Zeljka Zorz

Facebook and GitHub test new account recovery option
Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of …

Privacy expectations and the unfortunate reality
A recent survey that polled 5,710 Americans on private browsing (aka “Privacy Mode”, aka “Incognito Mode”) revealed that 46 percent of them have used …

Can your Netgear router be hijacked? Check now!
Yesterday, researcher Simon Kenin of Trustwave SpiderLabs released information about an authentication bypass flaw affecting a wide variety of Netgear routers, as well as PoC …

Picky ransomware targets specific subset of would-be Netflix users
Aspiring Netflix users who don’t want to actually pay for the popular video on demand service are being targeted with a new type of ransomware. Detected as Netix by …

Google launches its own Root Certificate Authority
Google is known for slipping fingers in many pies, so it should not come as a surprise that it has opted for starting its own Root Certificate Authority. With the increased …

The latest on the critical RCE Cisco WebEx extension vulnerability
Since Google bug hunter Tavis Ormandy revealed the existence of a remotely exploitable code execution flaw in the Cisco WebEx extension for Google Chrome last week, Cisco has …

Phishers’ new social engineering trick: PDF attachments with malicious links
It is – or it should be – a well known fact that attackers occasionally email potential victims with PDF attachments containing malware or exploit code. But the …

Remote attackers can force Samsung Galaxy devices into never-ending reboot loop
A single SMS can force Samsung Galaxy devices into a crash and reboot loop, and leave the owner with no other option than to reset it to factory settings and lose all data …

Facebook gets physical for safer logins
Facebook has been offering the two factor authentication login option for a while now, and is now trying to make its use easier than ever before. “Most people get their …

Can you trust your Android VPN client?
Do you trust your Android VPN client to keep your data secure and your online browsing private? Perhaps you shouldn’t. A group of researchers has analyzed 283 Android …

VirLocker ransomware is back, but can be defeated
VirLocker (aka VirLock, aka VirRansom) is a virulent piece of machine-locking ransomware that has been around for quite some time. It’s actually quite a surprise that it …

Powerful Android RAT impersonates Netflix app
Mobile malware peddlers often make their malicious wares look like popular Android apps and push them to users through third-party app stores. The latest example of this is …
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