The internet’s root servers came under a concerted distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack last week that effectively knocked three of the 13 critical pillars of the internet offline forRead More →
Social engineering is a pretty important item in a hacker’s toolkit.in Mr robot there was a time, we see Elliot, using social engineering to gain access to his therapist’s boyfriend’sRead More →
On September 11, 2015 I visited Media Markt in Utrecht Hoog Catherijne, a well-known electronics shop in The Netherlands. Since summer 2014, the biggest independent Dutch phone retail company Phone House also operates (whiteRead More →
The flaws can be exploited remotely through emails, Web pages, MMS and rogue apps. Google has released a new batch of security fixes for its Nexus smartphones and tablets, addressing flawsRead More →
Today at JSConf US Last Call in Florida, we announced that we will open-source the core components of Chakra as ChakraCore, which will include all the key components of theRead More →
BackStab technique helps criminals get their hands on your private data, via unprotected phone backups A recent report from Palo Alto Networks describes an attack technique called BackStab where malwareRead More →
Bootkit targeting banks and payment card processors hard to detect and remove. Malware targeting banks, payment card processors, and other financial services has found an effective way to remain largelyRead More →
Initial issues trickle down to other Java toolkits.Exactly a month ago, we were reporting on an issue that exposed many Java applications to security holes thanks to how developers handledRead More →
Proposed French Law Would Ban TOR In Response to Paris Terror Attacks France is looking to tighten its censorship laws after the gruesome Paris terror attacks. According to French newspaperRead More →
A look inside your typical malware campaign.In an optimal scenario, when you get infected with malware, you think it’s only one virus. Unfortunately, in the real world it’s not so,Read More →
