Tag: security
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Vulnerability Found in Android, BlackBerry and Apple iOS Web Browser Software
A “major vulnerability” has been discovered within the web surfing software of Google’s Android, BlackBerry’s Playbook OS and Apple’s iOS – all of which utilise a common web layout engine that allows html and xml as well as CSS coding to be translated and relayed faithfully onto a mobile-based browser. This coding is embedded into…
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British Student Finally Sentenced for Facebook Hacking in Early 2011
A British student from York who breached Facebook security almost a year ago has just received a sentence of 8 months in the slammer for “the most extensive and flagrant incidence of social media hacking” to be brought before the courts. The court heard how Glenn Mangham “unlawfully accessed and hacked into the social media…
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Playstation Network Now Rebranded with Sony Entertainment Network
Sony has issued the Gadget Helpline with the official notice for the big change to its Playstation Network, which will now become merged with the Sony Entertainment Network as the company looks to push the platform into a more unified direction with both gaming, media and music all under one branding. The changes began taking…
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Playstation Network Reinvention Begins With New Name – PSN Becomes SEN on February 8th
Sony’s Playstation Network, often abbreviated as PSN, will be renamed this week as part of a rebranding of the gaming community which was rocked by a hacking scandal almost a year ago. From Wednesday, the PSN will be no more, replaced with SEN – Sony Entertainment Network. In a statement Sony details the changeover: “On…
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XXX Web Domains Go Public – As TalkTalk Filter Fail Leaves HomeSafe Unsafe
XXX web domains have gone live – and no we’re not talking about websites that support the clean-living straight edge lifestyle symbolised by a trio of Xs. This is a different kind of hardcore.. The ICM Registry has now decreed that adult business websites can have their own sector of the internet, akin to an…
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Microsoft Says Windows Phone Devices Do Not Use Carrier IQ Software
No doubt you’ll be aware of the current up-roar about a certain company that goes by the name of Carrier iQ, and the fact that they have been accused of logging sensitive data for the purpose of diagnosing software problems that may become apparent when using both iOS and Android devices. The company threatened the…
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Study reveals 25 WORST passwords of 2011
Situations like the current Facebook hack/spam attacks are increasingly concerning to us web-users and it has helped emphasise the importance of a strong password for protecting our web presences and valuable information from intrusion. So with this in mind, there comes no better time for researchers at SplashData to release their annual list of the…
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Facebook cleans up after recent spam attack
Complaints from over 800-million users has prompted Facebook to take a serious look at its defences against spam after a recent wave of inappropriate images appeared on the social network over the past week. The weak safety and security defences meant that children as young as 13 (Facebook’s minimum age requirement) were privy to pornography…
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German company reveals Nano-SIM – Smaller than the Micro-SIM
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A German firm, initially a supplier of banknotes and paper for the security industry has revealed that it plans to undercut the 15mm x 12mm x .0.76mm Micro-SIM currently used in the popular the Apple iPhone 4S and in future Nokia and Motorola smartphones by producing the Nano-SIM. Munich-based Giesecke & Devrient, which in recent…
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Valve confess Steam has been hacked – Advises gamers to watch credit card activity
After much murmuring on the social networks the past few days about a suspected hacking of the Steam online gaming service, 4 days later creator Valve has confessed that yes – the digital store and multiplayer network have been ‘defaced’ and that the with over 30 million registered user accounts through the Steam forums have…
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Discovered iOS bug allows Apple iPhone to be attacked by malicious apps
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A security analyst has caused controversy after discovering a bug within Apple’s iOS software which reportedly leaves popular gadgets such as iPhone, iPod and iPad open to malicious attacks from certain apps which have made their way onto the app store. Third-party software submissions to the App Store are strictly monitored and this is…
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Facebook adds ‘Trusted Friends’ and ‘App Passwords’ features
Facebook has released new security features allowing users to request help from close friends when a Facebook account is blocked. A post on Facebook’s security page says soon users will be able to set three to five Facebook friends as ‘trusted friends’, who will be given special codes that unlock a locked Facebook account for…