or a human error. Vickery in the […]
Wesley Wineberg, an independent security researcher, participating in Facebook’s bug bounty program, managed to crack his way through Instagram defenses and almost get complete control over the service. Soon after the researcher disclosed the vulnerability to Facebook, the company threatened to sue, instead of paying the reward he was due for his work. Mr. Wineberg started […]
Facebook doesn’t appreciate the effort, threatens to sue. Wesley Wineberg, an independent security researcher, participating in Facebook’s bug bounty program, managed to crack his way through Instagram defenses and almost get complete control over the service. Soon after the researcher disclosed the vulnerability to Facebook, the company threatened to sue, instead of paying the reward he […]
Websites and apps around the world encourage researchers to find bugs in their system, but an Internet dating app for HIV positive people threatens the security researchers with HIV infection if they notify the company about any security bug in their app. Hzone, an application for HIV-positive singles that has over 4900 users were told […]
ShortRead: MacKeeper, a utility software suite for Mac OS X faced a data breach which has exposed details in relation to its 13 million customers. The most interesting part of this breach is that the guy who reported this breach doesn’t even have a Mac and found this on Shodan which is a search engine […]