Even factory reset cannot smite the foulness that is Shedun. Michael Bentley of security-through-analytics outfit Lookout has found android malware that does not require user permission to install. Bentley, Lookout’sRead More →
Developers at LinkedIn fixed a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in the social network this week that could have been exploited to spread a worm on the service’s help forums.Read More →
Brazilian whacks Arris for easy-t-o-guess default password, fix promised fast. Security bod Bernardo Rodrigues has found a backdoor-within-a-backdoor affecting some 600,000 Arris cable modems. The broadband kit company said, inRead More →
In this post, we will take a high and low-level look at the Pony Trojan, delivered through a recent spam campaign. During our case study we showed some malicious samples being distributed in spamRead More →
Mac malware is a thing. It’s real. Granted it hasn’t reached the critical mass of malicious code for Windows, but recent encounters with WireLurker, XcodeGhost and YiSpecter among others haveRead More →
How dare they demand we do exactly what we demand of them! The foreign rotters. A report laid before the US Congress yesterday encouraged lawmakers to allow American companies respondingRead More →
Telegram, the popular instant messaging service that offers end-to-end encryption, announced on Wednesday that they have “blocked 78 ISIS-related channels across 12 languages.” The company introduced channels in September 2015,Read More →
THE TRADE IN the secret hacker techniques known as “zero day exploits” has long taken place in the dark, hidden from the companies whose software those exploits target, and fromRead More →
Every once in a while we get a glimpse into rare and strange behavior that doesn’t involve the website being hacked, but causes major problems for website owners. We haveRead More →
In a new Ubuntu Security Notice (USN-2814-1), Canonical announced that they have patched a security vulnerability in the Nvidia proprietary graphics drivers for all supported Ubuntu Linux operating systems. AccordingRead More →
