Sony Xperia Devices Secretly Sending User Data to Servers in China

 

If you own a Sony smartphone either the Android 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 KitKat firmware then inadvertently you may be transmitting your data back to the servers in China, even if you haven’t installed any application.

 

Quite surprising but it’s true. I know many of you haven’t expected such practices from a

AirHopper — Hacking Into an Isolated Computer Using FM Radio Signals

In order to secure sensitive information such as Finance, many companies and government agencies generally use totally secure computer systems by making sure it aren't connected to any network at all. But the most secure systems aren't safe anymore.

Security researchers at the Cyber Security Labs at Ben Gurion University in Israel have found a way to snoop on a personal computer even with no network connection.

STEALING DATA USING RADIO SIGNALS

Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept malware that can infiltrate a closed network to lift data from a machine that

BlackEnergy Malware Targets Linux Systems and Cisco Routers

BlackEnergy Malware Targets Linux Systems and Cisco Routers

 

Cyberespionage Group, generally known for using the malware BlackEnergy for their cyber-crime activities has been compromising routers and Linux system based on ARM and MIPS architectures in addition to Windows Computers.

BlackEnergy was mainly developed by cybercriminals to

Vulnerability in e-Commerce Wordpress Plugin: Buy Anything Without Paying

Vulnerability in e-Commerce Wordpress Plugin: Buy Anything Without Paying

Alongside Drupal, one of the most popular CMS Wordpress seems also to be vulnerable to serious flaws. Researchers at Sucuri have found an information leak and access control bypass vulnerability in popular WP eCommerce Plugin.

WP eCommerce Plugin is mainly used for selling products, downloads as well as memberships online. The number of downloads of this plugin clearly says how much popular it is- 2.9 Million.

According to the researchers, the vulnerability can be exploited by

Rootpipe — Critical Mac OS X Yosemite Vulnerability Allows Root Access Without Password

A Swedish Security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in Apple’s OS X Yosemite that gives hackers the ability to escalate administrative privileges on a compromised machine, and allows them to gain the highest level of access on a machine, known as root access.

The vulnerability, dubbed as "Rootpipe", was uncovered by Swedish