In addition to 46 million criminal images NGI will also include 4.3 million civilian images to its database. The NGI database will therefore contain images that will of both Criminal and Non-Criminal nature. This photograph submitted by you will ultimately end up being added up to FBIs facial recognition database. Rap Back and the Interstate Photo System (IPS). Law enforcement agencies, probation and parole offices, and other criminal justice entities....

Twitter Ads data pipe seems to be apparent danger. This was revealed by a Egyptian security researcherAhmed Mohamed Hassan Aboul-Ela. Aboul-Ela discovered the Twitter hasa critical vulnerability in its advertising service. This vulnerability, apparently allowed Aboul-Ea to delete any credit information from ANY Twitter account. If any such incident takes place, it will result in a heavy financial loss to Twitter. Aboul-Ela found two different vulnerabilities in ads.twitter.com, and he has submitted the PoC for both of them....

Shubham had earlier found out a similar vulnerability in another mobile carrier, Optus mobiles voicemail service. It is similar to the normal zip password cracker softwares available on the net. Shubham discovered that Vodafone Australia didnt employ any kind of brutefore protection on its voicemail servers. Vodafone has now fixed the number of attempts for entering the PIN at five. But this also has some disadvantages to the customer. A hacker can input five wrong PINs and lock the user out just for the lulz....

One of the most popular IRC networks in the world, Freenode on Saturday, suffered a security breach. Their servers are all accessible from the domain name chat.freenode.net and irc.freenode.net. It has also warned all its users that they should reset their passwords as a precaution. The security breach was identified on Saturday, as a notice by Freenode explains. Earlier today the freenode infra team noticed an anomaly on a single IRC server....

It is not known whether the Cyber Security firm is a government entity or not. Incidentally, Tranchulas is a Islamabad, Pakistan based Security Company with its link to Pakistani Government. India and Pakistan have a known history of bitterness since the partition. the allegations of Cyber-Espionage can only worsen the relations between the two countries. source: www.techworm.net

The Software which known as FinSpy and its different versions are manufactured by a German firm Gamma International. Gamma International is a renowned company which develops powerful software for companies to monitor computers use. RWB says Gamma International sells interception equipment to government and law enforcement agencies exclusively. It gave examples of how governments use FinFisher spyware products to monitor activities. Finfisher also offers technology to infect an entire Internet cafe so you can survey all possible users....

The vulnerability allows malicious user to gain super admin privilege to the entire Joomla Cpanel. The developers cited that the VirtueMart vulnerability might harm other Joomla extensions also. They said that may be a bug in Joomla Class that allows hackers to gain admin privileges. On the other hand, Joomla experts disagree to the VirtueMart allegations. Meanwhile Sucuri also thinks that Joomla class itself may be responsible for this bug....

Google has since confirmed that this leak was not a result of any security breach at its end. Those affected were asked to hit the Login button on the homepage and request a new password. However as a safety precaution all WP users are requested to change their passwords ASAP. source: www.techworm.net

It also has abilities to map any user and steal personal information at any instant of time. these information can be further used to plan sophisticated cyber attacks. but further added that the matter is under investigation. Were working closely with IT specialists and have also contacted German security authorities. source: www.techworm.net

XERXES who is also a member of the Pakistan Cyber Crew. Most of these are zonal websites of the Ministry of Indian Railways of Government of India. They are used by Indian railway for there zonal, manufacturing units, research and knowledge websites. However, the main ticketing and reservation website operated by IRCTC which has not been hacked. The websites are still showing the deface page at the time of writing this article....

Further, they claimed they could easily have installed Trojan malware to spy on documents being printed. But the real issue is with the firmware update process. Context contacted Canon in March 2014 and provided the supplier with information about this issue. The printer manufacturer responded by saying it would provide a fix as quickly as possible. source: www.techworm.net

The Government will be spending more than RS 4-5 Crore to improve the fuctionality of the NIC servers. source: www.techworm.net

They have co-founded theCyber Threat Alliance. It seems that the recent top level security breaches and leaks have shaken the entire cyber security agencies. This information is quickly bundled up into packages and sold to criminals to facilitate financial fraud. The security agencies are pledging dedicated security researchers for the project. McAfee alone is pledging close to 450 of its researchers for the alliance. source: www.techworm.net