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Internet
Facebook now offers $500 bounty for bugs reporting
Facebook now offers $500 bounty for bugs reporting Facebook has started a bug reporting program and reward is $500. Facebook announced this program via facebook...
By Deepanker Verma July 30, 2011
Security
Head of U.S. cyber agency resigns after several attacks on government computers
The head of a U.S. agency that helps respond to cyber attacks resigned suddenly after several high-profile attacks on government computer systems, but the Department...
By Deepanker Verma July 26, 2011
Security
Critical vulnerabilities identified in Facebook and Picasa
Micrsoft security researchers have found some critical vulnerabilities in facebook and Picasa which lead to arbitrary code execution and account compromise. Vulnerabilities on picasa were posted...
By Deepanker Verma July 25, 2011
Security
Australian public broadcaster’s website compromised and infects visitors
An Australian public broadcasting company, The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) instruct all its visitors to scan their computer for malware. The website was compromised this...
By Deepanker Verma July 18, 2011
Internet
Error in Hulu’s facebook connect, exposes users data
On july 1, Hulu started a new option for its users to link their account with facebook. for this, the company offered adopters an one-month...
By Deepanker Verma July 3, 2011
Security
Phishing Attack Abuses Facebook App via IFrames
Security researchers have found a phishing attack on Facebook in which a rogue form is displayed through a Facebook app iFrame. Facebook had warned many...
By Deepanker Verma July 2, 2011
Security
LulzSec finally Quits after 50 days hacking attacks
Hacker group LulzSec which is responsible of many hacking attacks on sony aattacks on PBS, the US Senate, the CIA, and a slew of gaming...
By Deepanker Verma June 26, 2011
Security
Google Announces In Browser XSS Testing Tool Dom Snitch
Google has just released a Chrome extension that is capable of checking client side code for XSS vulnerability and other JavaScript related security weakness of the web...
By Deepanker Verma June 23, 2011
Security
Hackers hacked and destroyed data of australian host distribute.it
Hackers have managed to break into the network of a famous australian web hosting provider Distribute.it and destroyed all its data including backup. This attack...
By Deepanker Verma June 23, 2011
Security
Lulzsec arrest news leads a new scam on facebook
After the british police claim to catch the master mind of the lulzSec hacking group, most of the internet users interested in the group activity...
By Deepanker Verma June 22, 2011
Security
Lily allen Themed clickjacking attack on facebook
Number one social network is again facing the clickjacking attack, which is the main security problem for Facebook security researchers. Scammers always try to tke...
By Deepanker Verma June 14, 2011
Security
Microsoft Security Essentials ranked 1 in most used antivirus worldwide
According to the report OPSWAT, Microsoft Security Essentials is the most popular antivirus worldwide. this report covers the 2nd quarter of 2011. This free antivirus...
By Deepanker Verma June 11, 2011
Security
Anonymous India Attacked on NIC Server Again
This is again the Anonymous India group that hacked the secret credentials of NIC servers and posted it to a website. Hackers claim this step...
By Deepanker Verma June 10, 2011
Security
Fake Microsoft Updates pages Used in Attacks Targeting Firefox on Windows
Cyber criminals are now using fake Microsoft update website to launch fake Antivirus attack targeted at users of FireFox on Windows. Chester Wisniewski, a Senior...
By Deepanker Verma June 9, 2011