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 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 ...

McAfee has taken one more step to improve its Anti-malware solution by acquiring LynuxWorks’s ValidEdge sandboxing technology. McAfee is expected to launch its product with this new sandboxing technology by the end of the year. ValidEdge technology works by running the code inside a sandbox so malicious activity can be detected without risk to computer. The new acquired technology will help McAfee products ...

Finally, Yahoo has enabled Yahoo mail users to switch over a secure HTTPS connection. This is not enabled by default, so users need to enable it manually. Gmail and Hotmail services are already offering HTTPS secure connection by default to protect users email account. Yahoo already offers SSL protection to Android, iOS and Windows 8 app users. Now, desktop users also got the feature. Although the feature i ...