If you’ve seen the 1983 movie “WarGames,” in which a young Matthew Broderick accidentally uses computers to bring the world to the edge of “global thermonuclear war,” then you have a pretty good idea what hackers and security researchers are super-concerned about these days — in real life.
Notorious hacker collective LulzSec has targeted the NHS, publishing an email sent to the health organisation which highlights holes in its security systems.
In the typically bizarre correspondence, LulzSec describes itself as a “band of pirate-ninjas” and claims not to mean any harm to the department.
Setting the tone, Lulzsec [...]
Whether you are new to computer world or you have much experience in computer world, your knowledge about computer will be never 100% complete. Even for those of you which works in information technology field. Why ? Because computer technology either hardware or software evolves so fast. What you have known one month [...]
Trend Micro released Titanium Security 2011 that utilizes a cloud-client strategy that combines cloud-based web, email, and file reputation services with Trend Micro’s Smart Scanning technology for real-time, up-to-date protection against today’s threats.
The new three-product family includes Titanium Antivirus+, Titanium Internet Security, and Titanium Maximum Security.
Long considered to be malware and a threat to privacy and security, keylogging software has been found on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome. However, these keyloggers were not placed there by hackers—the companies put them there on purpose.
Google and Microsoft added keyloggers to their browsers in an attempt to [...]
James Slater found a cross-site-scripting vulnerability on Twitter.com which Twitter claims is now fixed. According to James, it is not fixed. The vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript to be embedded with user tweets. This can result in user accounts being compromised and the owner can loose control of their account.
The vulnerability comes [...]
With a wide variety of internet threats around the Web, you can never be sure that what you’re surfing is a clean site. Viruses can be acquired almost everywhere—downloading a software (where spyware might be hiding itself in the package), clicking an ad (where adware can make your PC hang), and even copying [...]
Malware Attacks on websites and blogs are increasing day by day. There are many forms and shapes in which these malware programs attack your websites. Some are easily seen, while some are hidden and not [...]
In many occations, whether it is in office, home, or in any shared computers, there are the requirements for monitoring the computer activity for all users using it. There are a series of software applications that can accomplish the spy functions, one of them is the Computer spy. It is a [...]
James Slater found a cross-site-scripting vulnerability on Twitter.com which Twitter claims is now fixed. According to James, it is not fixed. The vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript to be embedded with user tweets. This can result in user accounts being compromised and the owner can loose control of their account.
The vulnerability comes [...]