Short Bytes: Ghost Squad Hackers group has taken down multiple .gov websites in Ethiopia. The collective has blamed the government for killing “students for opposing the ‘master plan’ to expandRead More →
A number of weeks back, security researcher Parvez Anwar posted a number of DLL hijacking vulnerabilities within Microsoft Office on Twitter [1]. The following week, Microsoft released MS15-132, which addressedRead More →
IOActive’s Fernando Arnaboldi has sounded the alarm on three major flaws in Drupal’s update process that may allow attackers to poison Drupal installations via update packages and in worst caseRead More →
Encrypting all HTTP traffic has long been considered a key security goal, but there have been two key obstacles to this. First, certificates are not free and many owners areRead More →
The security-focused smartphone contained vulnerabilities which allow hackers to control the device’s modem and call functions. Researchers have revealed a severe vulnerability in Silent Circle’s Blackphone which could allow attackers toRead More →
Malware was infecting machines, adding them to its botnet.Similar-looking malware targeting both Linux and Windows computers has been linked to a DDoSing toolkit sold by Chinese hackers via the ddos[.]tfRead More →
Short Bytes: Being Anonymous online is the need of the hour, and TOR browser does that job quite efficiently and honestly. But there are some things that you need toRead More →
The US Government issued a final rule implementing the Executive Order 13694. US can apply economic sanctions in response to cyber attacks. According to a final rule published in the FederalRead More →
IT’S BEEN MORE than 30 years since David Chaum launched the ideas that would serve as much of the groundwork for anonymity online. In doing so, he also helped sparkRead More →
802.11ah could be too expensive and too late. The Wi-Fi Alliance has formally unveiled the 802.11ah Wi-Fi standard, dubbed HaLow, which has been designed for low-power, high-range uses by connected InternetRead More →
