Bugs in Stagefright series continue to haunt Android and the recently revealed pair of bugs leave over a billion devices vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability and possibly complete hijack of the…
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Linux XOR DDoS botnet is capable of bombarding victims with 179 Gbps data
Security experts have revealed that a Linux botnet using XOR DDoS malware discovered last years has grown so powerful that it can virtually bring any victim’s network to a grinding halt by…
xHamster, top adult sites targeted in malvertising campaign
A number of top adult sites including xHamster have been targeted in a malvertising campaign that targeted Yahoo.com, MSN.com among others a few weeks back suggesting that the campaign hasn’t ended and…
GCHQ on passwords: longer and complex passwords not always the best
Complex passwords may not be the lock that prevents your information from being stolen and could in fact make life for users more difficult, the GCHQ has revealed in a new password…
Security researchers discover software flaw in WhatsApp web version
Security researchers have found a flaw in WhatsApp’s web interface that puts up to 200 million users at risk. The vulnerability allows hackers to distribute malware, including ransomware, which demands victims pay…
Ashley Madison claims it is growing despite recent data breach
Despite being hacked recently, hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for cheating website Ashley Madison in the last week, the platform’s parent company, Avid Life Media, announced in a statement…
iOS malware KeyRaider has allegedly hijacked 225,000 Apple Accounts
In a biggest of its kind security incident, as many as 225,000 Apple accounts have been hijacked by the authors of an iOS malware dubbed KeyRaider, security experts have revealed. The incident…
Internet users still using incredibly weak passwords
There are multiple reports of websites getting hacked and personal data being stolen everyday and despite the overwhelming evidence that weak passwords are the culprit in many of the attacks, people on…
Ashley Madison: Hackers becoming sexual morality vigilantes
The hackers who hacked into AshleyMadison.com are seemingly the ‘righteous’ who intend to punish the site’s owners and its users for their moral wrongdoings. A group of hackers, which calls itself the…
Microsoft pushes out IE patch to address critical flaw; Windows 10 affected as well
Microsoft has released an “out-of-band” patch to address a critical vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer on all flavours of currently supported Windows operating systems. According to Microsoft, the patch fixes…
Carphone Warehouse suffers security breach; details of millions of customers at risk
Carphone Warehouse has announced it has suffered from a sophisticated security breach wherein data of up to 2.4 million customers including bank details may have been accessed. The breach was detected on…
Microsoft rolls out emergency patch for major Windows bug
Microsoft has rolled out an emergency patch for a security flaw present in all supported Windows versions, including even Windows 10 Technical Preview, which if exploited will let hackers take remote control…
UCLA Health becomes victim of cyber attack; data of 4.5 million individuals at risk
UCLA Health has officially revealed that it has been a victim of a cyber attack – possibly a criminal one – wherein attackers may have stolen data of as many as 4.5…
Malwarebytes expands security footprint with Anti-Malware for Mac
Malwarebytes has forayed into the less-ventured area of Mac security by releasing Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac because it believes that the Mac user community is under-served as far as security goes and…
Microsoft: Windows 10’s Wi-Fi Sense feature to share keys with friends, contacts
Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Windows 10 operating system will come with Wi-Fi Sense feature that will let users share passwords for Wi-Fi connections with each other. The Wi-Fi Sense feature will automatically connect one…