Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Long Passwords May Lead To DoS Attacks
For long, security researchers have preached longer passwords because the odds of cracking them are less than shorter passwords. However, now it has been revealed that longer passwords come with the risk of possible DoS attacks, especially if no specific password length is maintained by the web service.
Argentinian ‘Superhacker’ Arrested For Financial Fraud
A 19-year old boy in Buenos Aires has been arrested by the police. It has been charged that he is a ‘superhacker’ who has been stealing $50,000 a month by using malware to perpetuate financial fraud.
FBI Controlled Tor Servers To Launch Mass Malware Attack
Last year in July, FBI was able to gain control of the servers of Freedom Hosting. Once the agency had access, it was able to gather data on the hosting company, over suspicions that it was helping in child pornography. Yesterday, FBI has publicly admitted for the first time that it did indeed control Freedom Hosting’s servers.
Now You Need An Apple ID To Schedule Online Genius Bar Appointments
To visit Apple Genius Bar, now you need an Apple ID to schedule Online Genius Bar appointment instead of filling up only name, address and email.
Professor Uses Legos To Hack E-Book Security On Kindle
Legos are not exactly known for a piece of tech equipment. But an associate professor at Vienna University of Technology has now used legos to hack the Kindle e-book security.
Judge Refuses Feds Access To User Data From Google, Yahoo, Skype
In the recent past, we have seen how the judiciary has given NSA and other agencies a green signal at every illegal wiretapping stop. However, there is at least one judge who has now refused to grant the federal government access to the user data from Google, Yahoo, Skype and Verizon.
Snowden Leaks Reveal NSA’s Encryption-Bypassing Efforts
The revelations made through the documents leaked by Edward Snowden continue. A fresh batch of documents now shows that NSA has been working with IT companies, security research firms and other stakeholders in order to bypass and and all forms of encryption that are popularly used on the web.
Pentagon Was Improving Domain Security When SEA Struck Marines Site
Recently, Syrian Electronic Army made headlines yet again when it targeted the U.S. marines site and redirected its visitors to a web page of its own. It has now transpired that Pentagon was in the process of improving the security of its domains when this took place.
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Site Of US Marines
In the past, a number of successful cyber attacks have been blamed on Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group of pro-Assad hackers. With the US at the advent of entering the Syrian war, SEA has now hacked and defaced the site of US Marines, calling on the marines to disobey their orders if they are asked to attack Syria.
Pinterest Becomes Inaccessible For Many Users
Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing social networks which has a deep emphasis on visual presentation of content and is actively used by most brands. The social network recently became unavailable for many users, apparently due to a technical glitch.
Facebook Vulnerability Allowed Hacker To Delete Any Photo
Facebook vulnerabilities are nothing new but they are always significant all the same. This time, an Indian security researcher has unearthed a critical vulnerability in the social network. By exploiting the vulnerability, any hacker could easily delete any Facebook image.
Lockbox Ventures To Create An NSA-Proof Cloud Storage Service
Lockbox is a tech startup that was launched back in 2008. Since then, the company has been working on creating a highly secure cloud service of its own. With the recent $2.5 million seed funding it has received, the startup is all set to create a cloud service which will essentially be NSA-proof.
Edward Snowden Leaked: NSA Spied On Al Jazeera To Gather Intelligence
Although the most explosive phase of Snowden leaks has passed, they continue to offer insight in many, varied operations of NSA. German paper, Der Spiegel, has now reported that according to another document obtained by Edward Snowden, NSA spied on the communications of Al Jazeera.
Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability That Could Compromise Windows Systems
Cisco, being one of the major players in the networking hardware arena, has to be very focused on the security of its devices. The company has recently patched a critical vulnerability which, if left unattended, allowed a hacker to gain control of a machine running Windows.
Details Of Cyber Offensives Launched By U.S. Security Agencies Revealed
In the past, it has been frequently hinted that the U.S. was behind some of the most sophisticated cyber warfare tools such as Stuxnet and Flame. Whereas U.S. has officially denied it, Washington Post has now published a report, citing Snowden as a source, which claims that U.S. security agencies launch a large number of cyber offensives each year.
