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HackerProof: Your Guide to PC Security By downloading this free guide, you agree to receive regular updates on the latest cool apps, product reviews, and giveaways from MakeUseOf. Click here to download [Sponsored] Latest News Sep 20, 2014 Yahoo Quickly Fixes SQL Injection Vulnerability Escalated to Remote Code Execution Yahoo! was recently impacted by a critical web application vulnerabilities which left website's database and server vulnerable to hackers. A cyber security expert and penetration tester, Ebrahim Hegazy a.k.a Zigoo from Egypt, has found a serious SQL injection vulnerability in Yahoo's website that allows an attacker to remotely execute any commands on its server with Root Privileges. ... Read more... Avira Vulnerability Puts Users' Online Backup Data At Risk A popular Anti-virus software Avira that provides free security software to its customers with Secure Backup service is vulnerable to a critical web application vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over users' account, putting millions of its users' account at risk. Avira is very popular for their free security software that comes with its own real-time protection module ... Read more... How to Detect SQL Injection Attacks SQL Injection (SQLi) attacks have been around for over a decade. You might wonder why they are still so prevalent. The main reason is that they still work on quite a few web application targets. In fact, according to Veracode's 2014 State of Security Software Report , SQL injection vulnerabilities still plague 32% of all web applications. One of the big reasons is the attractiveness of the ... Read more... 'The Home Depot' Data Breach Put 56 Million Payment Cards at Risk Home Depot, the nation's largest home improvement retailer, announced on Thursday that a total of 56 million unique payment cards were likely compromised in a data breach at its stores, suggesting that the data breach on Home improvement chain was larger than the Target data breach that occurred last year during Christmas holidays. The data theft occurred between April and September at ... Read more... Chinese Hackers Hacked Into U.S. Defense Contractors 20 Times In Just One Year Chinese hackers associated with the Chinese government have successfully infiltrated the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors working with the government agency responsible for the transportation of military troops and goods across the globe, a Senate investigators have found. The Senate Armed Services Committee has been investigating the issue for the past year and found that the ... Read more... HackerProof: Your Guide to PC Security By downloading this free guide, you agree to receive regular updates on the latest cool apps, product reviews, and giveaways from MakeUseOf. Click here to download [Sponsored] This email was sent to gdjdfjhfhfn.thanhnien@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. If you would like to manage your newsletter preferences, please click here. The Hacker News | Global Contact: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe About Me Unknown Xem hồ sơ hoàn chỉnh của tôi Được tạo bởi Blogger.