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…
The editor of Dark Reading Tim Wilson recently raised an provocative question in a comment he placed on the blog of Sara Peters, named “CryptoWall More Pervasive, Less Profitable than CryptoLocker”. Mr. Wilson provoked the security experts to share their…
There is no direct connection between the different programs which get loaded as you boot and the various processes that slow down your computer a few hours later. Many programs that get automatically loaded when you boot fulfill their task…
The converting of PDF files to Word Document files is important to many people , who have many different reasons for that. The conversion is possible, so let us see how it can be done. The PDF files are files…
Writers know that the best device they can use in order to write a good text is their brain, which through the voice and the fingers could result in an excellent piece of work. Living in modern world today however,…
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…
Each file has an extension, but every now and then you may come across a file in an UNKNOWN format. In such cases, it is a real challenge to identify the type of the file and find an application to…
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…
For the majority of the Internet users, the browser is their connection to the rest of the Web. It is used to navigate to various webpages, allows users to follow links, and helps them explore basically everything the Web has…
Here are a few tips what to do, if you are wondering what could possibly be wrong with your computer when you cannot get your USB device to work. Something is obviously broken, but you have no idea if it…
