Second iPhone passcode hack vulnerability discovered
An article on Naked Security about iphone vulnerability : Researchers are having a fun time with iOS 6.1 passcode locks this month, with Vulnerability Lab having discovered a second version of a vulnerability that lets a hacker slip past a lock screen to access a user's contact list, voicemails and more. The first vulnerability, which popped […]
EADS, ThyssenKrupp attacked by Chinese hackers: report
An Interesting article in NBC News technology section: FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS and German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp recorded major attacks by Chinese hackers in 2012, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unidentified people within the two companies. That is a trend seen throughout the German economy, where companies are increasingly being attacked by Chinese […]
Microsoft says small number of its computers hacked
An Interesting article in NBC News technology section: SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday a small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware, but there was no evidence of customer data being affected and it is continuing its investigation. The world's largest software company […]
Researchers claim to have found more zero-day vulnerabilities in Java
An article from Naked security on java vulnerabilities: A security research team that has alerted Oracle to a series of security flaws in Java in the past, says that it has uncovered new zero-day vulnerabilities in the software. According to Polish firm update posted by Security Explorations, it has sent proof-of-concept code to Oracle's security […]
Cyber-criminals are targeting phones and bank info
An article form CNN in there tech Sections: As recent high-profile attacks at major companies like Facebook and Apple, major publications like the New York Times and Washington Post and the U.S. government itself have made clear, cyber-crime is a very real and growing concern for everyone. The latest threat report from security firm McAfee […]
White House Cracks Down On Cyberespionage
An interesting article form Dark reading in there advanced-threats sections on Cyberespionage: The Obama administration is turning up the heat on nation-state cyberespionage attackers: A new policy aimed at protecting the U.S. government and businesses from theft of their intellectual property goes further than previous administrations in addressing the worst-kept secret that cyberspies are stealing […]
NBC website hacked and distributes malware - here's what happened
An interesting article form Naked Security about NBC website being hack :The latest high-profile organisation to fall victim to cybercriminals is the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), one of the so-called Big Three television networks in the USA. NBC's website was "owned" and used as a go-between in a campaign to infect online visitors automatically. For […]
Mandiant Exposes APT1 – One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units & Releases 3,000 Indicators
An interesting article by By Dan Mcwhorter on the Mandiant Blog Today, The Mandiant® Intelligence Center™ released an unprecedented report exposing APT1′s multi-year, enterprise-scale computer espionage campaign. APT1 is one of dozens of threat groups Mandiant tracks around the world and we consider it to be one of the most prolific in terms of the […]
Google says it is winning the war against Gmail account hijackers
An interesting article on Naked Security: It was 2011, and if you were a Gmail user you might have found things had begun to turn ugly. Spam messages, spear-phishing attacks, and bogus "I'm stranded in a foreign country" scams, began to appear in some users' inboxes, defeating Google's anti-spam systems. To read more about this click […]
Oxford University blocks Google Docs because of phishing attacks.. for 2.5 hours
An article on phishing in google doc's from Naked security: Earlier this week it was being widely reported that Oxford University had taken the drastic step of completely blocking Google Docs, after it had seen a dramatic increase in the number of phishing attacks exploiting the service, targeting staff and students. What wasn't so widely […]