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Geo-specific FLocker Ransomware Infects SmartTVs
News June 16, 2016
FLocker ransomware has been found infecting users’ smartTVs, but there is a fix. When FLocker ransomware was first uncovered back in the spring of last year, Android phone consumers were warned about its potential for harm. But new findings from Trend Micro have discovered one of FLocker’s 7,000 variants... Read more
SEC Hires Cybersecurity Expert
News June 14, 2016
The SEC has brought on an expert in cybersecurity to advise its director and enact strict policies to prevent crime. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is the arm of the government charged with overseeing the buying and selling of securities. They’re charged with the oversight of major-name players... Read more
Data breaches…the gift that keeps on giving. At least, that’s the way Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has been experiencing them lately. Thanks to (probably) the 2012 LinkedIn hacking event, the social media creation whiz had three of his online accounts breached. How does that add up? Data that was... Read more
A Russian Hacker gang that used advanced malware that security software struggled to detect to gain access to its victims bank accounts, has been caught and arrested, according to several news reports. In what is believed to be Russia’s largest ever arrest of hackers in one operation, Russian law enforcement... Read more
TeamViewer Insists There Was No Hacking
News June 7, 2016
When news of a data breach occurs, typically the company whose information was hacked issues a statement to the effect of an ongoing cybersecurity investigation, informs the affected users, and offers up whatever legal reparations are required, such as credit monitoring or free copies of the victims’ credit reports.... Read more
It’s always a nice feeling to power up a new laptop or notebook for the first time. The machine boots in no time, the desktop isn’t cluttered with 18 months’ worth of stuff, and everything just works. There’s also that really nice feeling knowing that the laptop is clean... Read more
As this story broke it was hard to know just who was in anyone’s professional network, especially if you haven’t changed your LinkedIn password in the last 4 years. This is the news that more than one hundred million LinkedIn login ids, complete with passwords are apparently being advertised... Read more
In one of the most high-profile “make the government look inept” cases in recent history, the FBI managed to break into a suspect’s iPhone. Correction: the FBI managed to scrape together enough money to pay a foreign firm to break into the phone. Now, after spending a reported $1.4... Read more
Oculus Rift Responds To News Of Hacking
News April 15, 2016
When the word “hacker” worms its way into the headlines, it’s usually bad news for somebody, often in the form of a data breach or multi-million victim identity theft event. (Admittedly, it’s also sometimes news that the FBI can’t get into an iPhone 5.) But the reality of most... Read more
Uber Wants You To Hack Its System
News March 28, 2016
As the world of white hat hackers has proven, you don’t have to be a jerk just because you have mad skills with a computer. Hacktivists and white hats have already done life-changing work for companies, government agencies, and even law enforcement. Private corporations have often invited hackers to... Read more
Locky Rides Crest Of Global Ransomware Surge
News March 14, 2016
Tech security firms have warned that the world’s array of internet connected devices are currently in the midst of a massive surge in the number ransomware attacks being distributed via junk mail. This latest escalation in attempted cybercrime is mostly being blamed on the sudden rise of a new... Read more
F-35 Radar: Have You Tried Turning It On And Off Again?
News March 10, 2016
The US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, beset by problems and setbacks since its inception back in 2001, has run into yet another problem with some of its on-board software. At more than a trillion dollars and what sometimes seems like a trillion glitches, and a trillion bad headlines, the... Read more
No, it’s true, they really did. Why? Beats the hell out of me…. This is the news that all Locally stored data on Amazon Fire devices using the latest Fire OS is no longer encrypted, and hasn’t been since last year. Anyone upgrading a Kindle Fire, or any Fire OS... Read more
Ercan Findikoglu, the Turkish born bank hacker allegedly behind the theft of millions of dollars has pleaded guilty in a US court, and could now face a jail term of more than fifty years. Between 2010 and 2013 the man is believed to have coordinated three advanced cybercrime campaigns... Read more
LastPass Update Encrypts Your Online Logins
ProductivitySoftware Reviews February 26, 2016
You know you’re supposed to be doing it, but it’s just such a bother, isn’t it? All that typing and the memorizing and the keeping it all straight…it’s such a hassle. Unfortunately, that’s the all-too-common sentiment behind most internet users and their reluctance to create strong, unique passwords. Heck,... Read more
In a highly publicized incident that (at the time) seemed to divide the country on a number of public issues, Syed Rizwan Farook entered a holiday party last December and opened fire, killing fourteen and wounding 21 others; he and his wife (who is also suspected of being part... Read more
Hacking The Fortress Of Antivirus Software
News January 25, 2016
Your computer is only as safe as the antivirus software you put in place. What happens when those protections are hacked? As any good 13th century Viking horde knows, you can’t pillage the town without breaking through the village’s defenses, which often started with a giant stone wall and... Read more
Ad blocking software usage in the US grew by 48% last year alone. Advertising is an everyday fact of life on the internet, but more and more users are using ad blocking software to evade seeing them at all. From the perspective of a web publisher, you can probably... Read more