A new malware known to target Apple Mac OS X systems and spy on users’ web traffic in order to steal their bitcoins has been discovered just a couple of days back….
Category: Security
Windows XP retirement to affect British government bodies says Labour
Microsoft XP is retiring on April 8 and this will not only affect individuals and corporations using the nearly 14 year old operating system, but Britain’s public-sector bodies will be at an…
Critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player patched
Adobe has released an out-of-band emergency update to its Flash Player to patch a critical vulnerability (CVE-2014-0497) which, if unpatched, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely on a victim system…
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….
Symantec: Retail POS at increased attack risk after Windows XP EOL
Symantec has warned that retail point-of-sale (POS) systems, which run on Windows XP embedded or even Windows XP professional in some instances are at an increased risk of attacks after the operating…
Things to do to stay secure post Windows XP end of life
Windows XP April 8, 2014 deadline is just over two months away and there are still over 29 percent systems running the operating system. If you are using one of these systems,…
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…
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…
Indian, Pakistani hackers battle it out on cyber turf
Hactivists from both the countries battle it out to commemorate the 65th Republic Day of India – over 2200 websites hacked and defaced.
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.
FileZilla: Recent malware-laden FTP client threat is one of the largest till date
Increased instances of tainted malware laden version of FileZilla FTP client have been noticed by security company Avast – the threat which FileZilla isn’t new, but is definitely one of the largest…
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…
SEA hacks into CNN social media accounts
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hijacked social media accounts and blogs of CNN just days after the notorious hackers hacked their way through Microsoft blogs. SEA hijacked the accounts on Thursday night and…