How do companies regardless of size and industry prepare for ransomware attacks? A recent study revealed that businesses are considering saving up Bitcoins, just in case they get hit by theseRead More →
Sysadmins should disable OLE object execution. Malware coders have found a macro-like infection method that abuses the Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) system to trick users into running malicious scripts.Read More →
Even where users have chosen strong passwords and taken extrasecurity measures, their Facebook FB -0.29% accounts are not safe from hackers. Researchers have proven just that by taking control of a FacebookRead More →
In the coming age of autonomous cars, connected cars, and cars that can communicate with each other, the city’s infrastructure, our phones, and the entire internet of things, data securityRead More →
Vpon is one of many mobile ad SDKs marketed towards mainland Chinese and Taiwanese developers and app users. Recently, FireEye mobile security researchers identified a branch of Vpon ad SDKRead More →
A DODGY new device can clone up to 15 contactless bank cards every second. Crooks use the hi-tech hacking unit to fund shopping sprees using stolen details. The scanner skims detailsRead More →
A short while ago, slipstream/RoL dropped an exploit for the ASUS memory mapping driver (ASMMAP/ASMMAP64) which was vulnerable to complete physical memory access (read/write) to unprivileged users, allowing for localRead More →
THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY is researching opportunities to collect foreign intelligence — including the possibility of exploiting internet-connected biomedical devices like pacemakers, according to a senior official. “We’re looking atRead More →
Attackers take social engineering to a totally new level. There’s a sneaky new trick going around that can fool some people into divulging their two-factor authentication code to crooks, while thinkingRead More →
Microsoft says it’s for debugging, not spying. Internet users have pulled out the pitchforks and are once again at odds with Microsoft regarding telemetry data, but this time around it’s becauseRead More →
