Zeljka Zorz
Raptr hacked, user info and passwords compromised
Gaming social networking site Raptr is the latest victim of hackers. Dennis Fong, the company’s founder and CEO, announced that they have had a break in and that user …
Outlook for iOS breaks company security, developer warns
One the same day that Microsoft released its new Outlook app for iOS, a developer has warned that it breaks corporate security in multiple ways. René Winkelmeyer, Head of …
Researchers show how easy it is to de-anonymize shoppers
The fact that anonymising large sets of data is very, very hard should be widely known by now, as a number of researchers have already successfully de-anonymized a variety of …
Reddit released its first transparency report
Reddit, the popular social news site/message board styled “the front page of the internet”, has released its first transparency report. As it turns out, in 2014 …
Canada’s spy agency monitors file downloads around the world
After NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shared the documents he exfiltrated from the agency with select journalists, the revelations that stemmed from them have mostly focused …
Email scammers stole $215M from businesses in 14 months
The Business E-mail Compromise scam is alive and well, and expected to rise both when it comes to the number of victims and the total money loss sustained by them. According …
D-Link routers vulnerable to DNS hijacking
At least one and likely more D-Link routers as well as those of other manufacturers using the same firmware are vulnerable to remote changing of DNS settings and, effectively, …
Swiss users inundated with malware-laden spam
Swiss users are being heavily targeted by a number of spam campaigns delivering the Tiny Banker (TinBa or Busy) e-banking Trojan. Starting with Tuesday, the spammy emails seem …
Critical BlackPhone bug allows attackers to spy on users
BlackPhone, a mobile phone aimed at users who want to keep their communications secure from mass surveillance attempts, is affected by a critical security vulnerability that …
New OS X Yosemite version fixes critical security issues, including Thunderstrike
Apple has released the latest version of OS X Yosemite (v10.10.2) and the first security update (2015-001) for this year, and among the problems fixed is one affecting the CPU …
Hijacking drones with malware
A recent incident at the White House showed that small aerial vehicles (drones) present a specific security problem. While in this particular case the actual danger turned out …
Evidence shows Regin spy malware is used by Five Eyes intelligence
Kaspersky Lab researchers who have recently analyzed a copy of the malicious QWERTY module have discovered that the malware is identical in functionality to a Regin malware …
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