There’s hardly an active online user who doesn’t know what a PUP is (mostly from first-hand experience). At best, potentially unwanted programs provide little to no benefit, and at worst, they can be quite harmful to your system. In addition…
We already know that the Internet of things is hackable and that it provides cyber criminals another way to exploit us and our devices. Where the vulnerability of IoT is headed can also be seen in the first two episodes…
Have you been impatiently looking forward to Mr. Robot’s second season? Do you always have questions about the hacks that take place during the show? Are you often pausing to have a closer look at what’s written on that PC…
Apple followed Google and other notable software giants in creating their own Bug Bounty program. Apple Bug Bounty program provides security experts a way to make money by submitting information about vulnerabilities to Apple. Why Is Apple Joining the Bug…
Printer Vulnerability – How Using a Printer Can Attract Threats Every home office or business uses printers in their daily work – if we are printing out an essay at home, or we are printing out a contract in the…
Today, most businesses run on laptops. Business users are often targeted by malware. One question that every business owner has to answer is how secure the laptops within their organization really are. According to CSO Online, every business should take…
The simultaneous greylisting of applications and removal of local admin rights works as the best protection against ransomware. This is the result of a study executed by CyberArk Labs, published in August 2016. The company tested more than 23 000…
Tracking is one of the serious privacy issues users are facing on a daily basis. If a party wants to get your personal information, it may get quite creative in the ways to obtain it. One of the most recent…
One of the latest security-inspired actions Google has put into motion is moving its security prompts to smartphone notifications. Until now the security notifications were sent via email and SMS. Additionally, Google plans to increase the amounts paid to bug…
Image Source: Wikipedia We all have heard rumors or read news about the magnitude of state-sponsored hacking and industrial cyber espionage. The level of invisible cyber invasion of which governments are capable of, however, may be a lot more advanced…
SPOILERS ALERT! Have you been impatiently looking forward to Mr. Robot’s second season? Do you always have questions about the hacks that take place during the show? Are you often pausing to have a closer look at what’s written on…
Unfortunately, Google Play is full of booby traps and users should always be careful with the apps they install. Recent examples of applications that turned out to be more than what the user has bargained for are: Flash Keyboard Candy…
It’s common knowledge that ransomware has become the most feared and destructive online threat, putting the biggest of corporations on their knees. Security researchers expect it to continue evolving, in 2016 and perhaps beyond. To understand where ransomware and generally…
In late 2015, security firm SentinelOne added a brand new feature to their endpoint detection products designed specifically to restore files encrypted by ransomware. When we wrote about the company’s plans to release this solution, the component was supposed to…
Have you been impatiently looking forward to Mr. Robot’s second season? Do you always have questions about the hacks that take place during the show? Are you often pausing to have a closer look at what’s written on that PC…
Cisco Talos security researchers have unveiled security vulnerabilities (CVEs) which could compromise Mac OS X devices. The flaws enable attackers to harvest the user’s data and can lead to remote code execution and device hijacking. The total number of the…
The well-known Norwegian company Opera has been sold to the Chinese company Qihoo 360, experts indicate. The deal was worth 600 million United States dollars, according to estimated reports. At the beginning of the deal, the Chinese consortium has attempted…
Are you an active Tinder user? Be careful because the popular location-based dating app has now become a target of a scam, and a clever one indeed. If you’re tricked by it, you may end up losing up to $100…
Nowadays, any international event has the potential to become exploited by hackers. The 2016 Summer Olympics, or simply referred to as Rio 2016, are definitely going to attract malicious attention, and security researchers are already making prognosis as to what…
Security researchers at enSilo have come to some shocking conclusions in terms of the hooking and injection methods employed by various vendors. Their research started in 2015 when they noticed an injection issue in AVG. Later, they found similar problems…
