In perhaps a bit of irony, the humor website cracked.com was flagged by Google’s Safe Browsing Technology. Cracked.com is a website…
Month: November 2013
Ransomware demands additional payment to delete ‘criminal records’
Back in July 2013, we had discovered a new method of spreading the infamous FBI ransomware by using JavaScript code and iframes…
Bitcoins, Pools and Thieves
Bitcoin started out as a digital currency, free from duplication and free from centralization and assumed, free from organized crime. However…
Microsoft 0-Days: An Explanation and Safety Tips
[Update]: Microsoft has announced it will issue a patch for the newly discovered IE zero day tomorrow as part of the…
A nefarious use of Google Drive to load malicious redirects
A lesser known aspect of the popular cloud storage Google Drive is its built-in site publishing feature that allows you to…
Sourceforge Drives off Downloads, Ask why
Are we are starting to see the beginning of an exodus away from SourceForge as a hosting solution for software projects?…
Security: Finding the balance
Finding the balance between security and ease of use. A computer system, or almost anything else for that matter, can never…
New DoS Tool Discovered, Aimed at Healthcare.gov
As plenty of news coverage surrounding the technical difficulties on the Obamacare website continues, a new Denial of Service (DoS) tool…
Android Trojan gets an update
The Android Trojan Svpeng, first reported by Kaspersky, has some new functionality and is now capable of phishing and stealing banking…
Hacked and Unpacked: The Piratebox
Some time ago I showcased the Wi-Fi pineapple, a small portable Wi-Fi access point modified with a custom firmware to be used as…