'Flashback' Trojan Virus Found To Affect 600,000 Macs
The idea that Macs don't get viruses is now officially a thing of the past. Of course Mac malware has been around for years, but…
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Visa Drops Global Payments Following Theft Of 1.5 Million Card Numbers
Following a massive security breach, Visa has dropped Global Payments from its registry of providers that meet data security standards, The Associated Press reported on…
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Hackers Steal 1.5 Million Card Numbers In Huge MasterCard, Visa Breach
Hackers stole credit card numbers belonging to as many as 1.5 million MasterCard and Visa customers, Global Payments, Inc. confirmed on Sunday. The international credit…
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Selling Used Android Phones Poses Huge Identity Theft Risk, Expert Says
Android users who are looking to sell their old devices should be wary of the possible consequences. McAfee identity theft researcher Robert Siciliano warned that…
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Hackers Can Easily Steal Credit Card Info, Other Data From Used Xbox Consoles [Update]
Using nothing more than a few common tools, hackers can reportedly recover credit card numbers and other personal information from used Xbox 360 consoles even…
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'Anonymous' Hackers Plan To Shut Down The Internet This Saturday
Notorious hacker group Anonymous has previously stated its intentions to shutdown the Internet on Saturday, March 31st, as a form of protest. "To protest SOPA,…
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iPhone Passcode Security Can Be Bypassed In Less Than Two Minutes [Video]
As a standard security measure, Apple's iPhone can be set to require a four-digit passcode whenever the phone's screen is powered on in order to…
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Android Apps With Ads Found To Pose Privacy And Security Risks
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that mobile applications that integrate advertisements pose privacy and a security risks. The team conducted a study…
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'Anonymous-OS' Is Fake And Packed With Malware, Anonymous Says
Hacker group "Anonymous Operations" has confirmed that the custom Linux-based operating system released under its name earlier this week is not a platform it developed.…
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'Anonymous' Hackers Leak Norton AntiVirus Source Code
Hackers associated with the group "Anonymous" have published Symantec's Norton AntiVirus source code on The Pirate Bay. The source code was stolen in 2006 and…
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Major Google Chrome Vulnerability Uncovered By Hacker At Pwnium Contest
Russian university student Sergey Glazunov was able to hack into a secure Windows 7 machine using a remote code execution exploit in Google's Chrome web…
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Blogger Shows The World How To Sneak Anything Past TSA's Nude Body Scanners [Video]
The United States Transportation Security Administration recently invested $1 billion in body scanner technology it claimed would make air travel safer, but the scanners have come…
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Top LulzSec Hackers Arrested, Group Leader Reportedly Working For FBI
The laughs are reportedly over for five top members of the hacker group LulzSec who were arrested on Tuesday and charged as part of a conspiracy…
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Chinese Hackers Seized Control Of NASA Computers
Hackers targeted NASA computers, successfully gained access to employee credentials, and took control of systems at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CNN reported on Friday. Paul…
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Like iOS Apps, Android Apps Can Secretly Access Photos Thanks To Loophole
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that due to a permission loophole, third party app developers could access an iPhone's photo gallery app. The…
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Permission Loophole Gives Developers Access To iOS Photo Library And Location History
Earlier this month it was revealed that the popular social networking app Path was uploading entire iPhone address books to the company's servers without first gaining…
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How To Stop Google Ads From Tracking You On The Web
It was recently revealed that Google and a number of advertisers had found a way to bypass some privacy features in modern web browsers, allowing…
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Apple Amends Policy To Stop iPhone Apps From Swiping Contact Data
Apple remained silent as Path and other developers were called out for ostensibly stealing users' contact data. Without asking for permission or even notifying users…
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BlackBerry Dealt Another Blow As Government Agency Opts For iPhones, Android
Government deployment of BlackBerry smartphones in the United States has been big business for struggling Canadian handset maker Research In Motion, but the tide seems to…
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How To Stop Apps Like Path From Stealing Your Contacts
Path caused quite a stir last week when it was discovered that the app secretly transmitted users' entire contact lists to its servers. Without giving…
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Google Wallet Hacked Again; New Exploit Doesn't Need Root Access [Video]
A new exploit has been discovered that allows unauthorized access to a user's Google Wallet account with a simple hack that can be performed by…
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Hackers Crack Google Wallet Security On Rooted Galaxy Nexus [Video]
The security experts at zVelo have discovered a vulnerability in Google Wallet that allows them to "easily reveal" users' PINs. If a Google Nexus is…
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Popular 'Path' App Revealed To Secretly Upload All iPhone Contacts To Its Servers [Updated]
Path, the popular social network that competes with the likes of Instagram, may be uploading your iPhone's entire address book up to its servers. Arun…
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Hackers Tried To Extort $50,000 From Symantec After Stealing Source Code
A group of hackers demanded that Symantec pay $50,000 to prevent it from releasing stolen source code for several of the firm's software titles. Symantec…
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EU Tells Google To Stop Rolling Out Privacy Changes
Regulators with the European Union have asked Google to stop rolling out new privacy changes that the company originally introduced earlier this month. "Given the…
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Google Introduces 'Bouncer' Security System To Keep Malware Out Of The Android Market
Google announced on Thursday that the company has begun to take a more active approach to keeping malware out of the Android Market. The search…
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Wi-Fi Security Hole Discovered In Multiple HTC Devices
HTC has acknowledged that some the company's handsets contain a security hole involving the handling of certain data requests while connected to a Wi-Fi network.…
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