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Vulnerabilities in Adobe’s Flash Player may seem trivial but yet they are among the flaws mostly leveraged by attackers. Perhaps that’s a reason good enough for Google to decide to make HTML5 the primary standard in Chrome. Only 10 white-listed…
WhatsApp’s recent adoption of end-to-end encryption was a big deal in the cyber security community. However, a research conducted by Positive Technologies reveals that the end-to-end encryption in services such as WhatsApp and Telegram is vulnerable. More specific, researchers have…
Being cyber-educated is more important than ever. Let’s put it this way. The less you know about the dangers of cyber space, the more susceptible you become to malicious attacks. And vice versa, the more acquainted you are with attackers’…
CVE-2016-0167, a zero-day exploit addressed in April’s Patch Tuesday, has apparently been leveraged by attackers, FireEye research reveals. Cyber criminals have exploited the vulnerability in targeted attacks on more than 100 US companies. FireEye’s blog post on the matter discloses…
Many big companies and vendors have bug bounty programs which encourage independent researchers in locating and disclosing vulnerabilities. Pornhub has just joined the bug bounty initiative, as it just launched a program on HackerOne’s platform, which aims to protect and…
You’re most likely familiar with 7-Zip, the open-source file archiving application that offers optional AES-256 encryption, support for large files, and the capacity to use all kinds of compression, conversion and encryption methods. The app is also suitable for Windows…
If you’re a daily reader of IT security and tech news, you have a good idea of phishing and spear phishing attacks. Nonetheless, even if you’re perfectly acquainted with these widely deployed social engineering schemes, you should be on the…
Microsoft has just released its security updates for May 2016. And they’re quite major! Two zero-days vulnerabilities have been disclosed, and they’re both crucial – one in Windows, and one in Adobe’s Flash Player. Security experts warn that the Windows…
Image Source: https://blog.checkpoint.com/ Viking Horde is not a character from your favorite TV show but a new malware family currently creeping around Android devices. Security researchers at CheckPoint just released a report uncovering the new malware and the dangers it…
If you’re a daily visitor of PerezHilton.com, you may be in trouble. It’s been reported that the pop and celebrity news website has compromised some of its 500,000 visitors with the Angler exploit kit, and then with the devastating CryptXXX…
Google has been breached! Did we catch your attention? Any news concerning Google and a data breach is worth your full attention. It proves that no company is invincible, Google included. So, what exactly happened? More about Google: Google Knows…
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks disclosed that an old ransomware family – Bucbi ransomware – has been just revived after 2 years of silence. The Bucbi threat was discovered in 2014, and it hasn’t been registered active since then.…
Ransomware cases usually follow the same pattern of infection and behavior. However, a recently detected ransomware proves that ransomware authors can be creative, too. The so-called CryptMix ransomware is operated by a group of individuals calling themselves the Charity Team.…
A previously unknown botnet campaign, named Jaku or JAKU has been investigated by researchers at Forcepoint Security Labs. The botnet has affected more than 19,000 computers, including them in its zombie network. Interestingly, most of the victims appear to be…
Did you know that Password Day is celebrated on May 5? IT celebrations such as this one make us consider the importance of acting on our online security. So, if you haven’t changed your password(s) in a while, make sure…
An unauthorized backdoor access to your system can compromise it in many ways, downloading malicious software onto it being the worst one. Be alert, because a new backdoor identified as Backdoor:Win32/Kirts.A has been reported by security experts at Microsoft. The…
Even though it’s a common fact that Facebook is often targeted by phishing scams and “viruses”, user accounts continue being hijacked and hacked. Shortly said, if you become a victim to a smartly crafted phishing email, someone, a crook, will…
Have you encountered a website called PressGamer(.)com? If you have visited this website and interacted with it, be alert, since you may have downloaded ad-supported software onto your system. The website may seem like a gamers’ page but in fact…
Ransomware infections continue. Not only are new versions of well-known threats appearing, but also new ransomware cases are registered on a daily basis. One of the latest ransomware threats currently targeting users is dubbed Yakes. According to researchers, Yakes ransomware…
Locky ransomware has already affected thousands of users. Unfortunately, the threat is not nearly done with its infections, as new, more dangerous methods of distribution were just reported by security researchers at TrendMicro. The new techniques include the already known…
