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…
For some time now, Google has been trying to limit the security issues related to the numerous applications that get installed on Google Chrome along with the installation of various unverified extensions. It is mandatory for apps and extensions that…
Computer technology experts say that NFC is the next big thing that will be applied by the new mobile phones that are presented on the market. Though new to the users and yet to be adopted by the masses, the…
The details on the new upcoming iPhone 6 and Apple Watch were announced yesterday. Both devices will be equipped with Apple’s new contactless mobile payment system – Apple Pay. Apple Pay enables phone payments at points-of-sale without sharing credit card…
Dyre, also known as Dyreza and Dyranges by Symantec, is a malware notorious for pursuing banking credentials. Dyre is focused mainly on the customers of Bank of America and Citibank, RBS and Natwest in the UK, and Ulster Bank in…
A message on Facebook that appears to be from a person in the user’s friend list, invites people to click on a link that is supposed to show a video of two little human-like creatures. Many users trust the link…
Earlier this morning, unknown cyber criminals have leaked over 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords on the Internet. The database containing the credentials appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum. All the passwords are presented in a .txt file. How the…
Shortly after the iCloud accounts of numerous celebrities have been compromised, the cyber crooks behind the Kelihos botnet started a new phishing campaign, targeting the owners of Apple online accounts. Russian IP Used for the Alleged Purchase The Symantec Research…
Kyle and Stan – A brand new malvertising network has been affecting Windows and Mac users who visit popular webpages such as amazon.com and youtube.com since May this year. The cybercriminals use Yahoo, Amazon and YouTube domains to infect users…
The Reveton Ransomware – Your System Is Locked and You Have No Money Left in Your Pocket The Reveton Ransomware is back, and it’s updated. A new credential-stealing feature has been added to the police-ransomware, using the new version of…
The users should be very happy – they have free and fast Windows web browsers that they can use, and all of them are in compliance with the new web standards. In addition, each browser has its advantages and features…
The Malicious Advertisements At the end of August malicious advertisements have been directing some of the visitors in several high profile websites to browser exploits that installed malware on their computers. In the period between 19th and 22nd August the…
The simplicity of the Google Drive applications is what makes them so popular among users. But don’t think that just because they are easy to operate, they do not have a great deal of power locked in them. The regular…
Kelihos Trojan has been spreading by hackers, attacking Russian nationals, leading them into the belief that this is software designed to attack online resources belonging to US and Western governments. The new malicious campaign by the cyber criminals appeals to…
Bitcoin is the most popular crypto-currency today with more than 2 million crypto currency wallet holders and almost 7 billion worth in US dollars. For a period of one year only the wallet users have risen in number by 500…
There are so many myths about PC slowdowns that sometimes computer users find it difficult to figure out the true reasons that cause the poor performance of their computers, so which are the top myths that are associated with computer…
Human beings are prone to mistakes but one mistake you want to avoid is to allow a hacker to access your computer and steal all your personal information. You can benefit from changing bad computer habits and prevent misfortunes by…
This week Google will launch a special Safe Browsing protection mechanism. It will be available in Chrome and will benefit from many capabilities including detection of deceptive software that aims to make undesired and unexpected changes to the computer of…
