Apple Rolls Out iOS 8 with Bucket of Security Fixes: A series of kernel flaws, several WebKit bugs and a pair of vulnerabilities that allowed a user to install apps outside of the App Store have been patched in the new release. The major flaw patched in iOS 8 is a problem with the way […]

Today’s Security Hacks Are After More Than Bank Info: The beat goes on. In recent weeks, both JP Morgan Chase and Home Depot have been identified as the latest victims of large-scale cyberattacks. JP Morgan Chase was among a handful of U.S. banks hit by hackers in a series of attacks in August. A few […]

Hacking Canon Pixma Printers: This instalment will reveal how the firmware on Canon Pixma printers used in the home and by SMEs can be modified from the Internet to run custom code.  Canon Pixma wireless printers have a web interface that shows information about the printer, for example the ink levels, which allows for test […]

Malicious SHA-1: systems using “custom” versions of SHA-1 may include backdoors exploitable by the designers. Such custom versions of cryptographic standards are typically found in proprietary systems as a way to personalize the cryptography for a given customer, while retaining the security guarantees of the original algorithm. SHA-1 SHA-1 is a NIST standard designed by […]

Major cybercrime rings in Kuwait, Algeria disrupted: Boston: Microsoft Corp launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs. The operation, which began on Monday under an order issued by a federal court in […]

Facebook shrugs as ‘emotional contagion’ research outrages its users: Over the weekend, a paper was published in a prestigious journal by Facebook researchers who, for one week, intentionally modulated the news feeds of Facebook users.Not “passively monitored”, mind you; rather, actively manipulated. Some saw a dash more positive items in their feeds; some received a […]

‘Anonymous Philippines’ hacks Hundreds of Chinese Government Websites: A Philippine Hacker group claiming ties with the hacktivist collective Anonymous defaced early Monday several Chinese Government websites. “Anonymous Philippines” claimed responsibility for defacing more than 200 Chinese websites in retaliation for Beijing’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea, according to the messages posted on their […]

Internet Explorer Zero: Microsoft kept a critical Zero-Day Internet explorer 8 vulnerability hidden from all of us, since October 2013. A Critical zero-day Internet Explorer vulnerability, which was discovered by Peter ‘corelanc0d3r’ Van Eeckhoutte in October 2013 just goes public today by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) website. Zero Day Initiative is a program for […]

FBI chief says anti-marijuana policy hinders the hiring of cyber experts: The director’s comments come one day after five members of the Chinese military were indicted in the US on allegations of hacking into major US corporations and stealing trade secrets. “I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals […]

Canadian man is the first arrested for Heartbleed: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced today that a 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly taking advantage of the Heartbleed bug to steal tax information from a government website. He is believed to have compromised some 900 social insurance numbers Canada’s equivalent of Social Security numbers.This […]