Apple on Tuesday said that some computers belonging to its employees had been targeted by hackers originating from China – …
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“Don’t mess with our elections”: hackers warn Iran
The attack has disrupted data centres in Iran and has reportedly been launched in multiple countries as well. The hackers have left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday. 0 2739
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Oracle releases Java SE update ahead of schedule
Oracle on Friday released a critical patch update for Java SE, coming through ahead of schedule to stave off an …
New IBM security tool can catch insider threats
IBM has rolled out a tool it says can cull massive terabytes of data, including email — to help customers …
US government under threat following Anonymous attack
Hackers working under the name of the Anonymous hacktivist collective hit a U.S. government website on Saturday, replacing its home …
Losing the battle
Security shot up the priority list of not just CIOs but also higher management in 2012 as the world witnessed …
Experts defend password-based security
Despite news that Google’s security team is experimenting with ways to replace passwords for logging in to websites, security experts …
Is Iran really behind recent stream of DDoS bank attacks?
Though U.S. officials have consistently blamed Iran for the ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major …
Anonymous affiliate indicted for threats, stolen credit cards
A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted Barrett Brown, a putative spokesman for the hacker collective known as Anonymous …
Tumblr falls victim to malicious trolls
Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages …