Intel buys PasswordBox to Strengthen its Security
Intel has made another acquisition to beef up its security division as it pushes to build more services and hardware beyond its core chip business. It has acquired PasswordBox, makers of digital identity management software. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. More specifically, “Terms of the transaction were not disclosed and are not […]
WhatsApp can be Carshed Remotely with Just a Message
A Vulnerability has been discovered in the wildly popular messaging app WhatsApp, which allows anyone to remotely crash WhatsApp just by sending a specially crafted message, two security researchers. Two India based independent security researchers, Indrajeet Bhuyan and Saurav Kar, both 17-year old teenagers demonstrated the WhatsApp Message Handler vulnerability to one of our security […]
Facebook Sets up Hidden Service in Privacy push
Facebook has made it easier for those using the anonymizing browsing network Tor to access its services. The world’s largest social network by users created a direct link for Tor users, whose browsing activities cannot be traced by others or governments, to its datacenters. That direct link offers significantly greater protections to those who use […]
Searching Shodan For Fun And Profit
SHODAN is a search engine that lets you find specific computers (routers, servers, etc.) using a variety of filters. Some have also described it as a public port scan directory or a search engine of banners. Web search engines, such as Google and Bing, are great for finding websites. But what if you’re interested in […]