Facebook has been granted an e-money license in the EU. The Central Bank of Ireland has given Facebook Payments International Limited (FBPIL) this license which allows the social media to facilitate peer-to-peer payments on its platform. Ireland is a member…
Facebook has long been a target for all kinds of scammers. The social network has often been leveraged in malware distribution campaigns. Cyren researchers just discovered a malicious Google Chrome extension that is spreading nude celebrity PDFs to Facebook groups.…
In 2016, ransomware has been extremely devastating for businesses, and the statistics prove it. A new report by Kaspersky Lab shows that ransomware attacks on companies tripled from January to September. This means that one in every five businesses was…
Cyber Kangaroo is the name of a cyber game held on Thursday in Canberra, Australia and organized by RAND Corporation and the National Security College (NSC). The game was dedicated to the growing popularity and use of Internet of Things…
Since Christmas is coming, we at Sensors Tech Forum have decided to change it up a bit and introduce to you several cool ideas of gifts that someone working in the IT industry would really enjoy. When it comes to…
It’s time to update Office 2013, 2016 and Office 365 Click-to-Run. On Tuesday, Microsoft traditionally released its non-security bulletin, and although some of the patches were not available in certain parts of the world for a while, they are all…
We all know what happens during winter holidays – people begin to use their cards and banks become very busy due to the increased amount of transactions conducted due to winter holidays. This is also the perfect opportunity for cyber-criminals…
Brand new vulnerabilities have been revealed concerning the IP White Box cameras made by Sony. Two primary alerts have popped out this week concerting the IP cameras, suggesting the IoT security is beginning to become a widespread problem for both…
Security firm ESET has reported that millions of users have been exposed to malicious code served from the pixels in compromised banner ads. The end goal of the operation was the installation of Trojans and spyware on targeted systems. The…
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.…
