Chinese hackers broke into a US government network in an attempt to gain personal information on thousands of employees, US media report. First reported by the New York Times, the hackers in March allegedly targeted those applying for high-level security clearance positions. Secretary of State John Kerry called the incident an “attempted intrusion” that was still under investigation. The report has not officially been confirmed by the US homeland security. […]

Security researchers discovered the flaw in Android’s KeyStore KeyStore protects encrypted data used to gain secure access to apps Attackers could use the flaw to get hold of keys used by banking apps It could also reveal PIN codes and patterns used to unlock devices Google has released a fix for Android 4.4 KitKat devices But the vulnerability still affects devices running 4.3 Jelly Bean or older Android users running […]