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.
The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has issued a warning on Monday about a malicious email campaign delivering the Dyre banking Trojan, aka Dyreza. The malicious messages were detected in the middle of the month, and there is no…
Many users were asking themselves whether they can download maps on their cellphones when they have internet connection and use them when they have no Internet access. The questions were raised as there is no cellphone coverage everywhere and often…
When it comes to the highlights of the day, cybercriminals get quite creative. Ebola-themed malware campaigns are gaining popularity these days. One of the most impressive ones is a tool that supposedly signals the users in case there is an…
Releasing the new Linux Enterprise 12 operating system on 27 October this year, the German dealers of the system, SUSE Linux Enterprise announced that it distinguishes from the Linux Red Hat / Ubuntu packages as more reliable, stable and secure,…
Recently, a report criticizing Knox Technology’s password management and encryption functions in Samsung’s Note ad Galaxy mobile devices (Android-based) provoked a lot of replies and rebuttals. According to an advisory, that was published last week, a PIN selected during setup…
During the last week, Palo Alto Networks security researchers have noticed that Dridex, the latest version of the Cridex Trojan, a data stealer also known as Feodo, Bugat and Geodo has been activated to attack bank security information through embedding…
Dropbox announced the issue of ISO 27001 certificate, an addition to the serious list of compliances for Dropbox for Business. The new certificate includes 2013 revision of the standard certificate and has been updated and upgraded with the cloud services…
The latest version of the Koler ransomware, known to target Android-operating devices, spreads through SMS messages. The malicious message contains shortened bit.ly URLs that direct to the infected .APK. Once the user has opened the corrupt file, the screen of…
Josh Pitts with Leviathan Security discovered an ”exit node” for the TOR network that is currently located in Russia and has been used to distribute a modified version of the legitimate code that the user has requested. In order to…
In June 2013 Yahoo decided to reset accounts which have been latent for a period of 12 or more months. The company further announced that it will give the accounts to other users, which provoked various privacy and security questions.…
Apple Pay method is a new way for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users to purchase goods and services without disclosing their debit or credit cards or any other bank information to merchants, thus remaining anonymous. All the users…
Created in 2007, Pawn Storm is the name of a cyber-espionage operation whose main aim is targeting military, governments and media entities. The name Pawn Storm comes from a chess action where the pawns are organized into a massive defense…
It has been recently revealed that the CryptoWall 2.0 ransomware was a part of a huge malvertising campaign targeting popular websites like 9Gag, AOL, Yahoo, etc. Around three million users a day were exposed to the latest version of the…
Windows Safemode is not the same as the Safe Mode by Windows. In fact, it is a rouge Windows program, being falsely advertised to protect your system when in fact it has no capability of detecting an error, or fixing…
A glitch in the design code of the NeedMyTranscript.com web-site discovered recently appears to disclose the personal information of almost 100,000 of its visitors to anyone who enters a specific internal directory of the site. The directory was not supposed…
830,000 machines were compromised by the CryptoWall ransomware worldwide only in the last month. This marks a 25% jump in the infections compared to August 2014. 40,000 victims alone were located in the UK, with 75 from them paying the…
Security experts reported a malicious email attack a month ago, which lured the users into opening bogus online airplane tickets. Apparently the campaign is still active and uses the same trick. The malicious email contains detailed information about an airplane…
Twicth.tv is a web-site platform created to connect gamers throughout all over the world. Twict.tv helps gamers connect, chat and communicate no matter where they play games from. It was recently discovered that the site has a relatively good fake…
A new zero-day flaw has been actively exploited by cyber-criminals, targeting primarily users on workstations and servers who open files with embedded OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) objects. At the moment, the vulnerability is exploited via PowerPoint files. OLE objects…
TorrentLocker, a ransomware similar to CryptoWall and CryptoLocker has reached Italy and Brazil. Thousands of machines are infected with the file-encrypting malware. 53,35% of the total infections worldwide are detected in Italy, followed by Brazil with 26,27%. TorrentLocker Infections Peaked…
