A step-by-step tutorial showing how to change Apple ID passwords posted on the underweb has caused a massive headache to the Cupertino-based technology vendor. The tutorial has forced Apple to put the password recovery process in maintenance mode over the weekend to protect customers’ accounts. The step-by-step account hijacking guide [the tutorial is not working anymore] reveals a gaping security hole in t...

Bitdefender security researchers recommend all employees to refrain from revealing the name of the company they are working for and minimize data sharing on social networking platforms. This information will do them and their companies more harm than good. And nowhere is this recommendation more urgent than in the United States – the country with both the highest profile hacking targets and the most lax cit...

Apple reported some of its employees were hacked through a Java plugin exploit served through a developer website, but no evidence of data theft was revealed. The few computers compromised were unplugged from the network and are pending investigation as to the source of the attack. The company believes the malware was designed for other companies as well and that it’s part of a larger operation. “Apple has ...

Passwords are the last, and sometimes only, line of defense against online criminals. The average computer users know not to leave their critical passwords lying around for all to see. Some iOS app developers, however, are apparently less careful when handling users’ vital information. Bitdefender Labs analyzed some highly-rated free iOS apps starting from the premise that they should handle credentials wis...

The Java vulnerability discovered in August has prompted Apple to issue their own patch for Mac OS X customers. According to this security announcement, the free update for Java for OS X 2012-005 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 in all Mac OS versions from Snow Leopard to date is available immediately. The company decided to release its own patch for the Java 0-day vulnerability discovered in August. The fix is t...

The FBI issued an official statement denying knowledge about a breached laptop that lead AntiSec to millions of iOS UDIDs. The bureau also claims never to have gathered the information in the first place. From the 12 million iOS device user details allegedly stored on the laptop, the Anonymous group published only 1 million records to prove their authenticity. "The FBI is aware of published reports alleging...

More than 12 million Apple accounts, along with UDIDs, cell number, addresses, and notification tokens have been snatched from under FBI’s nose following an epic laptop breach through a Java exploit. A hacker group, apparently affiliated with Anonymous, dumped one million records on the web in multiple locations after removing sensitive information such as user’s full name, address or cell phone number. Acc...

News of Gizmodo’s Twitter account getting hacked last Friday , as reported by Forbes, was met with concern as to how exactly the attacker did it. With the discovery that former Gizmodo employee Mat Honan’s e-mail and Twitter accounts had been illicitly accessed, came a possible answer. It was initially suspected his passwords were not strong enough. After strenuous digging, Honan retraced the hacker’s steps...

Research conducted by Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions, has revealed almost one in five iOS apps can access a user’s iPhone Address Book, while some 41 percent can track your location and more than one in three store user data without encrypting it. The study of more than 65,000 apps distributed widely on the Apple App Store revealed tens of thousands tap contact inf...

Following a series of allegations of privacy infringement, apps running iOS 6 must require explicit user permission to access calendars, reminders, contacts and photos. In February 2012, Arun Thampi, a Ruby/iOS Developer in Singapore, made a discovery that sparked up a heated privacy-protection debate. Thampi found out that Path, a popular app in the App Store, accessed his address book and sent its content...