Hacking
China Accused of State Backed Cyber Attacks
A group which was backed up by the Chinese state was stealing information all around the world for the last 10 years and the group was undetected. The group was stealing information from foreign companies and journalists, this also includes military installations. FireEye, a US based cyber security company claims
US Lottery Security Boss charged with Fraud
A former security boss is charged with hacking the computer that picks the winning numbers. Eddie Raymond Tipton worked in Multi State Lottery Association as a director and was arrested in January by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations. Tipton was caught on CCTV buying the winning ticket but the
Software Designed to Block Advertisements May be Harmful
Socket layer (SSL) is used for online transactions, the purpose is to safeguard them, and latest reports tell us that PrivDog is now known to compromise SSL. SuperFish also have the same issue – the pre-installed software on Lenovo notebooks. About 57000 users are compromised who are using PrivDog, this
Security Risk: Lenovo is now Offering to Remove Pre-Installed Software
According to reports, Lenovo, the Chinese company is now giving their customers a tool which will help them remove some software which is deemed as a security risk. Many experts have endorsed the idea that Lenovo should have done that long ago. Some of the company’s notebook devices had preinstalled
Hackers At Large: Hacking Universities, Organizations and Governments
Internet security company Kaspersky exposed a “hacking campaign” which has been going on for a while. The management at Kaspersky believes that they have not seen anything like this before and a mysterious group nick named “The Equation Group” is behind this and origins are unknown at this point. The