When I began Year 11 in 2016 and was asked to buy a CASIO fx-CP400 graphics calculator, the hacker part of my brain immediately started wondering what mischief I couldRead More →
At the beginning of October 2017, we discovered new Android spyware with several features previously unseen in the wild. In the course of further research, we found a number ofRead More →
Google removes four extensions that used infected computers in click fraud scheme. Researchers have uncovered four malicious extensions with more than 500,000 combined downloads from the Google Chrome Web Store,Read More →
Canadian authorities have arrested and charged a 27-year-old Ontario man for allegedly selling billions of stolen passwords online through the now-defunct service Leakedsource.com. On Dec. 22, 2017, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)Read More →
“Low complexity” hack for Transmission client may work against other clients, too. There’s a critical weakness in the widely used Transmission BitTorrent app that allows websites to execute malicious code on someRead More →
Recently members of the Fidus team noticed an interesting blog post on the OnePlus forum by an individual discussing recent fraudulent attempts made on two of their credit cards. The forum userRead More →
Oculus enables users to connect their Facebook accounts for a more “social” experience. This can be done using both the native Windows Oculus application and using browsers. I took aRead More →
This is a brief walk-through tutorial that illustrates how to crack Wi-Fi networks that are secured using weak passwords. It is not exhaustive, but it should be enough information forRead More →
The Meltdown and Spectre bugs have generated a lot of media attention, and users have been urged to update their machines with fixes made available by various vendors. While some patches have createdRead More →
Security researchers have revealed details of a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s security that could be used to compromise the secrecy of encrypted group chats on the messaging platform. The risk associatedRead More →
