NullCon 2014 started off today at the Bogmallo Beach Resort, Goa with a speaker line-up comprising of some of the best known speakers in the information security world including Amit Sharma, Joint…
Tag: Security
Developer accuses 123-reg of lapse in security after 120 domains redirect to ransom sites
123-reg, one of UK’s leading hosting providers, has reportedly been accused of a security failure after a user complained his account had been hacked and his clients’ domains redirecting to a ransomware…
European Cybercrime Centre warns internet users of growing police ransomware cases
The European Cybercrime Centre at Europol has warned internet users of exponential growth in police ransomware in the European Union (EU) over the last two years. Police ransomware is a kind of…
Tritax family of NameChanger FakeAV found to be having over 200 names
Security researchers claim that there are over 200 names of NameChanger FakeAV and they are all related to the Tritax Fake AV family that is known to be active since May 2009….
French telecoms giant Orange hacked; details of 800,000 customers stolen
Hackers have managed to breach the defences of Orange and have reportedly stolen details of 800,000 users of the telecoms company’s website. According to a report on PCINpact, Orange’s website was targeted…
Google says Chrome hijacking is No. 1 complaint; offers reset browser settings option
Browser settings hijackers are nothing new and even Chrome is affected by these nasty and unwanted programs. Google now makes it easier for you to bring back Chrome to its factory default state.
Yahoo Mail breach confirmed; data of unspecified number of users stolen
Yahoo has confirmed breach of its Yahoo Mail service wherein attackers made away with data related to unspecified number of users. “Recently, we identified a coordinated effort to gain unauthorized access to…
Worried that your Gmail account may be hacked? Do these things to check, secure it
If you are concerned that your Gmail account may be hacked or if you want to be sure that your account is safe, Google provides a set of tools that will aid you in staying secure.
Viewpoint: The mobile malware epidemic 10 years after Cabir infected Nokia Series 60
2014 marks the 10th birthday of mobile malware, when in 2004, Cabir infected Nokia Series 60. Cellebrite VP R&D, David Heled advises on the consequences of mobile malware today and how it can be identified, before it’s too late
Akamai: China leapfrogs Indonesia as largest source of attack traffic
China has surpassed Indonesia to become the largest source of attack traffic for the third quarter of 2013 according to latest State of the Internet report from Akamai. The report notes that…
DNSSEC surpasses 50% implementation milestone
ICANN has announced that majority of top level domains in the root have DNSSEC and the overall implementation of the DNS Security Extensions has surpassed 50 percent milestone. Described as one of…
Google announces Pwnium 4; over $2.7 million in bounty up for grabs
Google has announced the fourth edition of its Pwnium competition for Chrome OS this March at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. Continuing the trend starting 2013, those who can hack Chrome…
Snapchat account registration CAPTCHA defeated
Snapchat’s security troubles continue as a security researcher has managed to hack its account registration CAPTCHA system with a program of less than 100 lines that took 30 minutes to develop. Steve…
WhatsApp for PC is a banking Trojan in disguise
A spam email campaign claiming to provide WhatsApp for PC download is circulating on the web and according to security experts it spreads banking Trojan with low detection rate. WhatsApp, the messaging…
Cisco: 99% of all mobile malware in 2013 targeted Android
Android malware days are far away from over as Cisco claims in its 2014 latest Annual Security Report that 99 percent of all mobile malware targeted Android devices last year. Android malware…