Worm Posts on SNS Sites and Wipes out Rivals
May 18th, 2012Defense Contractor Northrop Grumman Hiring For Offensive Cyber Ops
May 18th, 2012Defense giant Northrop Grumman is hiring software engineers to help it carry out "offensive cyberspace operations," according to a recent job posting.
Defense giant Northrop Grumman is hiring software engineers to help it carry out "offensive cyberspace operations," according to a recent job posting.
ZTE Score M Android Phone Found to Have Backdoor Installed
May 18th, 2012UPDATE--An Android handset produced by Chinese manufacturer ZTE has a backdoor installed that could enable an attacker to take control of an affected device remotely and run arbitrary code. The manufacturer has acknowledged the issue in the ZTE Score M, which includes a harcoded password, and says that it plans to push out a fix soon.
Global Payments Breach A Year Older Than First Reported
May 18th, 2012Alerts issued by Visa and Mastercard earlier this week suggest that a breach at payment processor Global Payments dates to January 2011, a full year earlier than the company initially announced.
Alerts issued by Visa and Mastercard earlier this week suggest that a breach at payment processor Global Payments dates to January 2011, a full year earlier than the company initially announced.
Hacker Finds XSS on Cartoon Network, Disney and Master Chef Sites (Exclusive)
May 18th, 2012
A security researcher called ProtocoL has found that sites such as the one of Cartoon Network (cartoonnetwork.com), Disney (disney.go.com) and Master Chef Australia (masterchef.com.au) contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.None of them is persistent, but that doesn’t make them far less da... (read more)
SMSmishing (SMS Text Phishing) – how to spot and avoid scams
May 18th, 2012
Twitter supports “Do Not Track” option
May 18th, 2012
The news was announced by Ed Felten, the US Federal Trade Commission's CTO, at a New York Internet Week privacy panel, and Twitter has quickly come out to confirm it: the popular micro-blogging servic...
Safe Social Media in 3 Steps
May 18th, 2012
Microsoft Adopts CVRF Format for Security Bulletins
May 18th, 2012Since the beginning of recorded time, security researchers, software vendors and hackers have been issuing security advisories in all kinds of nutty formats. Some feature excellent ASCII art, some have clever inside jokes and some come from Microsoft. Now, there's a effort underway, called the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework, to standardize the way that vulnerabilities are reported so that they're in a common, machine-readable format.
Facebook IPO advanced fee scam hitting inboxes
May 18th, 2012
Today's the day when Facebook has officially become a publicly traded company, after founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell and officially opened trading on the Nasdaq exchange.
For months now, spec...
