Researchers unveil super‑fast anonymity network
A group of six academics have published a paper describing a new high speed anonymity network that could increase the privacy of internet users everywhere.
A group of six academics have published a paper describing a new high speed anonymity network that could increase the privacy of internet users everywhere.
The LG Update Center Application faces yet another threat of cyber attack as was discovered by SEARCH-LAB Ltd in November 2014. A loophole exists where the center’s SSL certificate lacks verification hence creating a loophole for man-in-the-middle attack on the connection between applications and the LG website (www.lgcpm.com). This gap then exposes LG handset users […]
Nowadays wearable devices, especially fitness checking devices, are very much in vogue. However, security and technology experts are prompting warnings about the vulnerable nature of these devices to cyber-attacks. According to the estimation of the International Data Corporation/IDC, around 72.1million wearable tracker devices like Samsung Gear, Apple watch, Nike Fuel, Fitbit, and Jawbone will be […]
Apparently, scientists are a step closer to reducing the grave effects of Type-1 Diabetes after discovering a way to implant insulin-creating cells into the pancreas. Previously this method was found to be unsuccessful but is working now as scientists can use a “3D-print” structure for cells protection, according to IOP Publishing. The attempts to implant […]
Security research is published in many forms. For example, there are live and recorded webinars that cover a range of cybersecurity topics.
Researchers have developed a system to protect password databases, allowing hackers to believe they have cracked the file, only to be given fake credentials.
Aryeh Goretsky and David Harley talk to Sabrina Pagnotta about the internet’s impact on security research.
Summary: Earlier this week Bob Sullivan reported that hackers can easily access Starbucks customer accounts by stealing their username and passwords and naturally Starbucks app users panicked — Starbucks in its official statement denied the allegations of any sort of security breach. An independent tech reporter Bob Sullivan shocked the users of Starbucks app by reporting that […]
The IOActive researchers reported that Lenovo devices software has serious security flaws and vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited by cyber criminals for installing malware. Globally active Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has been accused by researchers for running a “massive security risk” when experts identified exploitable flaws in its software. Reportedly, security Firm IOActive’s researchers […]
University of Washington in Seattle’s research team managed to hijack a tele-operated surgical robot. This exposed major security vulnerabilities in machines that are eventually going to replace surgeons in hospitals all over the world. Telesurgical procedures have been performed by doctors since 2001 after a New York based surgeon removed a patient’s gall bladder successfully […]
Researchers at MDSec, an IT security firm, have identified a method that allows thieves and hackers to bypass iPhone’s lockscreen utilizing equipment that costs merely few hundred dollars. In an iPhone, the lockscreen basically serves as a barrier between thieves and the phone since it bricks the device after 10 wrong guesses. Moreover, it has […]
A security researcher has revealed from a research of various data breaches, a collection of 10 million usernames and passwords. The leaked database dumps that had the 10 million usernames and passwords were already available to the public online. But a popular security consultant, Mark Burnett – the person involved in the collecting and researching […]
Google has announced it is to pay out research grants to security researchers seeking out potential bugs, even if they turn up empty-handed, reports ZDNet.
A paper from researchers at various universities suggests that security is an area that needs work for wearables, according to a report in The Register.
Privacy and security online are hot button topics in America today, as a new survey by the Pew Research Center confirms, mirroring similar results from two different privacy and security surveys conducted by ESET.
City University professor Dr David Stupples and a team of researchers are looking into ways of minimizing the risk of hacking planes in the future.
Remember when Apple’s iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor or in other words TouchID was hacked? Well history is repeating itself because the Apple TouchID fingerprint security scanner on the new iPhone 6 has been hacked by security researcher with the same method he used for hacking the touchID of iPhone 5S. The difference between now and […]
Printer giant Canon is to provide a security fix “as quickly as is feasible” after a researcher exploited vulnerabilities in one of its wireless PIXMA products to run the classic shoot ‘em up game Doom on its colour display.
Security researchers from University of Michigan and the University of California Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have found out a security flaw in Android, Windows, and iOS platforms allowing malicious apps to steal personal information from a smartphone. At the moment the flaw has only been tested on Android phones, but the team is sure […]
LastPass has gone public about a couple of security holes that were found in its popular online password management software.
That’s enough to send a shiver down the spines of the many internet users who trust the service to store its passwords securely, but the company says that there is no need to panic.
With EPIC filing an FTC privacy complaint against Facebook, which is already the subject of a Consent Order due to a previous privacy settlement, the social network could be facing a hefty fine for emotion-based manipulation of the Newsfeed for research purposes.