- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 4th, 2014
Cybercriminals Hijack Internet Connections by Changing DNS Settings in Routers
300,000 home and small office routers have already been compromised
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 3rd, 2014
Flaw in Yahoo! Suggestions Allowed Hackers to Delete 1.5 Million Posts and Comments
The security researcher who uncovered the vulnerability has published a POC video
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 1st, 2014
Uroburos: Espionage Rootkit Allegedly Created by Russian Intelligence Agency
Security researchers from G Data are the ones who uncovered the threat
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 1st, 2014
Sochi Olympics-Themed Malware Emails Reference Terrorism and Military Cooperation
Symantec has analyzed some of the targeted attacks
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 28th, 2014
Gameover Borrows Kernel-Mode Rootkit from Necurs Malware
Security researchers from Sophos have analyzed the new version
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 28th, 2014
Experts Find Vulnerabilities in RSA Conference 2014 Android Application
The names, companies and titles of all registered users are exposed
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 27th, 2014
1,208 Vulnerabilities Discovered in the 50 Most Popular Applications in 2013
The Secunia Vulnerability Review 2014 has been made available
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 27th, 2014
Fake “Payment Certificate” Notifications Used to Deliver Cross-Platform RAT
Security experts from Symantec say users in the UK and the UAE are targeted
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 27th, 2014
Flaws in Amazon’s Mobile Apps Could Have Been Exploited to Crack Passwords
Amazon has addressed the security holes in its iOS and Android apps
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 27th, 2014
Tilon Malware Was a Side Project of SpyEye Author, Researchers Say
Fox-IT has investigated Tilon after the guilty plea of Aleksandr Andreevich Panin
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 26th, 2014
Viruses Can Spread via Wi-Fi Access Points like the Common Cold, Researchers Show
An experiment has been performed with the Chameleon virus
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 26th, 2014
Bitcoin-Stealing Mac Malware Disguised as Angry Birds Game
OSX/CoinThief is being distributed via torrent websites
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 26th, 2014
Fresh Stash of 360 Million Credentials and 1.25 Billion Email Addresses Uncovered
The data has been stolen from various organizations
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 25th, 2014
Cybercriminals Use Pony Botnet to Steal 700,000 Account Credentials, Virtual Currencies
Researchers from SpiderLabs say most of the data has been stolen from European users
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 24th, 2014
Experts Find Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s EMET
The protections offered in the free tool can be bypassed, researchers warn
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 24th, 2014
Backdoor.AndroidOS.Torec.a: First Tor-Based Trojan for Android
Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted the new threat
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 24th, 2014
Banking Malware Distributed via YouTube Ads
Bromium researchers are working with Google to determine how this may have happened