Highlights and Updates

NATO websites hit by massive DDoS attacks

Monday, 17th March 2014
NATO says several of its websites have been targeted in significant DDoS attacks that have been claimed by a Ukrainian hacker group called Cyber Berkut.

Google starts encrypting searches in China to protect users

Monday, 17th March 2014
Google has started encrypting searches made by people in China to prevent government censors from detecting sensitive search terms.

How did the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked Forbes?

Saturday, 15th March 2014
The SEA hackers managed to hack forbes ultimately because they had the Senior Executives username and password. 
This is how they got it.

Syrian Electronic Army hacks U.S Central Command & threatens to leak Secret Documents

Saturday, 15th March 2014
The hacktivist group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) plans to release U.S. military data it obtained in an alleged hack of the U.S. Central Command.

New Sophisticated Scam Targeting Google drive and Google doc users

Saturday, 15th March 2014
Symantec has spotted a phishing scam that targets Google drive and Google docs users, that is very hard for users to discern as a scam.

Ubuntu Releases Security Update for the Mutt E-mail Client

Saturday, 15th March 2014
Ubuntu has released security updates to address a vulnerability in the Mutt E-mail Client for Ubuntu 13.10, 12.10, 12.04 LTS, and 10.04 LTS. 

This vulnerability may allow an attacker to take control of the system via a crafted email.

Adobe Releases Security Update for Shockwave Player

Saturday, 15th March 2014
Adobe has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely take control of the affected system.

US government to relinquish its remaining control over the Internet

Saturday, 15th March 2014
The US Department of Commerce announced today that it would relinquish control over the administration of the Internet.

'Backdoor' found in Samsung Galaxy devices lets hackers remotely access and modify data

Friday, 14th March 2014
Samsung devices thought to be affected by this security flaw are the Google Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 2 and Galaxy Note 2

Reporting Abusive content on Facebook and Twitter

Thursday, 13th March 2014
To know how to report any kind of violation or abuse on Facebook or Twitter read on.
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