By Jharma Mulchandani, on April 21st, 2013% 
LookOut, a security firm, has just uncovered 32 apps in the Google Play store that contained a Russian bug called BadNews.
Android smartphones that installed these apps were used to accumulate cash through charges without letting the users know by sending text messages on premium numbers.
According to the security firm, these apps were done nicely because it lays on the smartphones for a couple of weeks to avoid detection from the security servers before getting active and rack up some cash.
Most of these apps were downloaded and installed on android . . . → Read More: Russian BadNews Bug on Google Play Apps Rack Up Cash from Users
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on March 26th, 2013% 
A report coming from Reuters suggesting that researchers at Universities in China are working together with the military linked to hacking on a security-related papers.
The papers were co-authored by some PLA Unit 61398 or People’s Liberation Army of China linked to cyberattacks against companies in the West. The papers that were from Shanghai Jiaotong University included details of network securities and intrusion detection.
Majority of the universities avoid working and collaborating with government unit agencies when it comes to official papers. There are no solid evidences that the staff in the university have . . . → Read More: Universities in China Collaborated with Military Hacking Group?
By Dora Tutor, on August 10th, 2012% 
Kaspersky Lab, the leading computer security firm, stated that the new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East. The virus has the ability to spy on transactions of a lot of banks and steal in usernames and passwords.
The firm confirmed that the virus, reffered as Dubbed Gauss, may also have the capability of attacking critical infrastructure. It also is very likely to build in identical laboratories as Stuxnet, a computer worm commonly deemed to have been utilized by Israel and US to hit on the nuclear program of Iran.
In addition to this, Kaspersky has found . . . → Read More: Gauss virus hits Middle East firms, Kaspersky Lab
By Dora Tutor, on March 14th, 2012% 
Dell Inc. stated it would probably acquire the technology-security firm SonicWall Inc., the computer manufacturer’s newest struggle to broaden beyond its common hardware businesses.
The firms did not expose the amount Dell agreed to pay out, but individuals knowledgeable about the issue valued the offer about $1.2 billion. One of them stated that the cost bundled SonicWall’s financial debt.
In 2010, private-equity company Thoma Bravo LLC guided a team that took SonicWall private in an offer priced at $717 million. The acquistion company noted in Tuesdayt that SonicWall’s worth has substantially elevated ever since . . . → Read More: Dell Expands Business With Acquisition of SonicWall
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on August 3rd, 2011% 
A MacAfee researcher who uncovered the effort said that a well known cyber-espionage campaign stole government secrets, sensitive corporate papers, and other intellectual property for five years from over 70 public and private organizations in 14 countries. The movement, called “Operation Shady RAT” (RAT symbolizes for “remote access tool”) was discovered by Dmitri Alperovitch, vice president of threat research at the cyber-security firm McAfee.
According to McAfee, while most of the targets have removed the malware, the operation goes on. It gained access to a crucial command-and-control server utilized by the attackers and has been monitoring . . . → Read More: Well-Known Cyber-Espionage Gets Discovered
By helen, on July 19th, 2011% 
The LulzSec hacker group is here, carrying down the website of the Sun newspaper, owned by News International.
Readers were at first redirected to a story claiming that owner Rupert Murdoch had been found dead in his garden, having ‘ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night.’
The article, a reference to the LulzSec logo, said, “Officers on the scene report a broken glass, a box of vintage wine, and what seems to be a family album strewn across the floor, containing images from days gone . . . → Read More: LulzSec Releases Prank News About Rupert Murdoch’s Death
By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on June 15th, 2011% 
To put a PIN code for your phone is a good idea in case it’s lost or stolen. However, you have to speculate why several people bother, because, according to one software developer, the most common option is 1234.
Daniel Amitay made an app named Big brother Camera Security, which gets a photo of anybody utilizing the phone of the customer and which now as well phone home namelessly with the selected PIN code.
Amitay says that several people are terribly unimaginative. The top choice, 1234 was got by 4.3% of users and 0000 by . . . → Read More: Most Commonly Used iPhone Passcodes
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