Google unveils elite hacker squad
Search giant has revealed that it has put together a team of security researchers that will target finding zero-day exploits, regardless of whether they exist in Google software or not.
View ArticleGoogle Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers — And Maybe The NSA
Google logo is seen on a wall at the entrance of the Google offices in Brussels on Feb. 5. Google said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report major Internet security...
View ArticleChinese Man Accused of Hacking into U.S. Computers
A Chinese businessman named Su Bin allegedly hacked into the computer systems of U.S. companies with large defense contracts, including Boeing, to steal data on military projects, including some of its...
View ArticleAngela Merkel’s Facebook Page Assaulted by Spam
The Facebook page of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has been flooded by spam containing all sort of malicious images and insults.According to the BBC, the modified pictures dirtying the official...
View ArticleNIST Advisory Group Preaches Transparency in Development of Encryption...
A report released this week by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) stated it needs to increase its staff of cryptography experts and work to increase transparency.
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Asks Congress for More Power Against Botnet Operators
Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Conducts Hearing on Botnets and Cybercrime Cyber-attackers are increasingly using botnets to drive their criminal enterprises, whether they are sending spam,...
View ArticleeBay execs shed more light on Q2 hacking, look toward recovery
Despite early glimmers of recovery already, eBay’s CFO lamented that “the Marketplaces business has to dig itself out of a hole.”
View ArticleApple iTunes Used in Phishing Campaign
Spammers are currently running a campaign that attempts to dupe users of the iTunes software from Apple to divulge their credentials for the online account.They try the same old trick, where the body...
View ArticleEBay CEO: cyber attack “clearly impacted” business
Chief Executive John Donahoe said on a conference call Wednesday that a cyberattack earlier this year “clearly impacted eBay’s performance” during its second quarter, ended June 30. Donahoe said...
View ArticleGovernment’s voting source code secrecy is dumb and dangerous
In one brief letter, the Australian government has shown that it’s clueless about both technology and democracy.
View ArticlePayPal fuels higher eBay revenue even as cyber attack, rivals weigh
EBay Inc posted a 13 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as better-than-expected results from its fast-growing PayPal division helped the online retailer overcome increasing competition...
View Article20 Java Security Issues Fixed by Oracle
Oracle rolled out a new set of updates for its products as part of the company’s quarterly Critical Patch Update, and Java received no less than 20 security-related fixes, all allowing a potential...
View ArticlePatent Issued for Computer Security System and Method
The increasing threat of viruses has required that systems provide adequate protection against both known and unknown threats.
View ArticleSnowden: ‘Wannabe PRISM partner’ Dropbox is ‘hostile to privacy’
The former government contractor who leaked tens of thousands of NSA documents warned users to be more privacy conscious when it comes to online cloud storage.
View ArticleEmergency vBulletin patch fixes dangerous SQL injection vulnerability
Developers of the popular vBulletin Internet forum software have issued emergency patches Wednesday in order to fix a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow attackers to read and manipulate...
View ArticleGoogle Project Zero Focuses on Internet Security
Months after reporting its first vulnerabilities, Google officially acknowledges the existence of a shadowy security group known as Project Zero.
View ArticleTop 10 Things Cybersecurity Professionals Need to Know About the Internet of...
The Internet of Everything (IoE) is accelerating, creating significant opportunities for organizations, individuals, communities, and countries as more things come online – along with the people,...
View Article‘Government-Grade’ Malware in Cybercriminals’ Arsenal: Sentinel Labs
Security researchers believe cybercriminals may be taking a page from government agencies when it comes to malware. According to Sentinel Labs, that metaphorical page has the name of a piece of malware...
View ArticleEngineer Arrested Over Massive Benesse Holdings Data Leak
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced on Thursday, July 17, the arrest of a systems engineer for allegedly stealing private information of about 7.6 million customers of the education...
View ArticleWhat happened when hackers targeted Nasdaq
Bloomberg Businessweek has details on what U.S. officials found as they delved into malicious software that infected Nasdaq’s computers and was subsequently eliminated: The clincher was the hackers’...
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