Zeljka Zorz
Flame abused Windows Update to spread
You have probably already heard that Microsoft released an out-of-band update that revokes three rogue certificates that were used to sign a couple of modules of the recently …
Win8’s AV will kick in after other solutions stop working
Last week, McAfee shared the findings of a year-long project that revealed that some 17 percent of all the tested PCs around the globe had either no AV software installed or …
Apple publishes iOS security guide
Apple has a reputation for being extremely reticent when it comes to discussing security in public – so much so that most of the security features their devices sport …
UGNazi attack 4chan, CloudFlare
Visitors to 4chan have recently been automatically redirected to the Twitter account of hacker group UGNazi, and an investigation into the matter revealed that the attack has …
Over-55s pick stronger passwords than youngsters
Despite the often repeated recommendations by security experts, most users regularly fail to choose strong enough passwords. Joseph Bonneau, a computer scientist and …
Some Flame modules were signed with rogue Microsoft certificates
While investigating the recently unearthed Flame (SkyWiper) toolkit, Microsoft’s researchers have made an unwelcome discovery. “We have discovered through our …
Ex MI5 chief gets her laptop stolen at airport
The former Director-General of UK’s internal security service MI5 has had her laptop stolen at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday. Dame Stella Rimington, who …
IE10 will have “Do Not Track” on by default
As Microsoft released the preview of the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, news that in Windows 8 the browser will be sending a “Do Not Track” signal …
Spying version of Iranian anti-censorship software found
A compromised variant of Simurgh – a stand-alone proxy software for Microsoft Windows that has been heavily used by Iranians to get around censorship since 2009, and is …
Is Flame something that we should worry about?
Much has been said and written in the last few days since the initial discovery of the so-called Flame (SkyWiper) toolkit. Security researchers have split in two camps: those …
Tiny but deadly banking Trojan discovered
The discovery of a new banking Trojan by the researchers working for CSIS Security Group has proved that a piece of malware doesn’t have to be big and complex to get the …
FBI warns of joint threat by ransomware and banking Trojan
The combination of the Citadel banking Trojan and Reveton ransomware that Trusteer warned about at the beginning of May is apparently still targeting users. So much so, that …
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