New study finds third-party updaters are riddled with critical vulnerabilities. The next time you’re in the market for a new Windows computer, consider this: if it comes from one of theRead More →
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) refer to the first boot of a new PC as the out-of-box experience (OOBE). As you battle your way through modal dialogues for questionable software, andRead More →
Cyber security affects all of us, but it only makes the headlines when it’s big companies that are the target of attacks. Threat intelligence provider Anomali has produced a newRead More →
Crooks breaking into enterprise networks are holding data they steal for ransom under the guise they are doing the company a favor by exposing a flaw. The criminal act isRead More →
The serious vulnerabilities impact Samsung’s Knox security sandbox. A number of severe problems have been discovered within the Samsung Knox security system in Android smartphones. Three vulnerabilities affecting Android devices runningRead More →
Over 1.5 billion users in danger thanks to new exploit. A hacker going by the handle BuggiCorp is selling a zero-day vulnerability affecting all Windows OS versions that can allow anRead More →
PG&E denies any wrongdoing, says it was only a test server. MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery, the scourge of all companies that run unprotected MongoDB databases, revealed yesterday another case ofRead More →
While ransomware has attracted much attention from security researchers lately, other malware hasn’t stopped. They are quietly seizing their own place in the attack market. This article analyses one ofRead More →
For our most recent IoT adventure, we’ve examined an outdoor cloud security camera which like many devices of its generation a) has an associated mobile app b) is quick toRead More →
Odisha teenager arrested for hacking Hyderabad company’s toll free number and causing loss worth $89,000 A 19-year-old villager from Odisha was arrested by the police today for hacking into aRead More →
That “set” of accounts compromised in the Tumblr hack was actually 65 million. Have I Been Pwned added another 40 million from the ‘dating’ hookup site Fling. The MySpace hackRead More →
Clues reveal campaign has been active since mid-2015. Security experts from Anomali Labs have revealed they’ve detected new versions of FrameworkPoS, one of the oldest PoS malware pieces on the market,Read More →
This Little App will Warn Windows 10 PC/Laptop and Windows 10 Mobile Users If They Get Hacked. Even though there are security softwares and antivirus solutions that do a goodRead More →
China to launch first ‘hack proof’ quantum communication satellite China is stealing march on United States in the field of communications with a launch of hack proof quantum communication satellite. AccordingRead More →
While doing some research on the inner workings of Microsofts new Antimalware Scan Interface technology within Windows 10, i found a DLL loading vulnerabilty within PowerShell 5. The reason iRead More →
One can allow a crook to wipe devices clean. Two researchers from Check Point’s mobile security division have uncovered two vulnerabilities in LG’s custom modification of the Android OS which enablesRead More →
There’s an oft-repeated adage in the world of cybersecurity: There are two types ofcompanies, those that have been hacked, and those that don’t yet know they have been hacked. MySpace,Read More →
We had 4 new ransomware infections, 2 updates, and one TeslaCrypt news item this week, but for the most part there was nothing that interesting released. When I write theseRead More →
Spam wave originated from Indian and Vietnamese IPs. Multiple security firms are reporting on a gigantic wave of spam email that delivers malicious JavaScript file attachments, laced with downloaders for theRead More →
Researchers say 70,000 servers belonging to others also at risk. Dozens of HTTPS-protected websites belonging to financial services giant Visa are vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers to inject malicious codeRead More →
