by Binoy KL | Dec 31, 2010 | Security News
A powerful virus targeting smart phones in China running Google Inc’s Android operating system may represent the most sophisticated bug to target mobile devices to date, security researchers said on Thursday. Anti-virus firm Lookout Mobile Security estimates...
by Binoy KL | Dec 30, 2010 | Cyber Attacks
It is been three weeks since the so-called Pakistan Cyber Army has hacked into the prestigious Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) website. The CBI website is still inactive and you get a page not found response if you try to access it. Being part of the...
by Binoy KL | Dec 30, 2010 | Data Protection
Security predictions are part of the year end routines of many security solutions and services companies as well as key security personals. In this post, I am preparing a list of predictions which I consider worth reading. A common theme I have seen across the...
by Binoy KL | Dec 29, 2010 | Application Security, PCI DSS Compliance
Hackers have broken into the website of the New York tour company CitySights NY and stolen about 110,000 bank card numbers.They used the SQL Injection attack to get into the companies web server according to the breach notification letter published by the attorney...
by Binoy KL | Dec 28, 2010 | Identity & Access
The fallout from a hacking attack on Gawker Media Inc. a week ago underscores a basic security risk of living more of our lives online: Using the same username and password for multiple sites is convenient, but costly. After the attack on the publisher of such blogs...