Cyber Crime Archive

  Hackers have used this summer an error of the Microsoft Windows operating system to spy Ukrainian officials and American academics. This is the conclusion of an investigation of an American company in the field of cybersecurity, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the publication,

  Hackers have obtained user names and access codes on about 420,000 Internet sites, from large companies to smaller websites, reports the New York Times. Publication has obtained this information from researchers of Hold Security computer security company.  According to them, hackers were able to gain access

  Alert for users that have accounts on iCloud, Apple is trying to fix urgent situation. The general manager of Apple, Tim Cook, met in Beijing with Vice Ma Kai, to talk about the protection of users, two days after the appearance of information relating to an attack

Google discovered a new OpenSSL vulnerability and described it on it’s online security blog. This SSL bug is called POODLE (Padding Oracle On downgraded Legacy Encryption). The Poodle attack will allow hackers to steal your browser’s “secure” HTTP cookies and other bearer tokens such as HTTPS Authorization

Cyber espionage practiced by the United States is a threat that could lead to “breaking the internet” warns Supervisory Board Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt. “The impact is serious and is getting worse,” said he. “The result of the simplest scenario is that we get to break the

Until now, bank’s clients risked to remain without money on their accounts after their cards were cloned with skimmers installed on ATMs. In other cases, hackers intercepted their authentication credentials using online tools and techniques. Interpol and Kaspersky announced that they discovered a network of criminals who

Aggressive cyber war carried by China against the United States causing each year  losses worth billions of dollars to American companies, said FBI Director James Comey AFP reports. According to federal police chief, the vast majority of American companies have been targeted by this type of activities.

A security error called “Shellshock bug” or “Bug Bash” might prove even more devastating than Heartbleed, error that impacted approximately 500,000 computers last spring, according ktvu.com. Computer security experts have analyzed Thursday the threat and installed patches on servers around the world to prevent the spread of

The latest version of iOS fix bugs and security issues discovered after the release of patch previously The last but one patch released by Apple, iOS 8.0.1, brought more problems than fixes for users of iPhone or iPad. Less than 24 hours after withdrawal, Apple unveiled iOS

Amazon changed it’s customers accounts passwords after what it seems to be a global security breach. Peoples from all the world received emails saying that their account’s password has changed: Hello username, This is an important message from Amazon.com At Amazon we take your security and privacy