Zeljka Zorz
Chinese hackers behind espionage attacks hitting Western oil firms?
Hackers have targeted five international oil companies and have extracted sensitive corporate information about oil- and gas-field operations, project financing and bidding, …
2-step authentication finally available to Google’s non-paying customers
Google’s corporate users have had the option of using two-factor (two-step) authentication for nearly five months now, and the time has finally come for non-paying …
HBGary breach revelations and repercussions
A few days ago, the Internet group Anonymous downed security firm HBGary’s website and breached its networks, downloading a serious amount of confidential information …
Credit score checking app triggers Trojan download
The main reason people get scammed and/or their computer infected online is because they can’t contain their curiosity, and that is precisely the thing on which the …
iPhones and iPads reveal passwords regardless of passcode protection
Losing your iPhone or iPad equals having your passwords compromised – even if the device is protected with a passcode. The results of an experiment conducted by Jens …
400,000 e-mail addresses stolen in Irish job website breach
Names and e-mail addresses of some 400,000 job seekers have been harvested by hackers who have breached the RecruitIreland.com site and its systems. The site has been taken …
Unregulated mobile app markets are a godsend to malware developers
It’s basic economics – as the number of sold smartphones continues to rise worldwide, so will the number of threats targeting the users of these devices. One of …
List of top e-threats points to computer use trends
BitDefender issued its monthly top 10 list of e-threats, which offers some insight into security and computer use trends. The list (for January) is as follows: 1. …
Facebook survey scam toolkit lowers entry bar for scammers
If you have been wondering about the recent proliferation of survey scams on Facebook and thinking to yourself how is it possible that so many people to know how to develop …
Stalker targets Zuckerberg through Facebook
Facebook wouldn’t be so popular if it wasn’t so useful, easy to use and fun, but as with everything else in this world, there are downsides to its use – most …
Facebook secure browsing option thwarted
If you were one of those people who jumped at the secure browsing option offered by Facebook a couple of weeks ago, you might be surprised to know that if you allowed a …
US legislators targeted by identity thieves and account hijackers
Facebook accounts of four Missouri state representatives and one staffer have been compromised and sporting mortifying messages. The interviewed affected politicians – …