How to Connect Android to PC/Mac Without WiFi
2016-03-07
Quite a few times, you might need to display Android screen on your PC or Mac to to play games, stream video music, demonstrate the tutorials, share photos by controllingRead More →
First Fully Functional Mac Ransomware Spread via Transmission BitTorrent Client
2016-03-07
Someone hijacked the Transmission BitTorrent client project website to spread ransomware to Mac OS X users. Over the weekend, a malicious party has managed to hack the Transmission BitTorrent client forRead More →
Macro Malware Dridex, Locky Using Forms to Hide Code
2016-03-05
The resurgence and continued prevalence of macro malware could be linked to several factors, one of which is their ability to bypass traditional antimalware solutions and sandboxing technologies. Another factor is the continuousRead More →
History of Hacking: 10 Best Hackers From The Past And What Happened To Them
2016-03-05
Short Bytes: History of hacking always fascinates us as it tells us about the best hackers from the earlier times. But is not interesting to know that what they didRead More →
Whole lotta onions: Number of Tor hidden sites spikes—along with paranoia
2016-03-05
What’s driving the surge in hidden services—is it government tampering? In recent weeks, the number of “hidden services”—usually Web servers and other Internet services accessible by a “.onion” address on theRead More →
Popular WordPress Plugin Comes With a Backdoor, Steals Site Admin Credentials
2016-03-05
Last summer we shared a story about the SweetCaptcha WordPress plugin injecting ads and causing malvertising problems for websites that leveraged the plugin. When this plugin was removed from the officialRead More →
$17 smartwatch includes a backdoor in the pairing app
2016-03-03
A group of researchers that analyzed security of a number of smart watches discovered a $17 smartwatch is sold with a backdoor in the pairing app. Be careful of cheap smartwatchRead More →
Sea Pirates Hacked Shipping Company to Plan Attacks, Find Valuable Cargo
2016-03-03
Sea pirates hire hacker to break into shipping company’s CMS. A curious case reported by Verizon’s RISK Team shows that even those lowly sea pirates chasing after cargo ships with oldRead More →
Windows Built-In PDF Reader Exposes Edge Browser to Hacking
2016-03-03
WinRT PDF exposes users to drive-by attacks. WinRT PDF, the default PDF reader for Windows 10, opens Edge users to a new series of attacks that are incredibly similar to howRead More →
Look Into Locky
2016-03-02
Locky is a new ransomware that has been released (most probably) by the Dridex gang (source). Not surprisingly, it is well prepared, which means that the threat actor behind itRead More →
