Cisco’s 2014 Annual Security Report claims that as governments, organisations and IT industry as a whole is failing to cope with the ever increasing number of cyber attacks and security breaches, there…
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Amazon hosts 16% of global malware as cyber-criminals go cloud hunting
Amazon Web Services is a popular choice among cyber-criminals for hosting their warez – a whopping 16 percent of global malware – security company Solutionary claims through its Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report…
Android vulnerability allows interception of VPN data, researchers claim
Security researchers over at the Ben Gurion University (BGU), Israel claim to have discovered a vulnerability in Android that allows for interception of encrypted data travelling over a VPN in plain text….
Microsoft backpedals on Security Essentials for Windows XP decision; extends support till July 2015
Microsoft has softened its stand on Security Essentials for Windows XP and has extended support for its antimalware software till July 2015. Microsoft has noted that although operating system patches including security…
Chrome 32 brings Metro interface, noisy tabs, supervised users and more
Google is bringing great many new features into the stable build of Chrome 32 including the new Metro-UI interface for Windows, noisy tabs, supervised users, safe browsing, and in-browser app launcher. The…
Researchers develop mathematical model to predict next cyber attack
Researchers over at the University of Michigan claim that cyber attacks follow a pattern that is predictable and to prove their claims they have developed a mathematical model to predict the attacks….
Oracle to patch 147 vulnerabilities including 36 in Java this Tuesday
Oracle is set to release one of the biggest security patch update this Tuesday comprising of 147 patches, 36 of which address vulnerabilities in Java. Oracle has categorized January 14 patch update…
Anonymous hacks MIT website on anniversary of Aaron Swartz suicide
Anonymous is at it again and has defaced the Cogeneration project page of MIT on the anniversary of Aaron Swartz suicide. The project’s webpage is still defaced as of this writing and…
Dropbox hits by DDoS, but user data safe; The 1775 Sec claims responsibility
Dropbox website went offline last night with a hacking collecting calling itself The 1775 Sec claiming responsibility of the attack on the cloud storage company’s website. The 1775 Sec took to twitter…
Microsoft to patch an important Windows XP vulnerability this Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday addresses a total of four vulnerabilities including one present in Windows XP and Windows 2003, which was reportedly being exploited in the wild in November last year. None…
Yahoo’s malware laden ads turned millions of PCs into Bitcoin mining machines
Recent malware laden ads that showed up on Yahoo websites wasn’t just infecting vulnerable systems with Trojans, they were also dropping Bitcoin mining software onto victim systems in a bid to create…
Snapchat says sorry 9 days after security breach
Snapchat Inc. has released an update to its messaging app and along with it issued an apology for the December 31 breach which exposed details of over 4.6 million users. Snapchat earlier…
LinkedIn sues unknown hackers for scraping data from real profiles, creating fake ones
LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against an unknown group of hackers who allegedly used automated software to scrape data from real profiles on…
Microsoft to abandon Security Essentials alongside Windows XP on April 8
Microsoft is set to pull the plug on Windows XP on April 8 this year and along with that it will also abandon Security Essentials for Windows XP, the company has revealed….
ICO wants businesses to define BYOD policies
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wants organisations in the UK to have a clear bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy to tackle the growing risks associated with this particular trend. ICO acknowledged that BYOD has…