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iOS and Android VoIP Service Viber Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
iOS and Android VoIP Service Viber Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The pro-Assad hacking group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) yesterday defaced the Viber subdomain support.viber.com and pasted a screenshot of user information supposedly taken from a breached database.
July 24, 2013
Lakeland Kitchenware Hacked with Java 0-Day
Lakeland Kitchenware Hacked with Java 0-Day
The Lakeland kitchenware online store has emailed its customers with a warning that two of its databases were breached by hackers late last week, and that it was resetting all customer passwords.
July 24, 2013
Calling All IT Security Professionals: How to Stay Secure at BlackHat and DEFCON
Calling All IT Security Professionals: How to Stay Secure at BlackHat and DEFCON
Hacker conferences, like Black Hat and DEFCON, are notorious for highlighting the security missteps of attendees. Before the show, which takes place in Las Vegas next week, IT security professionals should take every security precaution to prevent being hacked.
July 24, 2013
Move Over Zeus: KINS Banking Trojan Looks to Be the Next Great Financial Crimeware
Move Over Zeus: KINS Banking Trojan Looks to Be the Next Great Financial Crimeware
A new professional-grade banking trojan is stepping into the cybercrime vacuum left by Zeus and Citadel – and looks to be as effective as those notorious kings of crimeware have been at draining people’s bank accounts.
July 24, 2013
Oxford Expands its Cybersecurity Education
Oxford Expands its Cybersecurity Education
The University of Oxford is poised to broaden its cybersecurity education offerings, with advanced degree training beginning this autumn.
July 24, 2013
NIST Tweaks Digital Signature Standard
NIST Tweaks Digital Signature Standard
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a revision to the digital signature standard used to ensure the integrity of electronic documents, as well as the identity of the signer.
July 24, 2013
Mobile and Home Networking Malware Creep On
Mobile and Home Networking Malware Creep On
One would have to be living under a rock, or using two cans and a piece of string to communicate, not to be aware that mobile and WiFi security threats are escalating as wireless networking penetration rises. The latest numbers reveal that in the second quarter of 2013, a full 10% of home networks and more than 0.5% of mobile networks were infected with malware.
July 24, 2013
Madden creator wins in EA lawsuit, awarded $11 million
Madden creator wins in EA lawsuit, awarded $11 million
A lawsuit filed by Madden developer Robin Antonick against Electronic Arts back in 2011 has finally come to a conclusion, with a jury in U.S. District Court ruling in favor of Antonick.
July 24, 2013
EA's biggest retail partner last quarter was Apple
EA's biggest retail partner last quarter was Apple
EA's digital revenues are outpacing its retail sales. As part of its quarterly earnings call yesterday, the publisher said it was Apple that drove digital gains.
July 24, 2013
Nintendo isn't taking Wii U applications from Japanese devs
Nintendo isn't taking Wii U applications from Japanese devs
Nintendo has confirmed that a statement regarding Japanese Wii U devs that's been passed around this week -- that the company isn't taking applications from new Japanese developers for the console -- is correct.
July 24, 2013
Supercell: Don't make monetization your number one priority
Supercell: Don't make monetization your number one priority
"If the monetization is not your number one priority, that actually leads to better monetization." - Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen discusses creating free-to-play games based on engagement, rather than monetization.
July 24, 2013
Game writers, your injokes aren't as funny as you think
Game writers, your injokes aren't as funny as you think
In this reprint from the August 2000 issue of Game Developer magazine, Derek Sanderson warns of injokes and pop culture references spoiling the timelessness of your game.
July 24, 2013