Google has disclosed a pair of new security flaws present in Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 OS. The search giant has publicly revealed two more Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 bugs…
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US gov issues warning over iOS 8 vulnerability that could lead to data theft
The US government has issued a warning over an iOS 8 vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to gain access to private and sensitive user data stored on iPhones, iPads and…
Over 300K servers still vulnerable to Heartbleed bug
It’s going to be 3 months since the discovery of Heartbleed, and 309,197 servers are yet to be patched!
eBay riddled with XSS flaws
The perils of eBay continue! After a week of intense drama about security breach, researchers have disclosed information on XSS flaws.
Apple too late to curb iCloud activation mechanism flaw
Apple is so too late in fixing a flaw in its iCloud activation mechanism that leaves iOS users vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, allowing easy restore of lost iDevices without authentication, claims…
Tor: ‘We’ll lose about 12% of guard and exit capacity’ because of Heartbleed
Tor (The Onion Router), the internet traffic anonymising service, is bleeding due to the Heartbleed vulnerability, claims a recent report. According to the Register, some of the Tor nodes are running compromised…
Google: GCE customers should manually update OpenSSL
Keeping up its promise, Google has issued security patch addressing the Heartbleed security vulnerability for its Compute Engine. Last week, the company promised to patch affected services like Cloud SQL, Google Compute…
Obama crafts exception for NSA to exploit some security flaws claims new report
President Barack Obama has carved out a broad national security exception for the National Security Agency (NSA), claims the new report. President Obama has made a decision in January that the NSA,…
BlackBerry to release Heartbleed patch
Heartbleed, vulnerability in the encryption code, is now the heart of headlines for major web companies. It all started with Yahoo, followed by various other websites. BlackBerry has now joined the club,…
NSA secretly exploited Heartbleed claims new report, but agency denies
The National Security Agency (NSA) was well aware of the Heartbleed flaw and has been regularly exploiting it to gather critical intelligence for at least two years, anonymous sources familiar with the…
Heartbleed coder: Mistake was ‘trivial’ but effect is ‘clearly severe’
Heartbleed bug, the worst security flaw the internet has ever encountered, was introduced to the world on New Year’s Eve 2011. The man behind the so-called coding error has come forward, confessing…
Heartbleed bug turns into web’s security disaster
‘Heartbleed’ bug, the so-called security flaw in crucial encryption code, has made headlines this week as the most significant and dangerous vulnerability to ever hit the internet. According to security researchers, this…
Nest suspends Protect Smoke Alarm sales
Nest, the Google-owned home monitoring company, has pulled back its Protect Smoke detector device from stores on Thursday, after discovering a flaw. Nest confirmed that it is temporarily halting sales of the…
Five year old discovers major Xbox Live security flaw
Kristoffer Von Hassel, from San Diego, a five year old little boy has uncovered an Xbox One password security flaw while trying to hack into his father’s Xbox Live account. Kristoffer has…
Philips Smart TVs vulnerable to screen hijack, browser cookie theft, more
Update We have received the following statement through email from the Wi-Fi Alliance: “Wi-Fi Alliance takes security very seriously. All of our specifications and certifications include requirements to support the latest generation…