A Famous document sharing website Scribd is the Latest Victim of Hack Attack
The world famous document sharing website Scribd is the Latest victim of hacking and announced that they were hacked , Scribd says that they discovered and and blocked suspicious activity on Scribd's network that appears to have been a deliberate attempt to access the email addresses and passwords of registered Scribd users
Google Maps contest under privacy investigation in India
An posting from NBC NEWS in the technology section about Google Maps contest under privacy investigation in India: NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in India are investigating to determine whether U.S. Internet company Google Inc. violated rules in a competition that asked users to add information about their local areas for its online map services […]
April's Patch Tuesday from Microsoft includes another Internet Explorer patch
An posting from SC Magzine on Microsft patch: Microsoft is readying nine patches to be released Tuesday as part of the software giant's monthly security update. Two of the nine fixes address vulnerabilities rated "critical," meaning they could be exploited to execute remote code, while the remaining seven patches attend to flaws deemed "important," according […]
Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users
An posting from Tech News about Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users: It's much easier to spend your Internet time watching funny cat videos than to actually do something productive, but the educational stuff is out there. Take Scribd, for instance: a virtual library of free content that ranges from book previews to science journal articles […]
Google Uses Reputation To Detect Malicious Downloads
An posting from DarkRead about Google Uses Reputation To Detect Malicious Downloads: Google researchers have combined a number of reputation techniques to create a system that is 99 percent successful in detecting and blocking malicious executables downloaded by users of its Chrome browser. The system, known as Content-Agnostic Malware Protection or CAMP, triages up to […]
What the Cloud means to Enterprise Security
The enterprise security industry is being completely transformed by the emerging world of the mobile, social, BYOD enterprise
Why Your Next Phone Will Include Fingerprint, Facial, and Voice Recognition
An posting from Forbes about Why Your Next Phone Will Include Fingerprint, Facial, and Voice Recognition : In some ways, it’s a marvel that even half of consumers bother to lock their phones. You would think the benefits would be obvious enough: by entering a few numbers, you can achieve a basic level of protection […]
Public safety personnel targeted by DoS attacks flooding phone lines
An article from SCMagzine about Public safety personnel targeted by DoS attacks flooding phone lines: Telephone lines for public safety and emergency communication workers have been inundated with bogus calls, an attack characterized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI as telephony denial-of-service (TDoS), which is being used to extort money from victims. Last […]
Hackers Compromise The War Z Forum, Game Databases
An posting from ThreatPost about Hackers Compromise The War Z Forum, Game Databases: Hackers compromised the forum and game database of the massively multiplayer online game, The War Z, forcing the game’s producer OP Productions to temporarily take the game and its forum offline. In a security alert issued yesterday, OP Productions informed The War […]
Firefox's Version 20 Patches 11 Serious Flaws
An posting from TechNews on FireFox Patches : Firefox was not exactly full of vulnerabilities previously, but now users of Mozilla's customizable Web browser can rest even easier. In its 20th version, Firefox patches 11 potentially catastrophic security flaws while introducing a few privacy and convenience features for the average user. While Mozilla still pinpoints […]