GameOver Zeus Botnet Back for Seconds!
Remember about a month ago when the FBI, and other security agencies across the globe, announced that they had successfully taken out the Gameover Zeus botnet? It turns out that it sort of evolved and...
View ArticleMultitude of Cisco Appliances Vulnerable
You know that lovely cable box you have at home that brings TV and Internet to life? Well, that little box that your cable provider installed in your home, if it is a Cisco device, is completely...
View ArticleBeware of links about Malaysian Airlines
In an eery mirror of events that took place back when the first Malaysian Airlines flight went missing, cyber criminals are now using multiple social media avenues to take advantage of the most recent...
View ArticleThe EFF’s Privacy Badger, a plugin to block hidden trackers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, has released a beta version of its plugin, Privacy Badger, for Firefox and Chrome. The plugin allows you to block trackers and ads that may be tracking your...
View ArticleAre bots going after nana?
Bad bots want to steal your grandma’s web identity… at least, for a little while. The latest hacking scheme ‘borrows’ web traffic from unsuspecting users to make them seem as though they have viewed...
View ArticleNew Malware, Mayhem attacks over 1,400 Web Servers
Researchers from Yandex, a Russian internet company that runs the largest search engine in Russia with a 60% market share, have discovered a new malware that is targeting Linux and FreesBSD web...
View ArticleResearchers Reveal Major Flaw in USB Specs
Do you use USB sticks? How about a mouse, keyboard, or pretty much anything with USB plugin at the end? Bad news: researchers have discovered a flaw in the design of the USB specifications that...
View ArticleRobin Williams “Suicide Note” Dupes Facebookers
If you’re anything like me, you spent most of last week clicking on every Robin Williams link you could get your hands on. Jimmy Fallon’s impression of Robin Williams is pretty incredible, and if you...
View ArticleEasily Hackable Traffic Lights are the Tip of the Iceberg
Have you ever talked with someone who has just left their first Defcon? I happen to know a guy who walked out of his first Defcon, went home and tried to take his wife’s phone away from her. He then...
View ArticleUPS Data Breach Entirely Preventable
51 UPS Stores have confirmed that they were hit by a data breach. Over 100,000 customers that used UPS between January and August have been affected. A spokesperson for UPS says that the data stolen...
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Sony Playstation hit by DDoS attack, and SOE President’s plane threatened
For anyone trying to hop online and play Playstation games or watch any kind of online content, like Netflix, this past weekend was a bit frustrating. Sony Corporation’s Playstation network was taken...
View ArticleSmartphone Apps Hacked with 92% Success Rate
In a paper to be presented at Friday’s USENIX Security Symposium, Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of California, Riverside, intend to release their findings on the fact...
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Popular sites found to be riddled with Malvertising
You’ve heard of jazzercising, and celebrity name mash ups like Brangelina, but how about malvertising? The amalgamation of malware and advertising is exactly what it sounds like, and several high...
View ArticleTrojan Malware Targets Salesforce
Does your business use Salesforce? A new computer trojan may be targeting you. According to Salesforce, Dyre(or Dyreza) malware, which usually targets large financial institutions, has turned its focus...
View ArticleMassive Malware Campaign Stopped After 12 Years
What many believe to be the longest running malware campaign in existence, has finally been shut down. The major data breach scam targeted banks, corporations and governments in Germany, Switzerland,...
View Article56 Million Cards Compromised in Home Depot Breach
Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, has released an update on their breach. The threat has been removed, but the damage is staggering. Home depot began an investigation in to a...
View ArticleJQuery Website Redirected to RIG Exploit Kit
The JQuery library has been compromised by an attack against the toolkit’s website which is redirecting visitors to a third-party site, which hosts the RIG exploit kit. The RIG Exploit pack is a way of...
View ArticleData Breach at Albertsons et al(Again)
AB Acquisition LLC, which operates Albertsons stores under Albertson’s LLC and ACME Markets, Jewel-Osco, and Shaw’s and Star Markets under New Albertson’s, Inc. has been hit with its second data breach...
View ArticleStealthGenie CEO Arrested For Selling Spy Software
So what happens when you come up with a way to spy on people, and then market it and sell it online? You get arrested, of course! Well, at least a couple of them did. It’s difficult to believe, but...
View ArticleApple Gets Wormed by Reddit User
Over 17,000 Mac users found themselves compromised this weekend by a zombie network that only goes after Apple computers running Mac OSX. The Mac.BackDoor.iWorm botnet created backdoors in the affected...
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