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To fully understand the privacy of Facebook and how it's likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing - Facebook executives want everyone to be public. As the service evolves, executives tend to favor our open access to information, meaning information you think is private will slowly become public, but that doesn't mean you can be private if you want to. Facebook gives its users the option to lock things down, but users need to be aware of their controls, how to use them and how to prepare for future Facebook privacy changes. Facebook has not and will not make information obvious, and that's where   this free guide  comes in. News Source : Google

The target of attacks has shifted from traditional infrastructure to mobile users and endpoint devices, according to a new report. Research from SpiderLabs found that malicious tools became more customized, automated and persistent in 2010. This trend combined with the popularity of mobile devices and social media is providing the perfect recipe for cybercriminals looking to compromise business, customer and user private and sensitive information. Key findings: Food and beverage regained its title as the most breached industry-representing 57% of the investigations. Third-party vendors continue to put companies at risk-88% of breaches resulting from insecure software code or lax security practices in the management of third-party technology. Cybercriminals got fresh in 2010-because in-transit credit card data is usually more recently created (more fresh) than stored data, 66% of investigations found the theft of data in transit. A single organized crime syndicate may be respon...

The detailed records of thousands of University of Sydney students past and present are being stored online where they can be easily downloaded and read via an internet connection. It is understood the university was told about this security threat in February 2007, but did not move to secure the information. This website was made aware of the breach after it revealed yesterday the university's website was  sabotaged and altered at the weekend by a hacker . Advertisement: Story continues below Details openly available on the university site include a student's full name, residential address, email address, which courses he/she studied and how much the course cost. The vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, Michael Spence, declined to comment on the suggestion that the university had been warned about lax security four years ago, but said he was ''appalled to be notified that some records could be accessed in this manner''. He called the breach an '...

Big John's Trees's Website defaced By Team Jmc H4x0rs !! Link :  https://bigjohnstrees.com/ News Source : Team Jmc H4x0rs | Via Email

Brazilian Government website Hacked By KiLLerMiNd (PakCyberHaxors Crew) Website link :  https://www.juquitiba.sp.gov.br/ Zone-H mirror :  https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/12931727 News Source : KiLLerMiNd | Via Message

Devansh Kumar Jain Found Xss venerability in 4 Websites !  Devansh Kumar Jain is a 14 years old Hacker From Agra, India . He found some Xss venerable sites,as listed below : 1.)   https://sdb.drshnaps.com/search.php?q= <script>alert(String.fromCharCode(68,69,86))</script> 2.)   https://www.newdimensions.org/search.php?q= <script>alert(String.fromCharCode(68,69,86))</script> 3.)   https://classifieds.successcds.net/search.php?q= <h1><b><i>hi</i></b></h1> 4.)   https://pcstats.shoplinc.com/search.php?q= <script>alert(String.fromCharCode(68,69,86))</script> News Source : Devansh Kumar | Via Message

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As we all know that wireless applications have numbers of vulnerabilities higher then the wired applications and the devices. In India there are not lots of people who do banking through mobile but outside India there are high profile countries in which many people do banking through mobile only.So the assurance of the security is needed for them. Here are some recommandation that the bank and the financial institutions which to be noted and to be implemented in their system. - Implement 2 way and 2 factor authentication which goes with the traditional username and the password.If username and password are compromised, the attacker still needs the second factor to gain access to an account. - Implement high transaction monitoring and also fraud detection system.If hacker passes the 1st factor of authentication or the front door,he is being started tracking by tracking system.The system have to generate logs of the activity of the account and the transaction. -Avoid storing...

In.com  database hacked , SQL vulnerabilities Found By Sec Indi ! IN.com has found many SQL vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities found by  Sec Indi (Indian hacker) . We have already  inform the webmasters to patch those  vulnerabilities as soon as possible. Well here blow as proof we are just showing the Table and Columns from database.  News Source :  Sec Indi | Via Email 

A hacker has targeted the University of Sydney in order to show administrators their faulty security practices, but the matter has triggered an investigation. An internal email sent by vice-chancellor Michael Spence says the university has already hired "two of Australia's leading web security organisations". "Each day, the university's IT networks experience numerous attempted security breaches, which are blocked by our security systems," he said. "Unfortunately, last week a malicious hacker managed to bypass these mechanisms and accessed the university's home page and some high level corporate web pages." He also wrote the website was still intact, and that no private information such as financial details had been released. However, it is understood the hacker defaced the website of the university. Spence also wrote in the email the university is aware of the possibility of more attacks occurring. News Source : Google

Tech2spider ( Krunal)   found SQLi Vulnerability in University of Michigan - Department of Human Genetics Website ! News Source :  Krunal aka (tech2spider) | Via Email