Hackers broke into the card payment processing service of UAE based banks and theft $45 million. Banks were using card processing service of ElectraCard, company based in Pune and EnStage Inc. In this ATM Heist, an international criminal gang made two co-ordinated hits of ATMs around the world. They withdraw $5 million on December 21 2012 and then $40 million on February 19 2013. To withdraw this much amoun ...

We already know that cyber crime is one of biggest threat for the company. But the latest stats are worse than we think. More than 1000 Indian government websites belongs to various Indian ministries and departments were hacked in the last three years. RPN Singh, Minister of State for Home said this in Lok Sabha. He said that a total of 303, 308, 371 and 48 government websites belonging to various Ministrie ...

Popular security giant McAfee has announced that it is buying a Finland security firm Stonesoft Oyj. Stonesoft is known for its Firewall solutions. The deal is worth $389 million. The acceptance period for the offer is scheduled to start on May 21 and run for three weeks. McAfee will add the Stonesoft's firewall to all its existing security products to make them better. Terms of that deal were not disclosed ...

Popular security solutions provider company Avast has acquired secure.me. Secure.me is a popular privacy company that helps users to keep their Facebook profile safe. It connects with your Facebook profile with Facebook connect and then scan profile for malicious links and apps. “The acquisition reinforces AVAST's position as a worldwide leader in security. By including secure.me’s cutting-edge social-priva ...

Second biggest daily deal company LivingSocial has been hacked. More than 50 million customers' data may be leaked that includes names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. Good news is that passwords were salted so it is hard to crack. But, Hackers have enough customer data that can be used for marketing purpose. Company also said that credit cards and merchant data is safe. Living social CEO Tim O'Sh ...

Security researchers from BKav has identified a vulnerability in popular VoIP app. Viber allows users to call for free, send text messages and share photos. This newly found security vulnerability can allow attacker to bypass the lock screen and then gain full access to smartphone. More than 100 million users use viber and all users are now at risk. Bkv researchers also uploaded few videos that demonstrate ...

Google Play Store is not as much secure as you think. Security firm Lookout has found another Android malware that bypassed security of Google Play Store. This malware, dubbed as BadNews, was found in 32 apps in Google Play. These apps have also been downloaded between 2,000,000 – 9,000,000 times. We only have download range because Google never show exact download numbers. "BadNews masquerades as an innoce ...