It has been the second time the US Casino operator Affinity Gaming got it’s the credit card processing system hacked. The company said that last month, the system that processes credit cards and debit cards of the customers was hacked but according to the evidence, no cards were compromised. A…
No More Mobile Wallet App! User Information Deleted From the Services
LifeLock after discovering that its mobile app is not compliant with the PCI security standards, the company on Friday announced that this app is now not available at the popular app sites and it is going to delete all the user information from the app stored in the servers. The…
The Dead Symantec Antivirus Is No Longer A Money Making Product
Symantec, the company that has made money from its antivirus software vendor business seems to be going out of business because of the hacking problems. They have failed to stop the hacks. Senior Vice President for Information Security, Brain Dye told The Wall Street Journal “We don’t take antivirus as…
ProtonMail – The New Encrypted Email Service
Recently, a new push to encrypt mail that can keep your messages free from the snoop of the government is getting popular. An email service with promising end to end encryption has been launched on Friday. The major services like Yahoo mail and Google Gmail have stepped forward to take…
NCS 9/28/11 – Sep 28,2011
A major international arrest came today. Indonesia’s National Police arrested 35 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals at the request from Interpol. They were all allegedly involved in cybercrime. The best way to fight cybercrime is to constantly monitor your network. That’s the latest from a senior official for Arcsight, a subsidiary…
Outdated WI-FI Security Protected By Half Of London
An Infosec bod, who had been spending his time identifying insecure wireless network said that wireless security across London have been flaky. He also highlighted some user behaviors that can be exploited by the opportunists i.e. the hackers. Global head of security at Sophas, James Lyne wentwar biking across the…
NCS 10/3/11 – Oct 03,2011
Hackers have a very strong message. It’s that no one is safe from them, not even Prime Ministers. Officials say in an effort to embarrass the government, hackers targeted the personal Twitter account of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. A homeless man is facing some pretty serious charges for allegedly hacking…
The Android App Privacy Fail Compromise
A Group of researchers belonging to the universities of USA, Luxembourg, and Germany have confessed that they can improve the detection of privacy leaks between the Android processes. Li Li of university of Luxembourg is leading the team of researchers. They are looking for ways to find apps that are…
Australian Govt. App Are Using Apps to Ensure Users’ Safety
Department of Human Services of Australia says that excessive permissions sought by its mobile applications are compulsory for the service delivery. This is to make sure that the customers are not at the privacy risk. Last week, the register accessed the department over board permissions sought by the apps. These…
Hackers Adopting XP Boxes To Target IE 8 Users
A new attack has specifically targeted the windows XP machines that run Internet Explorer 8. According to security researchers, this attack can hack victims working in multiple industries all over North America and Europe. This is the very first wild attack spotted against Windows XP after Microsoft brought the life…