A report in IndyMedia UK on 4 January 2013 claimed that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been arrested by Scotland Yard officers while visiting a private medical clinic close to the Ecuadorian embassy. It was a hoax.
Microsoft, Mozilla and Google block fake Google digital certificates
A new active attack using phony Google digital certificates accidentally issued by a Turkish certificate authority (CA) known as TURKTRUST is making the rounds, affecting Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer users.
The lessons of Shamoon and Stuxnet ignored: US ICS still vulnerable in the same way
The ICS-CERT Monthly Monitor for the last quarter of 2012 provides news and alerts for industrial control systems and infrastructure companies – and describes two particular attacks on a power generation facility and an electric utility.
Most Friendly Tricks For Your iPhone
This is a guest post by Claudia.Survey Says There are a Lot More iPhone Users Now in India: The latest gadget to strike human race is iPhones. IPhones are common mobile phones to be used by even the labour class people outside India and is a fast …
Poor disclosure means poor security standards in Japan
The ‘lack of public disclosure reflects lack of government-wide standards’ warns the Daily Yomiuri. It is, it suggests, symptomatic of a wider malaise in Japan’s attitude towards cyber defense.
Dissection of ‘itsoknoproblembro’, the DDoS tool that shook the banking world
Last autumn the US banking world was shaken by sustained, heavy and effective DDoS attacks that peaked at 70 Gbps – a traffic load capable of overwhelming the majority of network infrastructures. More of the same is expected in 2013.
New Google Chrome clickjacking vulnerability rears its head
Beware when looking for help with that new Chromebook: Google Chrome users visiting Google support pages could be vulnerable to a clickjacking technique that could lay bare their e-mail addresses, profile pictures, first and last names, and other infor…
How To Change Default Google Chrome Icon with Golden Color?
Hi everyone! First of all happy new year to all! It has been a long time since my last own written post and today I’m writing my first post of this year on how to change default Google chrome icon with the golden color. As for now I’m working as f…
Android spambot spreads by offering free games
File under ‘if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is’: A new Android trojan is spreading rapidly through SMS messages that offers free stuff, like $1,000 Target gift certificates and free games.
Amazon malware targets holiday favorite, Kindle Fire
Gift-wrapped versions of the Kindle Fire e-reader are expected to be fairly widespread underneath Christmas trees this year, but Kaspersky Lab warns consumers to be alert to malware in the Amazon App Store.