The clarion call is clear: app developers have 15 days after receipt of a notification on the updated Google Play Developer Program Policy to clean up their apps or remove the nefarious ones. That is the content of a circular email recently sent to developers.
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Phishing site imitating Apple busted
A new phishing website that mimics the Apple site has been detected in the wild, but fortunately for users has been blocked by Google as of this posting. Con artists, or in this case cyber criminals, have been secretly scraping off personal sensitive user data such as credit card information and email address through appleidconfirm(dot)net.
Facebook to spread the Internet worldwide with drones and lasers
Facebook never failed to make the most curious headlines. Sometimes, weird. This time, the social networking titan’s recent acquisitions, including the planned buy of WhatsApp, have been brought out to light by fresh reports about its ambitious project to beam the Internet onto the people worldwide from unmanned aerial vehicles and lasers.
WordPress compromise led to huge phishing wave
Chances are, your WordPress-hosted site has been compromised and you have not yet sensed it.
Tumblr boosts security with two-factor authentication
Tumblr has moved to beef up the security of the blogging platform on Monday by implementing a two-factor authentication, though the shift is not unprecedented as the technology landscape is constantly bombarded by threats against individual users.
As Windows XP Retirement looms, ATMs become more vulnerable to malware
We reported last week that Microsoft is scheduled to retire the legacy Windows XP platform on April 8. By that time, around 10 percent of millions of government computers will still run the old operating system.
