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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Researchers from ULM University have found a security flaw similar to sidejacking in Google’s Android operating system affecting some 99.7% of the platform’s users. The flaw is in the ClientLogin API, and according to the report, it could allow hackers to steal contact lists, calendar events, and other sensitive data.
Sony’s subsidiary Internet service provider, So-net, was broken into on Friday by an intruder who allegedly made off with some $1200 in virtual tokens, according to a NetworkWorld report.
Fake Apple Store order notification emails floating around the Web right now are redirecting to a new site pushing the same old familiar list of discount (read: fake) pharmaceuticals.
Attackers used the infamous SpyEye Trojan to target Verizon’s online billing page for nearly a week earlier this month, trying to nab users’ sensitive personal and financial information, researchers say.
Sony was forced to shut down their PlayStation Network and Qriocity password reset pages today, just days after they finally brought the gaming platform back online following nearly a month of outage stemming from an “external intrusion.”
Mobile malware is on track to double again in 2011, as it has every year since 2007, according to a report from Kaspersky Lab.
Small businesses aren’t taking the necessary precautions to protect themselves from cyber attacks, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – but Uncle Sam wants to help.
Sony’s PlayStation Network began a gradual restoration process on
Saturday following a hack that brought about nearly a month of downtime.
But in Sony’s home country of Japan, an official says the government
will keep the network dark until it is convinced that the company has
taken adequate steps to secure it.
Facebook is implementing a new opt-in, two-factor verification security feature they are calling log-in approval.
There has been a bit of back and forth quibbling going on between researchers at French security firm Vupen, claiming to have found and exploited a vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser, and security researchers at Google, who claim the bug they exploited was actually in Adobe Flash, and therefore, was “Not a Chrome pwn.”
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