Feb 16, 2014 1 min read Feb 16, 2014 Security Alerts New Internet Explorer Zero Day Attack: Operation Snowman New zero day attack dubbed Operation Snowman is actively targeting fully patched versions of Internet Explorer 9 and 10.
Feb 12, 2014 4 min read Feb 12, 2014 Security Alerts DDoS Attacks Affect Cloudflare and Bitcoin Exchange In the aftermath of the Mt.Gox withdrawal freeze, reports of DDoS attacks against other Bitcoin exchange sites and content delivery network Cloudflare emerge.
Feb 12, 2014 5 min read Feb 12, 2014 Security Alerts MtGox Freezes All Bitcoin Withdrawals MtGox's move to freeze all withdrawals is sending ripples throughout the Bitcoin trading community. MtGox cites Bitcoin transaction malleability as the cause.
Jan 30, 2014 3 min read Jan 30, 2014 Security Alerts Emsisoft Malware Warning: FileZilla FTP Copycat StealZilla Makers of FTP application FileZilla have announced that tainted versions of their program are circulating the web. "StealZilla" steals FTP log-in credentials.
Jan 28, 2014 4 min read Jan 28, 2014 Security Alerts Emsisoft Malware Spotlight: Blackbeard and Pigeon Blackbeard and Pigeon are a downloader/clickbot Trojan that began infecting PCs around January 1st, 2014. Learn how to detect and remove this new malware.
Jan 23, 2014 2 min read Jan 23, 2014 Security Alerts Emsisoft Security Warning: 16 Million Email Accounts hacked by botnet German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has announced a data breach affecting 16 million German Internet users. Find out if you're one of them.
Jan 20, 2014 4 min read Jan 20, 2014 Security Alerts The SEPA Switch and Internet Fraud IBAN is a massive step for SEPA and the euro. But, it is also a massive opportunity for Internet Fraud.
Jan 10, 2014 2 min read Jan 10, 2014 Security Alerts Emsisoft Fraud Alert: LinkedIn Data Breached by Fake Accounts This Wednesday, reports emerged revealing that hackers have been scraping LinkedIn.com for profile data since May 2013. As yet, who these hackers are remains a mystery, but LinkedIn has already made plans to sue them for everything they may or may not be worth.
Jan 5, 2014 2 min read Jan 5, 2014 Security Alerts Emsisoft Malware Warning: Yahoo “Malvertisements” Infect 1000s of Users On January 3rd, independent cyber security company, Fox-IT, released a report revealing that someone had infected Yahoo's advertising server with malware. Yet to be identified, the attacker loaded the server -- which distributes advertisements to hundreds of thousands Yahoo users worldwide -- with a slew of "malvertisements" designed to infect computers after a single click.
Dec 26, 2013 1 min read Dec 26, 2013 Security Alerts Windows Premium Shield Detected Hard at work even over the holiday, Emsisoft's Malware Research team has just detected a new variant within the GuardSoftware Protector Rogue re-emergence known as Windows Premium Shield.
