Calling Foul on the Political Football That is Do Not Track

It looks like it’s time for a do-over for DNT. The oft-maligned specification has become—like many other standards efforts before it—a political football. Parties with interests on both sides of the issue have their own agendas, cannot agree on semantics and ignore, in this case, what should be t...

Android Adware abusing permissions, Collecting more than they need

So you just bought a new Android-based smartphone, what comes next? What else but the most exciting part downloading the right apps to boost its functionality. Android gives you the freedom to personalize your device, which has made it attractive to those who want their smartphones to be as uniqu...

Microsoft Agrees to Modify Windows 8 Following EU Complaint

Microsoft announced Wednesday it will tweak the release of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system to comply with the European Commission, which argues that in its current state, the software fails to offer customers a browser choice screen to let them “easily choose their preferred web...

AMD Blog Hacked, Database leaked on Internet

A team of Hackers called, "r00tBeer Security Team" today hack into official blog of Advanced Micro Devices AMD which is a American multinational semiconductor company. AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture and also one of the largest suppliers ...

CVE-2011-4593

CVE-2011-4593 affects Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3, where the messaging interface incorrectly handles user/action_redir group messages, allowing remote authenticated users to discover e-mail addresses by visiting the messaging interface. Root cause: impro...

Google Reportedly Near Settlement With FTC on Safari Tracking

The FTC is nearing completion of its investigation into allegations that Google used a special technique to circumvent the privacy settings on Safari to enable better tracking of users, even when tracking was disabled by the user. The decision may cost Google millions of dollars in fines, but it’...

Senate Committee to Discuss Do Not Track at Key Hearing

The dram surrounding the Do Not Track specification and its implementation by browser manufacturers is set to continue on Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to discuss whether the proposed specification is strong enough or has been weakened by the digital advertising...

Microsoft Windows Worm.Win32.Flame.A Information Collection

An information collection vulnerability has been reported in all versions of Microsoft Windows. Worm.Win32.Flame.A is a computer worm that targets Windows users. The worm propagates via removable drives and network shares. Once resident, Flame can compromise user privacy using methods such as...

Accidentally invented - Dos attack using Google Spreadsheets

Panos Ipeirotis, a computer scientists working at New York University,attack on his Amazon web service using Google Spreadsheets and Panos Ipeirotis checked his Amazon Web Services bill last week - its was $1,177.76 ! He had accidentally invented a brand new type of internet attack, thanks to an...

FreeBSD : raptor/raptor2 -- XXE in RDF/XML File Interpretation (60f81af3-7690-11e1-9423-00235a5f2c9a)

Timothy D. Morgan reports : In December 2011, VSR identified a vulnerability in multiple open source office products including OpenOffice, LibreOffice, KOffice, and AbiWord due to unsafe interpretation of XML files with custom entity declarations. Deeper analysis revealed that the vulnerability w...

raptor/raptor2 -- XXE in RDF/XML File Interpretation

Timothy D. Morgan reports: In December 2011, VSR identified a vulnerability in multiple open source office products including OpenOffice, LibreOffice, KOffice, and AbiWord due to unsafe interpretation of XML files with custom entity declarations. Deeper analysis revealed that the vulnerability wa...

Google Launches New Privacy Policy to Worldwide Criticism

Search giant Google rolled out a sweeping new privacy policy on Thursday, despite continuing opposition from countries in Europe and Asia to the changes. The company announced a sweeping revision to dozens of overlapping privacy plans in January and set March 1st as the date on which the new,...

Removing CarrierIQ Is A Really Bad Idea For Most Mobile Phone Users

The controversy over stealthy monitoring software by CarrierIQ has raised important questions about user privacy and business ethics in the Brave New World of smart phones, tablets and the like. In the uproar over CarrierIQ’s surreptitious monitoring of mobile phone users, various tools have...

Security Research : Be friend to anyone on Facebook in 24 hours

Security Research : Be friend to anyone on Facebook in 24 hours "People have simply ignored the threat posed by adding a profile without checking if this profile is true. New Technologies have loopholes, but it is up to the users to be aware of this type of flaw. Social networks can be fantastic,...

Do not show registered users in quick search to anonymous users

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-23985. panel Registered users appears in quick search, even when it's a search made by anonymous...

iPad 2 Smart Cover Trick Can Crack Locked Device

A hole in the locking feature of iPad 2 could allow anyone to access to data and applications on a locked device, according to a recent report from 9to5mac.com. The bypass involves an intricate sequence of steps using the iPad 2’s Smart Cover, an accessory that magnetically folds over the tablet,...

Google Enable SSL-based searches, Will impact Google Analytic !

Google Enable SSL-based searches, Will impact Google Analytic ! According to a blog post by Google, the company is taking steps towards making search more secure for its users. Users will be redirected to https:// instead of https:// when going to do a Google search. By forcing SSL on...

HTC Working on a Fix for Data Leak Problem

Officials at mobile handset maker HTC said they are working on a patch to fix a problem with many of its Android devices that enables any app with Internet permissions to access a large cache of user and device data that a proprietary tool called HTCLoggers collects. The company said on Monday th...

Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Microsoft of Illegal Geotagging

UPDATE: A class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, accuses Microsoft Corp. of collecting geolocation information from photos taken with phones running its Windows Phone 7 operating system, even without the user’s consent. The suit, filed by one Rebecca Cousineau, ...

Slideshow: Ten Tips For Securing Your Google+ Account

Google’s new social network is growing fast, with more than 10 million users in its first week of operation. That’s not too bad for an invite-only Closed Beta release! The new social network is also a hit with users, unlike previous efforts like Orkut and Buzz. As with any social network, however...