Zeljka Zorz
In wake of breach, eBay has to deal with multiple web vulnerabilities
As eBay flounders while trying to adequately respond to the breach it disclosed last week, and deems weak passwords to be good but stronger ones to be weak, researchers are …
China will start screening IT products
The Chinese government has announced that it will start vetting IT products and services that are to be used on networks and systems important to national security and public …
Anti-surveillance mask foils facial recognition systems
The unnerving ubiquity of security cameras in public places and the fact that an increasing number of them are connected to facial recognition systems has spurred …
Google Image Search results redirect to Browlock ransomware
Browlock is the most basic approach to ransomware there is: there is no actual malware that blocks the victims’ computer or encrypts its contents, there is only a Web …
Facebook introduces privacy check up tool
Facebook continues on its course to give users more privacy by making “Friends” the default sharing option for first time posters, and by introducing a privacy …
CERN, MIT scientists launch Swiss-based secure webmail
Last week marked the beta release of yet another encrypted, secure email service, and interest for it was so overwhelming that its developers had to temporarily close the …
Sophisticated Google Drive phishing campaign persists
Symantec researchers are once again warning about a sophisticated and persistent phishing campaign targeting Google users. The victims are hit with fake emails sporting a …
Still no patch for 7-month-old IE8 zero-day flaw
HP’s Zero Day Initiative has published details about a zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 which the Redmond giant apparently has no intention …
OnionShare lets you send files securely and anonymously
A new programming project that allows users to send files anonymously over Tor has been made available on GitHub by its author Micah Lee, former staff technologist at the EFF …
PayPal fixes merchant account hijacking bug
Well-known and prolific bug hunter Mark Litchfield has unearthed a pretty big flaw in PayPal Manager, which would allow attackers to hijack a merchants’ account by …
AT&T hacker wants US govt to pay for the time he spent in prison
In an open letter addressed to members of the New Jersey District Court, FBI, and DOJ, Andrew “weev” Auernheimer is seeking monetary restitution for the time he …
eBay breached, change your password immediately
eBay has been hacked, and its customers are urged to change their account password as soon a possible. The attack, effected between late February and early March, resulted in …
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