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 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…
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…
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…
Earlier this year the malware researcher Neil J. Rubenking published a review concerning Tiranium Premium Security 2014. After the review was published, he got a message from a user claiming that Tiranium abused different online websites associated with malware checks…
What Is the Android Browser Security Bug Android Security Bug has been found by the independent security researcher Rafay Baloch and is affecting 50 % of the Android users. The security bug has been found in the Android Browser app,…
The feud between book lovers about paper and electronic devices is constantly growing. If you are among the ones preferring to enjoy their read on a mobile device, you should be a bit more careful. Kindle Ebooks Injected with Malicious…
Warning! This Email Is Malicious! Nowadays emails get proper spam filtering. Not long ago it was a lot easier for spam email to end up in your inbox. Luckily this is history now, especially if you use Gmail. Keep in…
Shortly after the scandal with the nude celebrity pictures that leaked online, Apple has activated a 2FA (two-factor authentication) for iCloud. In the 2FA process user has to enter additionally a second passcode, which is dynamically generated and consists of…
What Is Zemot? Zemot Dropper is a type of malware downloader. It is part of a complex network, which includes different malware types. Different variants of Zemot can be distributed with other malware as one dropper can spread many malicious…
A campaign run on Twitter tries to lure users into landing on a phishing page which only goal is to get users’ credentials. It seems that either compromised Twitter accounts or bots are used to deliver a spam message with…
