A recently conducted survey showed that at least 19 percent of shoppers would be willing to leave a retail shop solely because they have been a victim of a cyber hack. The survey which was named the 2016 KPMG Consumer Loss Barometer report actually surveyed about 448 people all from the United States, and it … Read more
The researcher who discovered Stagefright last year has revealed that even a year later and with all the attention that the vulnerability attracted, millions of Android devices are still vulnerable to it. Joshua Drake discovered the Android Stagefright vulnerability last year, revealing how Android devices were susceptible to a remote attack that could allow the … Read more
A new OS X malware has been reported by Malwarebytes that can easily fool ignorant users into visiting a fraudulent website and downloading fake software on their Mac. Mac users are no longer under the illusion that their MacBooks are immune to virus and malware. However, many Mac users are not as careful and vigilant … Read more
Keeping the Windows 7 architecture intact, Windows 8 introduced several changes that were unique to it. The interface was redesigned and based on the Metro design language; while optimizations were done for a touchscreen. Out of the many quirks that were fresh and new, the start menu design was of the more striking and visible … Read more
Many major companies use bug-bounty programs to know about the vulnerabilities in their systems and deal with the issues. As the frequency of attacks rises at a stupendous rate, bug-bounty has come up as a really promising prospect for hackers. Bug-bounty programs are nothing new. The first bug-bounty program was launched by Netscape in 1995. … Read more
The well known clothing store franchise Eddie Bauer made an statement today and said, it has detected and removed malicious software which was infecting their point-of-sale system at all of its 350+ stores across North America. Further, it added that credit and debit cards used at the POS during the first 6months of 2016 might … Read more
A week ago a report showed that many people on the Internet were susceptible to attacks thanks to the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flaw which was in Linux. A University of California assistant professor in computer science, Zhiyun Quan said that the Linux flaw did not even need a genius for it to be exploited. … Read more
A report by Motherboard showed that Australian cops hacked into the activity of US TOR users as part of a widespread child porn investigation. The investigation saw the IP addresses of more than 30 Americans turned over to the FBI. The police had knowledge of who the owner of the dark web child porn site … Read more
Sage, a major software company in the UK, has recently been hacked. The security breach potentially affects people working at 280 firms in the UK. Sage provides payroll and payment software as well as accounting software to businesses. The company has just acknowledged a hack, seemingly originating from an ‘internal’ login. The hack affects 280 … Read more
The Def Con conference attracts security researchers and hackers as well. But, remember that security researchers are still hackers only they do no criminal activities with their skills. A security researcher recently discovered that there was an influx in IMSI-catchers in the Las Vegas area that hosted the conference last week. IMSI-catchers resemble cell towers; … Read more