Barack Obama, in an interview on on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, has categorised Sony’s recent hacking case as an act of “cyber vandalism” instead of an ‘act of war’…
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FBI warns US companies of possible hacking threats
Recent reports suggest the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned energy and defense companies operating in the country of a possible attack by Iranian hackers. According to Reuters, the Bureau…
Security breach at Sony has done more harm than previously thought
The recent security breach that crippled Sony Pictures Entertainment internal network last month has done much more harm to the company than anticipated. An analysis of more than 33,000 leaked SPE documents…
Sony taps FireEye’s Mandiant forensics unit to cleanup post cyber-attack mess
Sony has reportedly tapped in FireEye Inc’s Mandiant forensics unit to clean up the mess resulting out of the hacking attack which left all of its computer systems inaccessible last week. According…
Sony denies PSN hack claims
Sony has outright denied recent reports of PlayStation Network hack claiming that the recent leaks of customer login credentials are fake. Reports started flowing in a couple of days back that a…
Windows Phone 8.1 hack lets you run third-party apps with OEM app privileges
A stupid exploit discovered by a hacker over at XDA Developers lets users run self-developed apps at OEM app level privileges and that too without involving a lot of technicalities. DJAmol, the…
SEA targets Reuters again; this time through advertising network Taboola
The pro-Bashar al-Assad hacking collective managed to redirect Reuters visitors to site controlled by it on Sunday.
Domino’s Pizza suffers security breach; hackers demand €30,000 ransom
Hackers managed to steal 650,000 customer data records containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, and passwords among other things.
Pinterest hacked; Twitter flooded with weight-loss spam
Compromised Pinterest accounts causing yet another weight loss spam in Twitter!
Smart TVs vulnerable to drive-by ‘red button’ hacking
Internet of Things will bring with it security issues that the current cyber security world isn’t ready to defend let alone prevent it.
Spotify security breach affected only one user; asks Android users to upgrade
Spotify revealed that it was subject to a security breach in which details on just ‘one’ user were compromised.
Authorities in US, Europe to formally probe eBay over security breach
EBay is going to be formally investigated in US and Europe, authorities in both the regions have revealed.
Apple Passbook App hack + social engineering = Free air travel
A computer science student and now a security researcher in his late teens claims that he has found a way to fly for free in Europe using an Apple Passbook App hack…
Coinbase usernames appear online; Bitcoin wallet service denies hack
A list of usernames of Bitcoin wallet service Coinbase found its way onto the web fueling rumours of a security breach, but the service denied the possibility of a hack despite acknowledging…
Boxee.tv forum hacked; passwords, messages and more leaked
Last week, in a grand-scale compromise of user accounts of boxee.tv forum, almost 158,000 users’ account details and credentials were exposed. Boxee.tv remains tight-lipped about the hacking. It was from a security…