Apple has taken a strong stance on privacy ever since the FBI began loudly demanding encryption backdoors into its products. The company’s statements about its iMessage service seem plain asRead More →
Another educational open-source ransomware project goes bad. Cyber-crooks have used the open-source code of the EDA2 ransomware to create the Magic ransomware strain, which has been spotted in real-life attacksRead More →
Attackers are adding unauthorized code at the top of infected websites, over 3,500 8sites already infected. Alarms are ringing in Symantec’s offices, as its research team has discovered a massiveRead More →
Scans for Fortinet devices have intensified. An unknown group has been scanning the Internet for old Fortinet equipment that includes a secret SSH backdoor account that can be exploited to takeRead More →
Highly privileged account could be used to hack customers’ networks, researchers warn. A company that supplies audio-visual and building control equipment to the US Army, the White House, and otherRead More →
Intel-powered laptops are safe again. So are desktops. Intel has released version 2.4 of the Intel Driver Update Utility, fixing a critical security flaw (CVE-2016-1493) that enabled attackers to interceptRead More →
Steam scammer caught red-handed by Panda Security researcher. A crafty Steam user created four Chrome extensions that would empty out his victim’s Steam inventory and send all their game perks toRead More →
At some point over the weekend, the official website of Belinda Carlisle was compromised, displaying banner ads for a Canadian Pharmacy page. Here’s the Google search result for “Belinda Carlisle”Read More →
Ukrainian Government is accusing Russia of organizing hacker attacks against the Boryspil airport’s networks. Cyber security experts of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine areRead More →
At the recent ShmooCon conference a researcher presented a LastPass phishing attack that could allow hackers to steal your password. We discussed several times the importance of password managers suchRead More →
