- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 20th, 2015
Some Antivirus Products Detect Superfish Browser Add-On
US CERT warns about the risk posed by the browser component
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 19th, 2015
Lenovo Pushed MitM-Capable Browser Add-On onto Its Products
Superfish auto-generates certificates for SSL connections
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 12th, 2015
Over 60% of Popular Android Mobile Dating Apps Are Vulnerable
Seeking romance can lead to courting from crooks
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 29th, 2015
New Zeus Variant Undetected by Antivirus, Aims at Canada’s Largest Banks
Control panel comes with a Drop form for fast money transfer
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 26th, 2015
7-Year-Old Girl Steals Data from Laptop in Almost 11 Minutes
Open Wi-Fi hotspots are risky, even a child can hack them
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 19th, 2015
Siri’s Voice Could Carry Sensitive Info to an Attacker
Researchers draw attention to steganography-based attacks
- Hacking News
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 13th, 2015
Wall Charger Steals Keystrokes from Microsoft Wireless Keyboards
And it also sends them over the Internet to a remote machine
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 6th, 2015
Fake Google SSL Certificate Used by Gogo In-Flight WiFi Service on Its Customers
Customers' privacy at risk of man-in-the-middle attack
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 21st, 2014
Traffic from Google, Facebook, Twitter, Redirected to Cybercriminals Via New “DoubleDirect” Attack
Latest versions of iOS, Android and OS X are vulnerable
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 4th, 2014
Free Google Tool Shows Network Security Issues
It uses deep packet inspection to detect vulnerable traffic
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 27th, 2014
TOR Exit Server Delivers Malicious Binaries
Comparing the hash file is a good precaution
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 22nd, 2014
Apple Warns Users of Attack Targeting iCloud Site
Security warnings in browsers should not be disregarded
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 20th, 2014
Connecting to iCloud from China Redirects to Bogus Log-In Page
Chinese authorities run nation-wide man-in-the-middle attack
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 15th, 2014
SSL 3.0 Falls in the Face of POODLE Attack, Needs to Be Disabled
Users can disable SSL usage for their web browsers
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 13th, 2014
Retefe Trojan Adds Japanese Banks on Target List
Malware still performs self-delete command
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 3rd, 2014
Mozilla Foils Man-in-the-Middle Attacks in Firefox
Firefox 32 protects against fraudulent digital certificates
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 22nd, 2014
Popular Android Apps Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Issues related to trust managers, certificate verification and ignored SSL errors