Security News

New Android API Lets Developers Push Updates Within their Apps
2018-11-08 15:33

You might have read somewhere online today that Google is granting Android app developers powers to forcefully install app updates…but it is not true. Instead, the tech giant is providing a new...

Satori Botnet's Alleged Developer Rearrested
2018-10-30 16:48

Potential Coincidence: IoT Botnet Reawakened After Suspect's Release on BailKenneth Schuchman, the alleged author of a supercharged variant of Mirai malware called Satori, has been rearrested for...

The top 15 DBaaS tools cloud developers use the most
2018-10-25 15:17

Scalability is a huge deciding factor for professionals looking at DBaaS brands. Here are the 15 most popular among cloud developers.

Google’s new rules for developers make Chrome extensions safer for all
2018-10-03 10:45

Google has announced a range of security changes to its Chrome browser that will make the use of extensions more secure.

Ex-NSA Developer Gets 5.5 Years in Prison for Taking Top Secret Documents Home
2018-09-26 09:03

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for illegally taking a copy of highly classified documents and hacking tools to his home computer between 2010 and 2015,...

Twitter Bug Sent Direct Messages to External Developers
2018-09-24 11:03

More Than 3 Million Users' DMs Leaked to Third PartiesTwitter has fixed a bug that sometimes sent a user's direct messages not only to the specified recipient, but also to unrelated, external...

App developers are STILL allowed to read your Gmails
2018-09-24 10:55

Google is still allowing third-party developers access to access its users’ Gmail data, it said in a letter to Senators last week.

Twitter API Flaw Exposed Users Messages to Wrong Developers For Over a Year
2018-09-22 10:48

The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that's not just Facebook is dealing with. A bug in Twitter's API inadvertently exposed some users' direct...

Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers
2018-09-21 20:21

The company said it has issued a patch for the issue, which has been ongoing since May 2017.

Developer goes rogue, shoots four colleagues at ERP code maker
2018-09-20 22:25

Shooter dead and now named by cops, one worker in critical condition, two serious Cops have named the programmer who went on a gun rampage at WTS Paradigm – a US maker of enterprise resource...