An article from Naked Security about Viber flaw bypasses lock screen to give full access to Androids: Lacking the lightning-fast reflexes needed toget past the Samsung Galaxy Note 2’s lock screen? Hampered by pesky morality that forces you to forego the placing of bogus emergency calls so as to hack iPhone passcodes? Not that you should want to do any of […]
An posting from NBC News in there Technology section : Following a hack attack, the Associated Press’ verified Twitter account posted “an erroneous tweet” claiming that two explosions occurred in the White House and that President Barack Obama is injured. Moments later, the @AP Twitter account — with nearly 2 million followers — was suspended. Immediately […]
An posting from NBC News in there technology section: On Tuesday, Associated Press became the latest national media outlet to have its Twitter account compromised by hackers, leading security experts to question why the short-messaging service has yet to implement two-factor authentication like that offered by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple. According to Wired, such a security […]
An posting from Naked Security about Hosting company Hostgator hacked, suspect arrested after being “rooted with his own rootkit”: A system administrator – or, more accurately, a former system administrator – from Hostgator, a server hosting company in Houston, Texas, has been arrested for hacking into his former employer’s network. Court documents allege that after Eric Gunnar Grisse, 29, […]
An article from NBC News in there Technology and posting about Security: The amount of malware aimed at infecting Android devices worldwide more than doubled last year, according to a new report from a mobile-security firm. The sheer number of pieces of malware for the Android platform rose from less than 25,000 in 2011 to more […]
An article from NBC News in there Technology and posting about Security: HANOVER, Maryland (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force Academy team on Friday beat out rivals from other elite military colleges after a three-day simulated cyber “war” against hackers from the National Security Agency that is meant to teach future officers the importance of cybersecurity. […]
An Posting from Dark Reading about Botnets Come Out Of Hiding For Boston Bombing Spam : Spammers are harnessing two venerable botnets — Kelihos and Cutwail — to send out reams of deceptive emails disguised as news and video clips from the Boston Bombing, but that carry malicious payloads. According to a blog by researchers at Trusteer, a […]
A posting from dark reading about What Every CFO Should Know About Security Breache: TYSONS CORNER, VA. — CEOs and CIOs have gotten religion about cybersecurity, but what about those who hold the purse strings? Experts say they need a hard lesson, too. In a panel called “What Every CFO Must Know About Cyber Threats and […]
The most popular home wireless routers are easily hacked and there’s little you can do to stop it, says a new study by research firm Independent Security Evaluators The Wi-Fi router you use to broadcast a private wireless Internet signal in your home or office is not only easy to hack, says a report released today, […]
An posting from Naked Security about Facebook launches privacy campaign to protect teens: Facebook, under pressure to educate teenagers on staying safe on the site, has teamed up with 19 US attorneys general to launch a privacy public awareness campaign. Facebook and the AGs announced the campaign on Monday during a National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)-sponsored conference […]
