Trend Micro systems, a computer security firm warned social networking sites including Facebook about the recent malware, worms and rogue applications that may attack community websites. These recent malwares become biggest threat for most of the social networking applications. Although a number of the leading social networking sites have been…
The software gaint Adobe released updates for Flash and advices on Acrobat. During the end of february month, Adobe warned its users about vulnerability in Adobe Flash and Acrobat. Adobe named those vulnerability as critical. Adobe published on Tuesday an update to fix flaws in its ubiquitous Flash software and…
Adobe has warned about the critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on Thursday. And also said that, this vulnerability can lead adobe reader or adobe acrobat to crash and could potentially allow hacker to take control of the entire system. Symantec the security gaint has said, that the…
According to the security researchers told the attendees at the Black Hat Security Briefings, Man-in-the-middle attack is one of the major threat that can easily sidestep any SSL (Secure Socket Layer) enabled connections. It doesnot mean the weakness of SSL encryption, but the combination of poorly educated users, fewer security…
Microsoft Corp. has announced that the company is ready to reward with $250,000 for arresting conficker worm. The conficker worm is also known as Downadup. Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with security researchers, Internet corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and operators within Domain Name System to disable domains…
Microsoft, the software gaint had released patches for its softwares that fixes eight security holes. Microsoft released patches for its Internet Explorer web browser, Exchange e-mail server and Microsoft SQL Server. The fixes were released on Microsoft’s regular monthly schedule that closes two critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer running in…
Fewdays back, we had posted an article title “Network Breach in Credit card processors warns : Heartland”. “Credit and debit card transaction processing company Heartland Payment System warned that it had found evidence of a network breach that had compromised consumers’ credit-card numbers.“ Heartland, an credit and debit card transactions…
I got surprised, when I searched in google at 9.10am PST. Yes, the surprise and shock news is that, Google search results reported “This site may harm your computer” for any and every search query. Google responded to problem through a blog posting just after 9am PST : If you…
“Businesses lose $1 trillion due to loss or data theft and other cybercrimes“, says McAfee Inc. The security and antivirus company, McAfee studied about this and said most of the company lose $1 trillion because of their data theft. The McAfee launched the survey after detecting a rapid acceleration of malicious software,…
Major Job seeker site Monster.com warn about breach of its user database. Warning that online intruders made off with an unspecified number of job seekers’ names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, log-in names and passwords. Monster.com, an NewYork-based Monster Worldwide warns about scant information on breach, but said there was no confidential informations…
The worm, known by several names including Conficker and Downandup, has been spreading by taking advantage of a flaw in a Windows Server service that Microsoft patched during the month of october. These worms are more targetting the computer networks in Asia and Latin America. It seem to have infected between 6…
Hackers has attempted to steal £229m from the japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui. Hackers used keyloggers to gain password information put failed to fill out electronic transfer forms correctly, court told. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. Hackers are seems to be…
Beware of Fake Obama Websites that can put your computer into severe problems. Hackers are more intellegiant, ever before. Yes, hackers developed Fake Obama Websites to spread the virus. As per the reports from Panda Security firm, hackers are using dozens of fake websites that are linked to Barack Obama’s…
Credit and debit card transaction processing company Heartland Payment System warned that it had found evidence of a network breach that had compromised consumers’ credit-card numbers. Heartland Payment System Credit and debit card transaction processing company serving more than 250,000 customers worldwide. A week back auditors hired by the company found malicious…
Microsoft Inc. has released fixes for Windows. Totally three bugs has been fixed. Among them two are ‘critical’ and one is ‘moderate’. Microsoft last week released patches for three vulnerabilities in the Server Message Block (SMB) file-sharing protocol in Windows. Schultze said the critical bugs are very serious that can exploit them…
An new phishing email is circulated in the internet, which looks like from CNN website. But it is not so. Its a phishing email that links to a fake CNN website offerring an video content of Israel-Hamas conflict, but instead hosts a trojan that can steal sensitive informations from the user…