Many consumers and IT admins at small and medium businesses have a false sense of security stemming from low self-esteem. The prevailing logic assumes that attackers have bigger or more lucrative fish to fry and won’t bother investing the time […]
Every PC has value to an attacker and everyone is a target Read More »
AshleyMadison.com, a website that has been accused of encouraging married couples to have an affair, said Monday that it has been hacked and user data has been stolen. You can read more about that here, http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ . The risqué site
Cheating spouses beware: Someone has your data and is threatening to use it! Read More »
Oracle issued a gargantuan security update that fixes 25 separate security flaws in Java, including one zero-day that has been actively exploited in the wild. Unless there is some sort of absolute business imperative that requires your use of Java
Put a fork in it, Java is done Read More »
Five years ago there was a heated battle between Steve Jobs and Adobe. Jobs refused to allow support for Adobe Flash in iOS–and wrote a 1700-word open letter explaining exactly why. Adobe Flash is still not on iOS but it
Steve Jobs was right: Adobe Flash must die Read More »
Another month and another new cyber-attack, and this time the victim is the media server company, Plex. The company revealed that its forum and blog server were compromised and the attacker gained access to personal information such as email addresses,
Plex servers compromised and held for ransom Read More »
Here’s some good news for the selfie generation! MasterCard is initiating a pilot program to test the viability of facial recognition for approving transactions. This new app would allow people to verify their transactions by simply holding their phones up
MasterCard is testing a treat for selfie lovers Read More »
Another malware that seems to be relatively popular due to convenience are Remote Access Trojans. A few have surfaced on Android, sharing many of the same “sold as a package”-type deals you would see with their PC counterparts. Dendroid is a
Mobile threats: Remote access Trojans (RATs) Read More »
One piece of malware that never seems to stop is Premium SMS Malware. It’s highly unlikely, due to scanners like Bouncer and Verify Apps that you would encounter such malware on the Play Store. Although, PUAs (potentially unwanted apps) exist
Mobile threats: Premium SMS malware Read More »
It’s very interesting to watch the public undressing of a company like Hacking Team–especially when that undressing seems to prove that claims the company has made about its ethics are completely false. Based on the leaked data Hacking Team appears
Hacking Team is not the only cyberwar ‘arms dealer’ out there Read More »
If you’ve ever owned a safety deposit box at a bank—or seen one on TV or in a movie—then you know that it requires two keys to open it. If you recall the beginning of the movie War Games it
When it comes to authentication, two is better than one Read More »
