Millions of HP LaserJet printers contain a security weakness that could allow attackers to take control of the systems, steal data from them and issue commands that could cause the devices to overheat and catch fire. Printers from other vendors likely have the same issue, leaving users of those devices…
US vulnerable to cyber attacks says military chief
LONDON, UK: The top U.S. military officer said on Monday the United States was vulnerable to cyber attacks, and called for more aggressive action to bolster America’s online defences. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Britain prepares cyber attacks on rogue states
GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence are preparing to launch cyber attacks against hostile states and terrorists, the Government has admitted. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
FBI, PNP nab 4 Manila hackers linked to terrorists behind Mumbai attacks
Philippine police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested four people that Manila said were paid by a militant Saudi Arabian-based group to hack into U.S. telecom AT&T’s system, but the company said it was neither targeted nor breached. View full post on cyber crime hacking –…
Google hardens HTTPS encrypted traffic against future attacks
Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when technological advances make this possible. The majority of today’s HTTPS implementations use a private key known only by the domain owner…
International Cyber-Stalkers Attacks Former Binghamton Man
The Internet has made a lot of things easier for us like shopping, banking, or dating. However, it’s also made things easier for criminals. Allowing them do easily commit fraud, identity theft and cyber-stalking. Former Binghamton resident, filmmaker Christopher Johnson, says he has become the latest, in a long list…
International cyber strike attacks US infrastructure
A cyber strike launched from outside the United States has hit a public water system in the Midwestern state of Illinois, an infrastructure control systems expert says.”This is arguably the first case where we have had a hack… View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Malware attacks on Android phones go up 472 percent in four months
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Malware infections targeting Google‘s Android mobile operating system have increased by 472 percent since July this year, an IT security firm has revealed. Juniper Networks revealed that malware attack rates amongst Android users are going up at their highest rate ever, putting huge pressure on Google…
Confusion over APT attacks leads to misguided security effort
Enterprises swayed by vendor marketing and a lack of understanding still fail to adequately counter advanced persistent threats (APT). <img alt="Confusion over APT attacks leads to misguided security effort, Blog, Security, Attacks, over, leads, effort, Confusion, misguided"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily…
Bogus Bank of America Google Plus page attacks their reputation
Hacker pranksters have created a bogus Bank of America profile on the Google Plus service. Is this harmless hijinx, or an indication of future Google Plus abuse? View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans