New Zealand Dental Association got their test website done from some self-regulating service provider in April 2013 in which the phone numbers, names, email addresses, and passwords of the dentists were included. This website allowed the right to use this information of the dentists available in the database. This information…
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…
Dropbox Patches Shared Links Security Flaw
In order to bar third parties from data access without permission, Dropbox has repaired security vulnerability on the basis of user links sharing’s of files. In its blog, Cloud Storage Company has revealed that weaknesses based on referrer headers might be exploited to expose information. Read More…. For more information go…
Healthcare.gov users told to change passwords following Heartbleed flaw.
The Heartbleed Bug has uncovered the hidden bitter truth about tech companies and the Federal Government. The Heartbleed bug, just recently discovered by two researchers, left the door wide open to data attacks on vulnerable web servers. People who have accounts on the enrolment website for President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law…
Teen Faces Criminal Charges for Uncovering Web Security Flaw
Teen Faces Criminal Charges for Uncovering Web Security Flaw Joshua Rogers told Public Transportation Victoria (PTV) about the vulnerability — and PTV called the police. The Age reports that an Australian teenager who discovered a security flaw in the Web site for Public Transport Victoria (PTV) could face charges under Australia’s cybercrime act…
D-Link router flaw lets anyone login through “Joel’s Backdoor”
Members of the embedded systems hacker collective /dev/ttys0 spend their time playing around with devices like home routers and set-top boxes. They like to see what interesting facts these devices’ proprietary hardware and firmware might reveal. Part of the hackers’ motivation is to get the devices to do things that the…
Scripps Employees Called ‘Hackers’ For Exposing Massive Security Flaw
Isaac Wolf, a reporter for Scripps Howard News Service, said he was just doing a basic Google search when he stumbled upon Social Security numbers and other sensitive records lying wide open on the Internet. But after Wolf and his colleagues revealed in a story last week that two companies had left…
Hacker Uncovers iPhone SMS Security Flaw
The flaw could allow attackers to spoof their identities in text messages. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on National Cyber Security
Minecraft Security Flaw Patched
The vulnerability provided attackers with access to user accounts. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on National Cyber Security
Adobe Posts Fix For Critical Flash Flaw
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