CloudLock Launches Selective Encryption Solution
CloudLock, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm that helps companies secure data stored in the cloud, announced the launch of CloudLock Selective Encryption, a new cloud-based encryption solution that...
View ArticleCyber-security: White hats to the rescue
ANDREW WHITAKER has made a career out of breaking into things. A “white hat” hacker in techie jargon, Mr Whitaker leads a team of security specialists at Knowledge Consulting Group who spend their days...
View ArticleTrust me: Big data is a huge security risk
Fear the Hadoop! It’ll expose your company data to unwashed hacker hordes! Luckily, this new big data security product fixes everything When Hadoop started, it had a security problem.
View ArticleFlash Player Zero-Day Threat Fixed in Build 12.0.0.70
Adobe rolled out another emergency update for Flash Player, the second out-of-band release this month, due to the recent discovery of a zero-day vulnerability that appears to have exploits in the wild....
View ArticleMassive DDOS Attack Launched Against Namecheap’s DNS Platform
On Thursday, a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack was launched against the DNS platform of domain registrar and web hosting company Namecheap. System disruptions were first announced...
View ArticleForbes and the Syrian Electronic Army Provide More Details on Recent Attack
Forbes has published a detailed timeline of the hack attack launched by the Syrian Electronic Army against the company. A member of the Syrian hacktivist group has also provided additional details on...
View ArticleInternet Bug Bounty Pays First $10,000 / €7,300 Reward for Adobe Flash...
The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) the program launched back in November 2013 by a group of security experts and backed by Microsoft and Facebook has issued its first $10,000 / 7,300 reward for a critical...
View ArticleMicrosoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks
Microsoft on Wednesday issued a stopgap defense that protects Internet Explorer 9 and IE10 against ongoing attacks until the company issues a patch, probably in three weeks.
View ArticleChurches of Scotland and Cyprus Targeted by Muslim Hackers
Muslim hackers have launched a campaign against Christianity. Over the past couple of days, SeCuRiTy_511, a hacktivist from Saudi Arabia, has breached the websites of the Church of Scotland and the...
View ArticleApple says security flaw could allow hackers to beat iPhone encryption
A major flaw in Apple Inc software for mobile devices could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be encrypted, the company said in a Friday afternoon announcement.
View ArticleSecurity Experts Raise Flags over WhatsApp
WASHINGTON – The Facebook deal for WhatsApp drew attention for its whopping price tag, but has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform....
View ArticleMajor Apple security flaw: Patch issued, users open to MITM attacks
Apple rushed the release of iOS 7.0.6 Friday with a patch for a shockingly overlooked SSL encryption issue that leaves iPhone, iPad and Mac computer users open to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
View ArticleCybercriminals Trick Mobile Users into Paying $5 / €3.6 for Flash Player
Cybercriminal schemes involving fake copies of Flash Player are not uncommon. However, security researchers from F-Secure have come across an interesting one. It all starts with a piece of malware...
View ArticleWhatsapp Comes Under New Scrutiny For Privacy Policy, Encryption Gaffs
Facebook no doubt did its due diligence before acquiring messaging app firm WhatsApp for more than the gross domestic product of Iceland .
View ArticleMiss Teen USA Attends RSA on Behalf of Counterveillance Software Firm SnoopWall
SnoopWall, a company that provides counterveillance security software, is promoting its products at the RSA Conference 2014 in San Francisco with the aid of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf. In case youre...
View ArticleExperts Find WhatsApp Vulnerabilities That “the NSA Would Love”
Shortly after Facebook announced buying WhatsApp, many users raised privacy concerns. Soon enough, security experts revealed identifying a number of vulnerabilities, which they catalogued as being...
View ArticleHarvard University’s Odyssey Supercomputer Abused for Dogecoin Mining
Harvard Universitys Odyssey, a supercomputer that has 14,000 CPU cores, has been abused by one of the members of Harvards research community to mine Dogecoins, a relatively new crypto currency thats...
View ArticleHackers Using Mobile Devices To Expose Sensitive Information In Cyber Attacks
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels and the University of Maryland.
View ArticleTarget breach helps usher in new world of data security
Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts customers may have been affected by a data breach that occurred at its U.S. stores between Nov. 27, 2013, and Dec. 15, 2013.
View ArticleSerious Apple Security Flaw Discovered in iOS and Os X
Apple has acknowledged a major security flaw in its mobile iOS operating system software that could allow hackers to view or alter communication data on unsecured wireless networks, reports Engadget .
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