Score one for the good guys. A researcher from BrilliantIT was recently able to figure out how infected computers would connect to EITest’s command and control server, and using that information, was able to bring down their entire network. If you haven’t heard of EITest before, the true significance of that statement might not be
Beware of compromised routers spreading malware. This is according to both Kaspersky Labs and a recently released government report. Using hacked routers to spread malware is nothing new. Security insiders have known about it for years. However, since 2008, the number of instances where routers are being used to push malicious code has been steadily
More often than not, Google is seen as a force for good on the internet. However, in one area in particular, their actions and words haven’t been in alignment, and it’s gotten them in trouble. Here’s Google’s official statement about their YouTube Kids service: “Protecting kids and families has always been a top priority for
If you have an air-gapped computer, you probably think you’re safe. You may think that barring physical access to the machine, no hacker could possibly steal the data on that machine. Unfortunately, you’d be incorrect. Security researchers from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, have discovered a new way of stealing data
If you’re downloading software from the web, be careful. Take the extra step of verifying that you’re on the developer’s website, because the hackers have a new trick up their sleeve. It’s actually a deceptively simple one. Hackers are buying ads on Google and Bing’s search engines, with the links in their ads pointing to
Panera Bread company is the latest to find itself in hot water. Recently, security researcher Dylan Houlihan discovered that the company had failed to encrypt (or otherwise protect) a file containing usernames, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and loyalty account numbers for a staggering thirty-seven million of its customers. The file was found stored
The bad news just doesn’t seem to stop where Intel and the Speectre vulnerability are concerned. The latest bit of news comes directly from Intel, as the company admits that it’s just not possible to address the Spectre vulnerability in some of its older hardware. This means that nine families of chips and more than
Microsoft recently made small but significant changes to its Office 365 subscription service and to OneDrive, which are often used in tandem. The goal is to make it easier for users whose files have been encrypted by ransomware (or otherwise corrupted) to recover them. The most significant of the changes is a new button that
First it was 55 million. Then 77 million. Now, it’s 2.2 billion, or pretty much every user on Facebook. That’s how many people should assume that their public profile information has been scraped. The conversation began when it came to light that Cambridge Analytica (a political research firm) had misused Facebook’s search function to scrap
Delta Airlines and Sears Corporation have both been notified of a data breach that has exposed the credit card information of some 100,000 Sears customers and “hundreds of thousands” of Delta customers. Neither Delta nor Sears were breached directly. A live chat service called [24]7 (used by both companies), was breached, allowing access to Sears