Bypassing Android encryption by freezing android phones
German Security Researchers have discovered that freezing an Android phone allows hackers to access the Encrypted data stored in the phone. The encryption method introduced in the Android version "Ice cream sandwich" by Google. The researchers bypassed this encryption system method by freezing the smartphone for an hour. To read more click here:
Hacktivists plan to resume DDoS campaign against U.S. banks
An interesting article from SC Magazine about DDOS: Citing inadequate efforts to remove an anti-Muslim video from the web, a hacktivist group is calling for more distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to be launched against U.S. bank sites. The collective, known as Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, suspended its initial DDoS campaign in late January […]
Hackers fail to crack Chrome OS
An interesting article from YAHOO News tech section: Google (GOOG) offered hackers a chance at a big pay day if they could crack its Chrome OS platform. The company held its annual Pwnium competition at the ConSecWest security conference in Vancouver this week where it put $3.14159 million up for grabs. While a number of […]
Pwn2Own Hackers Bring Popular Browsers To Their Knees
The results from the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest are in, and the score is as follows: hackers one, software zero.
Cyber Crime gang arrested for hacking Dubai exchange companies accounts
An interesting article from Ehacking news: The Dubai Police have arrested a cyber crime gang who were able to transfer more than 2 Million dollars(Dh7 million) from Dubai Exchange companies' accounts. The police said that a gang of Asians and Africans work with hackers to hack into websites and systems of companies in Dubai to […]
Russian ransomware takes advantage of Windows PowerShell
An interesting article from Naked Security: For us in SophosLabs, ransomware is a common sight. We see many different versions every day. But as to be expected, the authors think up a new gimmick that makes us take notice. This is one of those cases. Recently we received a ransomware sample from one of our […]
Don't Be Dumb About Smartphone Privacy
An interesting article from forbes.com about smart-phone privacy: If you’ve got a smartphone, it’s probably become so indispensable that you’d be lost without it (often literally, thanks to its mapping and location apps). “It’s your whole life in a small device,” says Eduard Goodman, the Phoenix-based chief privacy officer for the blog Identity Theft 911. That’s […]
CloudFlare security service goes down after router failure
An interesting article from Cnet.com in there security & privacy section: Web security service CloudFlare was offline for about an hour this morning due to a systemwide failure of its edge routers. The outage, which began around 1:47 a.m. PT, removed the security layer for 785,000 Web sites, including 4chan and Wikileaks, according to TechCrunch. […]
Google patches bug that allows attackers to slip past two-factor authentication
An article on Naked Security about authentication: Google's two-step verification, according to the company's ad campaign, isn't merely a bear guarding your home. It's a snake pit behind the bear guarding your home. Unfortunately, it turns out, application-specific passwords allow attackers to bounce right past the bear and to hop over the vipers. To read […]
General Dynamics aims to offer government-level security on smartphones
An interesting article from Computer world in there Security section: IDG News Service - General Dynamics is looking to bring U.S. government-level security to consumer smartphones, allowing organizations to benefit from the type of strong data protection only available on expensive and clunky mobile terminals. The company is already well versed in this area, as […]