Hortonworks the advocate of Hadoop, which is an open source project, has announced the acquisition of a solution of security for Hadoop. Instead of hiring a third-party vendor product and then reselling it, the company plans to contribute the security solution to the open source community. They are going to…
Facebook is not compromising on cyber attacks!
The protection and the privacy of the social media websites and the service providers came under scrutiny when the Snowden revealed some great flaws about the security systems. The breach actually was entering into the website through third-party, which is an easier medium to enter and whip away the CSRF…
NCS 9/20/11 – Sep 20,2011
A New Zealand teen is behind bars, charged with threatening the government on YouTube. The threats were reportedly made in a video on YouTube. It included claims that explosives had been hidden in New Zealand government buildings. Law officers say a poker site took a gamble and lost when it…
Google Acquired Divide For Securing Android
Google has confirmed this on Monday that it has acquired Divide, the mobile device management company. It is going to be a startup that will help separate business and personal data from the smartphones and tablets in the use of employees. The terms regarding the acquisition have not been disclosed…
China: We Are The Real Hacking Victims Not The US
Chinese authorities have responded to allegation by USA calling 5 men the Chinese military hackers, who have attacked the US corporations. The US Justice Department alleged that 6 US organizations including those that are involved in nuclear power, solar product, and metal industries have been attacked. They have identified 5…
The Blackshades RAT Track Down Cases More Than 90 Arrested
The Blackshades crack down in process and by now, more than 90 people, who had connections with this remote access Trojan that is being used worldwide, are arrested. They were involved in stealing data and spying on victims. The most important thing to know is that all this includes the…
Elderwood Attack Platform Linked To Various Zero-Day Attacks
Researchers at Symantec have confessed that the Elderwood attack platform is at the middle of tons of zero-day attacks. These attacks were launched by a hacker crew this year. Over the past few years, the Elderwood platform was linked to a number of zero day exploits. It was used to…
Vocal against Data Breach – Senate warned Big Ones!
It looks like that data protection act is getting more stern over the heads of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other big companies, which provides the services to the users around the globe. However, now the senate has even warned them to fasten their measures for the data protection otherwise the…
Be careful- Cryptolocker may convict your computer data!
It seems like that it has been essential to provide the right protection to your computer since the Cryptolocker virus is spreading wildly. This virus decrypts the information from your computer, which is in most cases is not probable or easy to get. The virus enters in the computer…
A regular venture is affected by the 10,000 cyber security daily
Almost a normal device in any normal company comes across the 10,000 security threats in an average day. This report is issues by the Damballa in Q1 of its States of Infections Report. Whereas, the big and vigorous companies faces around 150,000 attacks but these attacks are not easy to…
