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Malware attack at Saudi Aramco
In the recent past, Middle Eastern companies are becoming a frequent target of attackers. Malware attack at the Saudi Aramco oil company is the latest in these series. News sources…
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Critical Infrastructure system security in India
The recent power outage in the northern parts of India was part of a grid failure. However, it could have been a result of security failure as well. The security…
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Global Payments breach.initial review
Security breaches are become a common thing these days. They hit the front page only when the size or importance of the breach become huge. The recent security breach at…
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Anonymous @525,118
The Anonymous hacker collective twitter handle is being followed by more than half million people on twitter. All these followers may not be supporting the Hacktivism by the Anonymous group,…
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Microsoft India site hacked
Today, the Microsoft India.s retail website got hacked. The reports indicate that the customer information including usernames and passwords would have been compromised. The Chinese hacking group called Evil Shadow…
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Kies Tray Agent . Unknown connections
Today while checking the network connections I found something strange. The KeisTrayAgent running on my PC is connecting to some IP Address in the internet. It seemed something strange and…
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Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers
(Reuters) - VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world's websites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from…
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Sega says hackers stole data of 1.29 million users
Sega has confirmed that the personal data of 1.29 million of its customers was stolen in an attack on its systems. It comes after the computer games firm said on…
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CBI.s Cyberwar Credibility Gap
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…
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110,000 bank card numbers were stolen via a SQL injection attack
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…