Zeljka Zorz
Pentagon report accuses China military of cyber espionage
The Pentagon has come out and said it: “China is using its computer network exploitation (CNE) capability to support intelligence collection against the U.S. diplomatic, …
Attackers breach and encrypt TV station’s email server
The email server of FOX21 News has been hacked over the weekend and the information it contained held ransom. The attackers were asking for $5,000 to decrypt the information …
U.S. media sites compromised, lead to malware
At least five U.S. media sites and a number of other popular ones have been compromised and are redirecting visitors to malicious URLs, Zscaler warns. The sites have been …
IE8 0-day used in watering hole attacks
Last week a U.S. Department of Labor website was discovered to be redirecting users to sites serving a hard-to-detect variant Poison Ivy backdoor Trojan. Researchers are now …
Malware you can “live with”, but shouldn’t
The main symptom of a computer being infected with the ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) malware is that online searches via Google Search often lead to unhelpful pages filled with ads …
IRC/HTTP based DDoS bot nukes other bots
Online underground markets seem to offer anything and everything a budding cyber criminal might need. Compromised online accounts? They’ve got them. Malicious domain …
Top Android AV software fooled by common evasion techniques
A team of researchers from Northwestern University and North Carolina State University have tested ten of the most popular Android anti-virus software and have discovered that …
Google Glass hacked, could be used for spying
The advent of Google Glass – the Augmented reality, head-mounted display that looks like a pair of glasses (albeit a little more high-tech) and allows users to access …
A primer on Bitcoin risks and threats
Bitcoin is a digital currency whose creation and transfer is based on an open source cryptographic protocol. There are many benefits to using it (no transaction fees, …
FinFisher spy kit’s C&C servers are popping up around the world
Some two months ago, Reporters Without Borders have identified UK-based Gamma International as one of the “enemies of the Internet” due to their FinFisher spyware …
Hackers challenged to crack unhackable secure messaging app
Swiss-based U.K. firm Redact has launched a new app which, they claim, offers a completely secure way of exchanging encrypted messages from iPhone to iPhone and even the …
Fake PayPal “Reset your password” request leads to malware
PayPal customers are being targeted with a fake email impersonating the e-payment service, claiming that their account has been put “on hold” and will stay that …
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