Latest articles tagged “security”

There is no definitive end to this story, but Yahoo certainly doesn't look good in the light of the hack and the company's failure to encourage security researchers to submit their findings to Yahoo for meager $25 or no bounty at all. ... Read more

The Selfmite SMS Worm that previously affected mobile devices using the Android OS has come roaring back with a vengeance in a second selfmite.b version which is 100 times more communicative. ... Read more

With the increased incidence of cyber threats and hacking going on with major corporations across America, the days of the username and password combination may be coming to an end sooner than you thought. ... Read more

Symantec has decided to divide their business into two operating businesses. The first will be focused on the Norton antivirus security packages and the second will be targeting other security concerns and management of information. ... Read more

Despite assurances at the September 9 Event announcement covering the Apple Pay system it is still down to the individual payment processors and banks involved to cover any fraud or losses incurred for both physical and online transactions. ... Read more

Apple has filed for a detailed patent covering its Apple Pay processes that use Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and secure tokens in order to assist in the processing of digital payments using their new e-payment system. ... Read more

Sexting is the new texting. Sexting for those not in the know is the art of sending a provocative message (usually) to someone you know and have an intimate relationship with. Find out how to protect yourself with these smart tips & technology ideas. ... Read more

At the recent Derbycon hacker's convention, researchers Brandon Wilson and Adam Caudill showed off the fact that they had reverse engineered the malware shown off by SRLabs months earlier. ... Read more

JPMorgan reveals that 80+ million customers were affected by massive summer bank hack. ... Read more

There are more reasons to seek ways to circumvent a registration process that there are reasons to actually register a real account with your real name and primary, or even secondary email address ... Read more

Here comes another bug in iPhone/iPad devices which deletes all your iWork documents from the iCloud if you are “careless” enough to use the “Reset All Settings” option. ... Read more

Apple have released patches for OS X 10.9, 10.8, and 10.7 to resolve the Bash vulnerability known as Shellshock. The OS X Bash Update 1.0 is available for Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks. It also covers the OS X Lion Server v10.7.5 too. ... Read more

Despite launching the new flagship iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the Touch ID fingerprint scanning process is still vulnerable to considerable security issues even after it was highlighted as a risk previously. ... Read more

Robert Graham from Errata Security said in his blog that someone is already running a wide-scale Internet scan for vulnerable servers. ... Read more

A new, far more dangerous threat to computer security has appeared which specifically affects Mac and Linux computers, but not Windows ones. The threat has been rated 10 out of 10 by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Group. ... Read more