InfoSec News & Tutorials
Days after a security flaw in Android's media playback system Stagefright was publicly revealed, threatening nearly a billion Android devices, another wide-reaching security flaw could be used to make a…
Got an Android phone? Then read on - your beloved smartphone could be at risk from an alarmingly easy hack. The flaw has been discovered in the way that Android's Hangout…
Gone in 60 seconds. Security researchers will demonstrate at DefCon on August 8 how they can crack a modern Brink's safe in just a minute. When it comes to security,…
"Requiring people to build a vulnerability may be a strategic mistake." Michael Chertoff, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security and a former federal prosecutor, made some surprising…
With days before Windows 10's official release, Microsoft details some of the many security features aimed at keeping users and their data safe. Windows 10 launches in two days as…
Over the weekend, game publisher Valve patched a vulnerability that let user accounts have their passwords reset without proper validation. The coding error was simplicity in itself. After the usual…
Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a cyber-attack on the US Census Bureau which resulted in the posting of personal employee data online. The online collective ‘fessed up in a tweet on Wednesday,…
Internet Explorer is still one of the most used browsers in the world. The fact that it comes pre-installed on both the desktop version of Windows and Windows Phone means…
Dharma is a tool used to create test cases for fuzzing of structured text inputs, such as markup and script. It takes a custom high-level grammar format as input, and…
1/2 TRILLION spent on IT upgrades, but IRS, Feds still use DOS, Windows 97 President Obama's team has spent more than a half trillion dollars on information technology but some…
Security researchers published limited details about four unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer because Microsoft has not moved quickly enough to fix them. The flaws could potentially be exploited to execute…
uTorrent is a firm favorite when it comes to BitTorrent clients, making its money through in-app ads and bundled software offered during installation. But it seems that this software may…
Google has updated the stable channel of Chrome to version 44.0.2403.89. In addition to new features, which Google plans to detail these days, the latest release addressed a total of…
HACKING TEAM AND BOEING SUBSIDIARY INSITU , ENVISIONED DRONES DEPLOYING SPYWARE. There are lots of ways that government spies can attack your computer, but a U.S. drone company is scheming to offer…
In the past thirty days an increase attack activity has been observed using the "njRAT" malware. This remote access trojan (RAT) has capabilities to log keystrokes, access the victim's camera,…
A pair of well-known hackers have proven that they can take over a car's vital functions--including brakes and acceleration--from anywhere with an Internet connection. A pair of well-known hackers have…
Worried that you might have been targeted with Hacking Team spyware, but don't know how to find out for sure? IT security firm Rook Security has released Milano, a free…
A company known for visibility for network management launches a cyber security tool with a similar approach. If you're familiar with Gigamon, you likely know them as the market-leading vendor…
Microsoft Windows users have been told to download a security patch IMMEDIATELY following the discovery of a "critical" security flaw which has left one BILLION PC owners vulnerable. Microsoft has…
Toronto hackers threatened to leak details including the credit card information, nude photos and sexual fantasies of as many as 37 million customers of a dating website that caters to…
Ashley Madison, a dating website created for relationship cheating, has had its entire 37-million user database seized by hackers - including their names, sexual proclivities and even private messages. "The…
With Microsoft's Wi-Fi Sense, people connect to open Wi-Fi networks. But does simplifying the connection process increase the peril? Some security experts think so. Wi-Fi Sense is a Microsoft Wi-Fi…
On average, an IT executive has only seven minutes to determine whether their organization is under attack. This is according to a survey of more than 400 IT executives in…
University of California (UCLA) Health, which runs four hospitals, and drug retailer CVS Health’s photo service had millions of individuals’ private records exposed in a recent cyberattack, reports Reuters. UCLA…