Potentially Unwanted Programs or PUPs as we like to call them, are things like Toolbars, Search Agents, etc. Unnecessary junk for…
Month: November 2013
TeamSpeak’s Brazilian forum compromised, redirects to malware
Our honeypots discovered a compromise on TeamSpeak‘s, a company specializing in high-quality voice communication over the Internet, Brazilian forum. The exploit…
Stuxnet: new light through old windows
Very few pieces of malware have garnered the same kind of worldwide attention as Stuxnet – the computer worm used as…
Gmail Security Flaw Allows for Password Theft
Security researcher Oren Hafif recently uncovered a vulnerability that tricks Gmail users into giving away their passwords. Walking through the Account…
Snoopy LG, smart TV spies on you.
A UK blogger known as DoctorBeet reported his LG smart TV apparently collecting usage information, in effect spying on him, under the guise…
Carriers block Samsung’s mobile device ‘kill switch’
According to the FCC one in three robberies involve a smartphone, costing consumers billions of dollars—not to mention the headache of…
Tracking the Locker
If you are reading this blog, chances are that you’ve been bombarded with news and information about the infamous, Cryptolocker for…
vBulletin team denies claim of new zero-day in its forum software
A security breach involving the makers of the popular forum software vBulletin was announced late last week. According to their statement,…
Streaming Netflix on your PC? Beware of Silverlight exploit
A vulnerability affecting Microsoft Silverlight 5 is live and infecting PCs that visit compromised or malicious websites. Developed by Microsoft, Silverlight is a framework…
PIN Skimmer wants to know where you’re looking
Mobile devices have become targets for malware and researchers alike, the latest news is on how our devices can be exploited…