Oct 2, 2014 2 min read Oct 2, 2014 Malware Lab U.S. sends scary message to hackers, but the truth is even scarier The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 4 videogame hackers to send a message. But the most dangerous cybercriminals don't target the government. They target you.
Oct 1, 2014 7 min read Oct 1, 2014 Malware Lab Get Rich Quick or Reboot Trying: The State of CyberCrime in 2014 It's 2014: Money is digital and criminals are too. What are you doing to ensure that you're protected?
Oct 1, 2014 2 min read Oct 1, 2014 Ransomware Ransomware Alert: Digitally Signed CryptoWall through Malvertising A malicious advertising, or "malvertising," campaign is currently serving a digitally signed variant of the CryptoWall ransomware through Alexa top 15,000 websites.
Sep 26, 2014 3 min read Sep 26, 2014 Malware Lab WikiLeaks exposed how much governments spend on FinFisher malware to spy on their citizens Oppressive regimes are buying surveillance malware. Shouldn't there be some control to ensure that developers like FinFisher don't sell their products to questionable governments?
Sep 25, 2014 2 min read Sep 25, 2014 Security Alerts Critical Bash Bug “Shellshock” might be as big as Heartbleed Any Linux, Unix, or Mac OS X machine running versions 1.14.0 to 4.3 of the Bash command interpreter is vulnerable to remote execution of malicious code.
Sep 22, 2014 1 min read Sep 22, 2014 Security Alerts Home Depot – 56 million Cards, Largest Retail Breach on Record Between April and September 2014, approximately 56 million unique payment card credentials were stolen using malware. That's the largest point of sale data breach on record.
Sep 18, 2014 2 min read Sep 18, 2014 Security Alerts Alert: eBay iPhone Listings Redirecting to Phishing Pages Alert! eBay item listings are redirecting to phishing pages. Cross site scripting has been found in use.
Sep 18, 2014 1 min read Sep 18, 2014 Security Alerts Hackers want to steal your Amazon account… using Kindle eBooks? Do you think about security when you download an eBook? What if that eBook could allow a hacker to access your Amazon account and max out all its credit cards?
Sep 17, 2014 2 min read Sep 17, 2014 Security Alerts Alert! Default Browser app on 75% of Androids is vulnerable A flaw in the Android Browser app allows attackers to steal personal info and hijack authenticated sessions. All Android versions prior to 4.4 are affected.
Sep 11, 2014 2 min read Sep 11, 2014 Security Alerts 5 Million Gmail Usernames and Passwords Compromised 5 million Gmail usernames & passwords were dumped on a Bitcoin forum. Don't wait to find out if you're affected - just change your password and enable 2FA. Here's how.