Zeljka Zorz
SynoLocker gang planning to move on?
The crooks behind SynoLocker have made some changes to the website sporting the payment instructions. They are trying to spur more victims to pay up by saying that the website …
Fake Tor Project website delivers malware instead of anonymity
A computer science student has discovered an almost perfect copy of The Tor Project’s website, offering malware for download instead of the Tor Browser Bundle and …
Malware targets jailbroken iOS devices, hijacks ad revenue
AdThief (or Spad) is the name of a recently discovered iOS malware that has managed to infect some 75,000 jailbroken iOS devices and steal revenue from around 22 million ads …
Virtual machines no longer keeping malware at bay
It used to be that running and working on a virtual machine could almost guarantee you complete avoidance of malware infections, but that time has passed, says Symantec …
15 new bugs exploited at DEF CON router hacking contest
Security researchers taking part of the SOHOpelessly Broken hacking competition at this year’s edition of DEF CON have demonstrated 15 flaws affecting a number of small …
iPhones are immune to FinSpy infections
FinSpyMobile, the mobile spying software sold by German company Gamma Group, can’t be installed on iPhones that have not been jailbroken, shows one of the documents …
Square launches bug bounty program
Popular California-based financial services and mobile payments company Square has set up a bug bounty program on the HackerOne platform. The announcement was made at a panel …
What are the risks of virtual currency use?
Many consumers have heard about Bitcoin, but they don’t necessarily know anything about it: not the full spectrum of benefits, and definitely not the risks they can …
Blackphone rooted at DEF CON?
Blackphone, the recently released security-oriented smartphone, has apparently been rooted. The feat was executed at the DEF CON hacker conference, where Jon Sawyer …
US switch to chip-and-PIN cards not a panacea for fraud
The massive breach that Target suffered late last year was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back and made the company decide to move to chip-and-PIN card …
Smart Nest thermostat easily turned into spying device
At this year’s edition of the Black Hat security conference, a group of researchers has shown how extremely easy is to hack into the smart thermostats manufactured by …
“Facebook color changer” app leads to malware, account hijacking
The change-your-Facebook-color scam is once again targeting inexperienced users of the social network, and they are once again falling for it. According to researchers from …
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