- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 20th, 2014
BitTorrent Creator Working on Tool That Hides Secrets in Inconspicuous Files
Bram Cohen is collaborating with a team from Stanford on the project
- Weekly Roundup
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 19th, 2014
Security Brief: POS Malware, Sabu’s Sentencing, RedHack Attacks, Hacked Fridges
The main stories between January 13 and January 19, 2014
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 18th, 2014
Romanian Cybercriminals Launch “Decebal” POS Malware Written in VBScript
The threat is not detected by any of the antivirus engines from VirusTotal
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 18th, 2014
Android Vulnerability Can Be Exploited to Capture Data of VPN Users
Security researchers from the Ben Gurion University have reported their findings to Google
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 18th, 2014
17-Year-Old Russian Said to Be the Creator of the Malware Used in Target Attack
He sold his creation to cybercriminals and the owners of underground card shops
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 17th, 2014
Trojan Disguised as Legitimate Applications Uses Infected PCs to Mine Litecoins
Researchers from Doctor Web have analyzed the malware
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 17th, 2014
Hackers Stole 11 Gb of Customer Information from Target’s Systems
Seculert researchers have investigated the cyber attack
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 17th, 2014
At Least One Smart Refrigerator Used in Massive Cyberattack
100,000 devices used to send out 750,000 malicious emails
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Cybercriminals Are Distributing Malware with Fake Flash Player Served from SkyDrive
A large number of websites from Germany are being abused in this attack
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Wickr Offers $100,000 / €73,000 for Vulnerabilities That Expose User Data
Anonymous submissions are not accepted, but even kids can participate
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Serious Security Holes Found in Starbucks iOS App
A security researcher published his findings after being ignored by the company
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Flaws in EE’s BrightBox Router Expose WPA Keys, Passwords and ISP User Credentials
Security researcher Scott Helme is the one who found the vulnerabilities
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
POS Malware Made by Russians and Ukrainians Might Have Been Used in Target Breach
The attack on Target started with a compromised web server
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 15th, 2014
Android Gamers Targeted with Trojanized Version of Minecraft PE
The rogue version of the game is designed to send SMSs to premium rate numbers
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 14th, 2014
Website of Major Japanese Publisher Hacked, Visitors Directed to Gongda Exploit Kit
Victims' computers were infected with information-stealing malware
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 14th, 2014
Georgia Tech to Help US DoE Detect Cyberattacks on Utility Companies
GTRI has been awarded a $1.7 million (€1.2 million) contract
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 14th, 2014
Icefog Cybercriminals Use Java Backdoor to Target US Organizations
Researchers found an interesting piece of malware after the bad guys shut down operations