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 attacks of the Shellshock bug are so complicated that even the best malware researchers find it difficult to figure it out. The PC users are asking themselves how serious these attacks are and if they are vulnerable. The Security…
On Tuesday, Google announced an increase in its bug reward program as a way to motivate white hat hackers to dig deeper for security bugs in Chrome. Apparently, Google’s reward program has worked great so far as thanks to it…
The tough times of getting help tuning up the computer are finally over! The users of Windows who are not very good at the technical issues should now feel relieved, since the Microsoft stores will start offering its clients free…
The users of Viber are now under the attack of a new malicious campaign. The users are tricked into accepting the Asprox Botnet malware by getting a notification email for a missed call message they get in Viber. The body…
Facebook has launched a brand new ad platform called Atlas. The aim of this platform is to allow brands to track the users around the web and not only on Facebook. This means that Facebook now knows more about the…
Five of the top-ranking websites were recently attacked by CryptoWall that was archly delivered through a Malvertising Campaign. In the beginning the antivirus engines failed to detect the threat and thus, the five websites were displaying advertisements that were redirecting…
It seems like eliminating a Trojan in this day and age is a rather impossible task. Analysts at Phishlab report that a malware piece that was active in the mid-2000s, Vawtrak, is back on the field. What Has Been Vawtrak…
Apple announced that all users of Max OS X should feel safe concerning the serious bug that was discovered in Bash. In a statement, the company confirmed that the majority of Apple users are not at risk and further stated…
A very serious bug was discovered in Bash, a much popular command interpreter, posed a serious security risk to the Linux and Unix systems. According to the security experts, this problem should not be regarded as a server issue and…
The personal information of the users that has been collected by companies such as Facebook and Google has turned them into targets for the intelligence agencies and governments looking for information. At the same time, however, the number of the…
Among the many programs and applications that a user can download for free or purchase from a licensed developer, there is a bare minimum of programs needed for the proper work of any Windows PC. Here is a list of…
The owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus are already complaining about it. When wearing the new iPhone model in their trouser pockets, some owners were unpleasantly surprised that it bends. A few days after the release of iPhone 6…
Several sources, among which the websites BoingBoing and PCworld, have recently published articles about librarians from Massachusetts installing the software Tor on all public PCs they have in order to allow their patrons use the web anonymously. The librarians are…
A worrisome trend has been spotted recently of continuous DDoS attacks. After the Lizard Squad attack against Destiny and Call of Duty servers, the researchers confirmed a high volume of attacks that happened in the first six months of 2014.…
Current situation The researchers had an unpleasant surprise two weeks ago, after the release of the first Cisco report concerning the malicious ad distribution campaign, according to which the malvertising network of Kyle and Stan has approximately nine times bigger…
The editor of Dark Reading Tim Wilson recently raised an provocative question in a comment he placed on the blog of Sara Peters, named “CryptoWall More Pervasive, Less Profitable than CryptoLocker”. Mr. Wilson provoked the security experts to share their…
There is no direct connection between the different programs which get loaded as you boot and the various processes that slow down your computer a few hours later. Many programs that get automatically loaded when you boot fulfill their task…
The converting of PDF files to Word Document files is important to many people , who have many different reasons for that. The conversion is possible, so let us see how it can be done. The PDF files are files…
Writers know that the best device they can use in order to write a good text is their brain, which through the voice and the fingers could result in an excellent piece of work. Living in modern world today however,…
Home Depot suffered a security breach, which exposed at risk the users of 56 million unique credit cards. The hackers’ attacks and the malware have been dealt with according to information offered by the company. The malware was present in…
