Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Earlier this year the malware researcher Neil J. Rubenking published a review concerning Tiranium Premium Security 2014. After the review was published, he got a message from a user claiming that Tiranium abused different online websites associated with malware checks…
What Is the Android Browser Security Bug Android Security Bug has been found by the independent security researcher Rafay Baloch and is affecting 50 % of the Android users. The security bug has been found in the Android Browser app,…
The feud between book lovers about paper and electronic devices is constantly growing. If you are among the ones preferring to enjoy their read on a mobile device, you should be a bit more careful. Kindle Ebooks Injected with Malicious…
Warning! This Email Is Malicious! Nowadays emails get proper spam filtering. Not long ago it was a lot easier for spam email to end up in your inbox. Luckily this is history now, especially if you use Gmail. Keep in…
Each file has an extension, but every now and then you may come across a file in an UNKNOWN format. In such cases, it is a real challenge to identify the type of the file and find an application to…
Shortly after the scandal with the nude celebrity pictures that leaked online, Apple has activated a 2FA (two-factor authentication) for iCloud. In the 2FA process user has to enter additionally a second passcode, which is dynamically generated and consists of…
For the majority of the Internet users, the browser is their connection to the rest of the Web. It is used to navigate to various webpages, allows users to follow links, and helps them explore basically everything the Web has…
Here are a few tips what to do, if you are wondering what could possibly be wrong with your computer when you cannot get your USB device to work. Something is obviously broken, but you have no idea if it…
Many critics question Microsoft’s lack of a decent platform for its MS Office suite on iPad tablets and different smartphones. Actually, Microsoft has numerous options of MS Office suitable for cell phones. They are just not completely featured versions of…
What Is Zemot? Zemot Dropper is a type of malware downloader. It is part of a complex network, which includes different malware types. Different variants of Zemot can be distributed with other malware as one dropper can spread many malicious…
What Is SynoLocker and How Does It Work? SynoLocker is a file encrypting ransomware that targets Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. What this particular piece of ransomware does is to exploit vulnerabilities in the DSM operating system. It targets…
A campaign run on Twitter tries to lure users into landing on a phishing page which only goal is to get users’ credentials. It seems that either compromised Twitter accounts or bots are used to deliver a spam message with…
For some time now, Google has been trying to limit the security issues related to the numerous applications that get installed on Google Chrome along with the installation of various unverified extensions. It is mandatory for apps and extensions that…
Computer technology experts say that NFC is the next big thing that will be applied by the new mobile phones that are presented on the market. Though new to the users and yet to be adopted by the masses, the…
Finnish researchers Antti Nuopponen, Patrik Nisén and Taneli Kaivola of Finnish consultancy Nixu discovered how to decrypt the files that have been encrypted by the recently spread TorrentLocker ransomware without paying the required fee. All the user needs is the…
The details on the new upcoming iPhone 6 and Apple Watch were announced yesterday. Both devices will be equipped with Apple’s new contactless mobile payment system – Apple Pay. Apple Pay enables phone payments at points-of-sale without sharing credit card…
Dyre, also known as Dyreza and Dyranges by Symantec, is a malware notorious for pursuing banking credentials. Dyre is focused mainly on the customers of Bank of America and Citibank, RBS and Natwest in the UK, and Ulster Bank in…
A message on Facebook that appears to be from a person in the user’s friend list, invites people to click on a link that is supposed to show a video of two little human-like creatures. Many users trust the link…
After the naked pictures of several celebrities have leaked online recently, and the Kelihos botnet phishing campaign managed to take advantage of the users’ worries spamming them with fake emails and thus collecting their Apple IDs, the issue with the…
Earlier this morning, unknown cyber criminals have leaked over 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords on the Internet. The database containing the credentials appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum. All the passwords are presented in a .txt file. How the…
