Zeljka Zorz
Windows 8 will have picture password sign in
As much as security experts would like for it to be otherwise, experience has taught us that no matter how many times some people are lectured on the use of complex passwords, …
Latest spam campaigns delivering the Zbot Trojan
For a while now, fake messages and warnings from USPS, FedEx and DHL about supposedly undelivered packages have been hitting inboxes, and users have been getting wiser about …
Visa probes into potential card processor security breach
Credit card company Visa has announced that it has been informed of a potential data security breach at a European payment processor and that it has mounted an investigation …
How to avoid malware hiding behind QR codes
As the use of QR codes becomes increasingly widespread, users should be aware that they are also becoming an easy way for malware peddlers to spread their malicious wares. …
How to spot fake Android apps
In the wake of the news that Google has again been removing Premium SMS fraudulent apps masquerading as popular games from its the official Android Market, TrendMicro’s …
GlobalSign reports CA infrastructure wasn’t compromised
When the self-styled ComodoHacker – who also claimed responsibility for the DigiNotar hack – boasted that he had access to GlobalSign’s “entire …
Carrier IQ bug did allow some SMS recording
Carrier IQ, the mobile analytics company that has lately been in the midst of a battle to prove that their CarrierIQ software didn’t log private information, has …
Yahoo! Mail now with second sign-in verification
More than a year after Google rolled out 2-factor authentication for its Gmail service, Yahoo! is finally beginning to add the option for its users. Owners of a Yahoo! Account …
Windows Phone 7.5 bug disables messaging option
A bug in the recently released Windows Phone 7.5 mobile OS can be exploited to make people’s phones lose the ability to send messages by cutting access to the messaging …
12 hacking groups are behind most Chinese cyber attacks
Eastern European and Russian hackers mostly steal financial information, while Chinese ones are mainly after intellectual propriety or other sensitive data, say security …
Nitro attackers still at it, mock Symantec
Back at the beginning of November, Symantec researchers made public a report they compiled on a spear phishing campaign carrying a backdoor Trojan that was systematically …
Sykipot Trojan takes advantage of Adobe Reader zero-day flaw
AlienVault Labs researchers have unearthed a piece of malware that takes advantage of the recently discovered zero-day Adobe Reader flaw used for attacking defense …