Zeljka Zorz
Fake tsunami news report leads to malware
Fake news about celebrity deaths and impending natural disasters are often employed by online scammers and malware peddlers aiming to trick users into clicking on malicious …
FreeBSD infrastructure breached, third-party packages potentially affected
The FreeBSD team has announced over the weekend that two machines within the FreeBSD.org cluster have been compromised and have been consequently pulled offline for analysis. …
PoC malware for remote hijacking of USB smart readers
Researchers from malware.lu, a Luxembourg-based malware analysis and incident response team, have created proof-of-concept malware that allows attackers to gain access to and …
German police warns about Android banking Trojans
Following a string of complaints about fraudulent cash withdrawals, the Berlin Police Department has issued a warning (via Google Translate) for all Android users, telling …
Windows 8 vulnerable to 15% of most popular malware
As users start to (very) slowly adopt the newly released Windows 8, researchers are intent on finding out whether the new OS version is more secure than the previous ones. A …
Opera homepage spotted redirecting visitors to Blackhole kit
If you are an Opera user who hasn’t changed the browser homepage or has visited Opera’s Portal homepage (portal.opera.com) on Wednesday, you might want to check …
Adobe shutters forum site following breach and data leak
Adobe has confirmed that the records leaked on Tuesday by an Egyptian hackers were part of a database containing user information and login credentials for Connectusers.com, a …
Spoofed Better Business Bureau email leads to malware
A massive spam campaign impersonating the Better Business Bureau is currently hitting inboxes around the world. The emails urges users to check out a report and to respond to …
Curiosity-piquing Twitter DM leads to double threat
A double threat has been aimed at Twitter users as Direct Messages carrying a Facebook link and the question “what on earth could you be doing in our movie?” are …
Skype fixes account hijacking vulnerability
Skype has temporarily disabled its password reset function while it was investigating reports about a vulnerability that has been misused to hijack users’ accounts, but …
Should Windows 8 users be worried about ransomware?
Does ransomware designed for Windows 7 and older versions of the OS work on the newly released Windows 8? Symantec researchers took it upon themselves to answer that question …
Testing proves advice on keeping computers safe is sound
Amid the often repeated advice about how to keep your computer and yourself safe from malware and criminals spreading it there are some real gold nuggets, as the German …