Huawei, Chinese telecom and Internet Company, on Sunday condemned the reports, which claim the US National Security Agency to have breached the company’s internal servers. According to a New York Times report,…
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Details of Morrisons’ staffers leaked online
Payroll details of thousands of Morrisons’ staffers were leaked on the web in what seems to be a rather well-timed leak on the same day as the company issued a huge profit…
Remote access backdoor found in Samsung Galaxy devices
Paul Kocialkowski, the developer of Replicant OS – an open source operating system based on Android – has revealed that Samsung Galaxy devices have a backdoor that allows for remote access and…
Alex Stamos is Yahoo’s new chief information security officer
Yahoo has hired Alex Stamos, a well-known security researcher, and entrusted him with the role of company’s Chief Information Security Officer. Stamos was one of the key organizers of the Security Conference…
Over 160,000 legitimate WordPress sites used for DDoS attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks aren’t new and 2013 was one of the worst years when it comes to such attacks that too through the use of large botnets and /…
Cisco patches critical vulnerabilities in small business routers, WLAN controllers
Cisco has patched critical vulnerabilities in a range of its small business routers and WLAN controllers including, which if exploited can not only cause denial-of-service conditions, but could also compromise the confidentiality,…
Malware-infected ads leapfrog porn as bigger malware risk
A new research from Blue Coat suggests that malware-infected ads have overtaken pornography as the number one source of malware on mobile phones. The security company attributes 20 percent of the malware…
Twitter’s system error accidentally resets passwords
Several Twitter users have received password reset request emails on Monday from the microblogging website, after being temporarily locked out of their accounts. “Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised…
Cisco announces ‘Internet of Things Grand Challenge’
Cisco has kicked off a grand challenge with $300,000 in prize money that invites the global security community to propose intelligent cyber security solutions. The grand challenge aims to address threats that…
Windows 7, XP vulnerabilities doubled in 2013 reports Secunia
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows XP operating systems have rose to 102 and 99 respectively in 2013 from 50 and 49 in 2012. The share of Microsoftin the total number…
Cybersecurity firm claims access to 360 million stolen login credentials
A cybersecurity firm on Tuesday revealed that it has access to 360 million stolen account credentials that are available for sale on cyber black markets. The stolen account credentials discovery could pose…
iOS 7 vulnerability allows for background monitoring on non-jailbroken iDevices
Security researchers have found a vulnerability in latest version of iOS 7 which could allow attackers to record users’ touch / tap events on non-jailbroken iDevices including iPhone 5S. Researchers have created…
Researcher finds SQL injection vulnerability on Tesla website
A security researcher found an SQL injection vulnerability on Tesla’s website, which that when exploited gave unrestricted access to customer records as well as the administrative access to the entire site. Bitquark,…
Kickstarter: We were hacked and customer data was accessed
One of the most popular crowdsourcing platforms Kickstarter has revealed that its defenses were breached by hackers and customer data including email addresses, encrypted passwords, and phone numbers among other details were…
Hackers targeting previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer 10
Attackers are utilising a previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer 10 to attacks users online, a security company has claimed. Researchers over at FireEye have discovered attacks against Microsoft’s browser – Internet…