Zeljka Zorz
Bogus AmEx notification leads to thorough phishing
American Express-themed phishing emails are never out of circulation, but it pays to know which new (or recycled) angle is being used at the moment. The latest one to hit …
Bogus “Royal Baby: Live Updates” email leads to malware
As expected, news of the new birth in the British Royal Family has become a perfect lure in malware delivery schemes. ThreatTrack has spotted an email titled “The Royal …
SIM encryption flaw opens 500M users to attack
A flaw in the encryption technology used by some SIM cards can allow attackers to make the target phone download malicious apps and even effectively clone a user’s card …
Syrian hackers hit Tango, The Daily Dot
Pro-Assad hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army claims to have breached the back-up database of Tango, the company behind the popular eponymous app, and to have exfiltrated …
HTML ransomware goes global
Last week we saw that a ransomware scheme does not need to involve actual malware, as clever cyber crooks leveraged browsers’ “restore from crash” feature to …
Ubuntu Forums hacker won’t publish stolen passwords
The Ubuntu Forums are still down following this weekend’s breach claimed by a hacker that goes by the online handle “Sputn1k_”, and there is no news on when …
Combat Arms players, beware of free NX generators
Players of the popular Combat Arms first-person shooter are being targeted by online crooks via the in-game chat system, warns Chris Boyd. They crooks offer what is supposedly …
Children as adversaries in technologically-enhanced homes
You might sometimes consider your child an adversary when he or she prevents you from sleeping enough hours or having a sit-down meal without interruptions, but Microsoft …
Passwords of 1.8M Ubuntu Forums users compromised in hack
Ubuntuforums.org, the home of a variety of support forums dedicated to users of this popular Linux distribution, has been hacked over the weekend and defaced to show an image …
Apple developer center hacked by security researcher?
The mystery of why Apple’s Developer Center has been inaccessible for users since last Thursday has apparently been solved, as UK-based security researcher Ibrahim Balic …
Hijacking connected cars with a $25 tool
A presentation by two Spanish researchers scheduled to take place later this month at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas will apparently prove that hijacking modern cars …
Huawei’s Chinese connection continues to be source of suspicion
A day after it was announced that the UK government will investigate the employees at the Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Center located in Banbury, Oxfordshire, …