Apple: What took so long?
Why did it take four days longer for Apple to patch the SSL/TLS bug on OS X than on iOS? Even in this difficult situation Apple could have handled things better.
View ArticleCall to Learn If Hackers Swiped Your Data in UMD Case
If you are among the thousands of University of Maryland faculty, staff and students whose personal information may have been collected by hackers, you can check with a credit service to see if your...
View ArticleHacktivists Target Philippines Government Sites in Protest Against Cybercrime...
Anonymous hackers have once again targeted several websites of the Philippines government. The hacktivists are protesting against a provision of the Cybercrime Prevention Act that violates freedom of...
View ArticleSee What Elon Musk’s Right Hand Man Has to Say About Cyber Hackers
Branden Spikes, the former CIO of SpaceX and technology right-hand man of Elon Musk warns that cyber hackers are not only growing stronger, their activities are a thriving industry in and of themselves.
View ArticleFresh Stash of 360 Million Credentials and 1.25 Billion Email Addresses...
Security experts from Hold Security say theyve identified a total of 360 million credentials and 1.25 billion email addresses stolen and misused by cybercriminals from various companies. The massive...
View ArticleApple fixes security flaw for Macs
The software update patches a security hole in OS X, the operating system for Apple computers.
View ArticleBitcoin-Stealing Mac Malware Disguised as Angry Birds Game
OSX/CoinThief, the malware designed to steal Bitcoins from Mac users, continues to be distributed by cybercriminals. Experts say the threat is disguised as various applications, including the popular...
View ArticleKnightscope’s New K5 Security Robot Is like RoboCop Without the Guns
Knightscope has developed a new security robot thats capable of carrying out a wide range of tasks. The K5 was revealed in December and showcased these days at the Launch Festival in San Francisco. In...
View Article“You Look Hideous” Twitter Spam Campaign Lures Users to Phishing Sites
Twitter users should be careful if another user tells them that theyre hideous, or something like that. Cybercriminals have launched a spam campaign thats designed to lure internauts to a Twitter...
View ArticleTilon Malware Was a Side Project of SpyEye Author, Researchers Say
When it was first discovered back in 2012 by researchers from Trusteer, Tilon was said to be the son of another piece of malware called Silon. However, experts from Fox-IT say that Tilon should...
View ArticleAre Apple iOS, Os X Flaws Really Backdoors for Spies?
Network World – San Francisco — Two recently-discovered flaws in Apple iOS and Mac OS X have security experts openly asking whether the software vulnerabilities represent backdoors inserted for...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland Tries to Identify Hackers, Offers 5-Year Credit...
The University of Maryland continues to investigate the cyberattack in which the personal information of over 309,000 individuals including staff, faculty, affiliated personnel and students has been...
View ArticleUS Prosecutors Say Anonymous and Barrett Brown Plotted to Overthrow the...
The US governments case against the 32-year-old activist Barrett Brown is far from being over. There are numerous accusations brought by prosecutors against Brown, including the fact that he conspired...
View ArticleFBI Director James Comey Says Agencies Are Making Cyber Security a Top Priority
In his speech at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, FBI Director James B. Comey has highlighted that federal government agencies such as the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security...
View ArticleD-Link Fixes Persistent SSL Certificate Vulnerability in DCS IP Cameras
D-Link has released firmware updates for several surveillance camera models from the DCS series to address a persistent SSL certificate vulnerability. The impacted devices are DCS-820L, DCS-930L,...
View ArticleApple Finally Fixes Os X ‘Gotofail’ Flaw
A flaw like the gotofail SSL flaw could open up Apple Mac OS X users to hackers who could steal their personal information.
View ArticleThree Alleged Hackers Arrested in Korea for Stealing Information from...
Three individuals suspected of hacking into 225 websites and stealing the personal details of 17 million people have been arrested by South Koreas Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency. The suspects,...
View ArticleYouTube to Remove “Innocence of Muslims,” but Not Because of Hacktivist Attacks
Shortly after the controversial Innocence of Muslims movie appeared on YouTube, hackers of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters group started launching massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS)...
View ArticleFlaws in Amazon’s Mobile Apps Could Have Been Exploited to Crack Passwords
Security researchers from FireEye have uncovered security holes in Amazons mobile applications that could have been exploited by attackers to crack the passwords of Amazon accounts. The vulnerabilities...
View ArticleExperts Find Vulnerabilities in RSA Conference 2014 Android Application
On January 31, a few weeks before the start of the world-renowned event, an RSA Conference 2014 app was published on Google Play. Experts quickly found half a dozen security issues plaguing the...
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