Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new extension for Firefox and Chrome called Privacy Badger. Privacy Badger automatically detects and blocks spying ads around the Web, and the invisible trackers that feed information to them. Privacy Badger is EFF’s answer to intrusive and objectionable practices in the online advertising industry,…
Yahoo might be releasing an online video platform
Yahoo’s planning to launch an online video platform in the upcoming months. It intends to fill that online video platform with same faces and professionally made clips but the thing is HOW ? They’ll be doing by poaching some of the biggest stars of Youtube , according to Recode. Yahoo…
EDGE Innovation Network opens online portal for quick access to off-the-shelf solutions for DHS
Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate will use the Knowledge Management System (KMS) from Scottsdale, AZ-based View full post on The Cyber Wars
OpenCart highly Vulnerable, Thousands of online shops at high risk
An independent Pakistani cyber security expert Sadat Ullah from Karachi who is previously well known for finding programming flaws in WHMCS , MyBB , Clicksharepro, iscripts, Playsms and many other have recently found a new flaw in OpenCart CMS which is widely used by online shopping stores and the customers…
Microsoft charges FBI $200 per account information , Invoice leaked online
Syrian electronic army hacks into microsoft as a proof SEA released few photos of Microsoft’s support team’s login interface , while on the same time syrian electronic army released details of invoices send to FBI by Microsoft in which FBI was paying $200 per account to microsoft . a…
SAFECode offers free online cybersecurity courses
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: education_training The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) is offering free online cybersecurity courses on its Website through its Securing Engineering Training by SAFECode program. It is offering several courses including Product Penetration Testing 101, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) 101, and Secure Java…
PRIVO and Verizon launch pilot to protect children’s online activities
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification McLean, VA-based Privacy Vaults Online (PRIVO), has gathered a team of technology and identity companies and government agencies, including New York City-based Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES), to create a pilot program aimed at safeguarding children’s online activities and personal information. Read More…. View full post on…
U.S. Department of State hosts online information session for the Sochi Olympics
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf hosted an online information session via Google Hangouts entitled “Traveling to Support Team USA in Sochi? Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Data Privacy Day emphasizes importance of cybersecurity and online privacy
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: it_security Data Privacy Day was held on January 28 and was part of the National Cyber Security Alliance’s (NCSA) efforts to increase the general public’s awareness of privacy and cyber security issues. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Hackers ‘compromise’ 16 million German online accounts
Germany’s internet security agency said millions of Germans have had their passwords and usernames for websites stolen, with many of the targeted computers likely being infected with malware. The Federal Office for Online Security (BSI) said the 16 million compromised accounts surfaced as a result of information forwarded to it…