Phishing continued to be one of the major online threats throughout 2016. Webroot statistics show that 84% of phishing sites were online for less than 24 hours, which makes their average life cycle less than 15 hours. These numbers show…
Several of the most influential tech companies have started a cooperation to identify digital information of violent terror content. From now on, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube will share with one another “violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos or…
Tech giant Sony has just detected and terminated a debug backdoor in 80 of its Internet-connected surveillance cameras. The backdoor could be exploited to hijack the devices via malware such as the Mirai botnet. More specifically, the hardcoded logins in…
Dirty Cow may sound like someone’s favorite insult but it’s actually Google’s latest Android vulnerability addressed in the corresponding security update. This particular fix comes along with 49 flaws, 11 of which are rated critical fixes. Related: Do You Need…
Russia has just said that it succeeded to block a major cyber attack targeting the country’s financial system, more precisely the largest Russian banks. The attack most likely has been started by an unnamed foreign intelligence service. The FSB has…
Raef Meeuwisse is a passionate information security expert who has written several books, covering the most pressing cybersecurity topics: The Encrypted Book of Passwords; The Cybersecurity to English Dictionary; Cybersecurity: Home and Small Business; Cybersecurity for Beginners; Cybersecurity Exposed: The…
Avalanche, the major cybercriminal network that has plagued thousands of users, has finally been dismantled. Numbers show that the network infected at least 500,000 systems daily, and has successfully delivered phishing emails to potential victims. The group has been active…
You’re perhaps reading this because you’re a Windows 10 user. As such, you are most likely using the Microsoft Edge browser despite previously favoring Chrome and Firefox. The truth is that in spite of its rough start, Edge is gaining…
The upcoming winter holidays bright forth not only new cyber threats but also old malware pieces. That’s exactly the case with Shamoon malware which has apparently returned to the malware scene after a four year vacation. Reports from security companies…
The myth that Apple devices are invincible to hacking is slowly starting to fade away to reality. And the reality is that Apple, just like every other tech giant, can’t keep up with the “dark side” of technology. It’s now…
Every new Linux system administrator needs to learn a few core concepts before delving into the operating system and its applications. This short guide gives a summary of some of the essential security measures that every root user must know.…
What appears to be the biggest botnet so far – Mirai has created yet another menace, this time for the German company, Deutsche Telekom. The botnet has managed to login to the admin panel of most broadband routers, affecting the…
A new very dangerous malicious campaign was just discovered by researchers at Check Point. The attack campaign is dubbed Gooligan and succeeded to breach the security of more than one million Google accounts. Researchers say that this huge number continues…
Big Data is changing our lives every day, no matter if we realize it or not. There are certain projects, however, that perfectly depict what Big Data is capable of. A quite peculiar project was just launched, curiously dubbed Predictive…
Since there is an awful lot of noise going around regarding which phone is better and why should we buy this brand versus that brand, we have decided to take a look at the situation from OS security perspective. Yes,…
Were you one of the users having troubles with the cumulative update KB3200970? The update is part of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and Lenovo users, particularly, were experiencing issues with it. Microsoft has finally explained why. In a November 24…
Forcepoint researchers have disclosed a new current of attacks that involve Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business. Cybercriminals are hosting malware on the service to attack links in emails that are then sent to users. The researchers say that: (…) cybercriminals have…
An Android app is enough to locate, unlock, and steal a Tesla car. This is what researchers at Promon succeeded to prove just by using a single application. Our researchers have demonstrated that because of lack of security in the…
Microsoft has carried out a survey in the UK to outline the reasons which frustrate Windows users the most. Not surprisingly, the age of computers turned out to be the number one frustration and cause of issues. The survey also…
Ransomware is not a new phenomenon, yet it remains one of the most popular forms of cybercrime due to the ease of its distribution and the good profits it provides to criminals. One of the reasons for the proliferation of…
