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…
Botents, the Pen Guide to Better Spamming
Security researchers have come up with a recommendation that cause spam to reach your inbox. They say that keeping your bot nimble and ignoring the manual is the first thing that promotes spam. The recommendations were the findings of a study conducted by a research group. The group studied the…
Facebook Users In India Got Their Mates Fooled By Self-Crossing Site Scripting
The security experts have warned the Facebook users in India not to fall for the trick of self-crossing site scripting. If they fall a prey, they will provide a road to the attackers to hack the accounts of their friends. Satnam Narang, the Symantec Security Response Manager has revealed in…
Customizable Motors By The Microcontroller Lord Freescale
Freescale is a notable player in the automotive industry for embedding processing and other things. So, it is no great surprise to see car components on its stand at the Future World Symposium at London this week. The company has come up with its own Drive The Hybrid Challenge. They…
NCS 10/4/11 – Oct 04,2011
Crime may not pay for cyber criminals in England. The Metropolitan Police claim to have saved millions of dollars in the last six month of fighting cybercrime. The numbers are based on theoretical earnings the crooks could have made if police didn’t stop them. The United States has a cyber…
Users Hate The Chrome’s Experimental UI And So Do The Phishers
If some features are fit into the strain of Google Chrome, then phishers might have a hard time hooking victims. There is an origin chip feature at the omnibox or address bar of Google Chrome. It will remove lengthy URLs to replace them with domain names. The origin chip will…
The Global Police Cooperation Treaties Needs A Little Cloudy Reboot
National Manager for High Technology Crime Operations, Tim Morris working at the Federal Police, Australia has made a confession. According to him, the International Treaties that allow the spookhauses and the police forces around the world to contact with each other have started to creak beneath the weight of the…
Covert Redirect, a heavier OAuth flaw then Heartbleed
Recently, a new vulnerability in OAuth has been reported. Security specialists have assessed this flaw after the Covert Redirect. It has been conflated with the Heartbleed vulnerability. It was a security breach that made the administrators go insane on fixing the mess caused at their websites. Wang Jing, a PhD…
MacAfee Is Back On The Crypt Wrap App With Chadder
John McAfee has hacked the new instant messaging app Chadder meant for the smartphones claiming that is going to provide highest degree of security and privacy. A John McAfee owned company called Future Tense Central is going to market this app. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley. Chadder was…