Senior Security Researcher Jérôme Segura found significant threats last week. On one hand, there was a fake Google Chrome update that drops a…
Month: February 2015
The Facts about Botnets
What is a botnet? Although not malware themselves and originally even designed to be helpful, botnets are currently considered the biggest…
Get the Drop on…Dead Drops
I’ve always been fascinated by the occasional mashup of security and art, and the last few years have given us some great examples. In…
Gamers Targeted with Fake In-Game Comms Apps
Playing games online with your friends can lead to frustration where teamwork and coordination are concerned – if you’re not paired…
Logging In and Captcha
What is Captcha? CAPTCHA (“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is one of the annoyances that…
HanJuan EK fires third Flash Player 0day
A new Adobe Flash zero-day, the third one this year so far, has been found in the wild via drive-by download…
Google Chrome update Spam drops CTB Locker/Critroni Ransomware
Beware of emails appearing to come from Google warning you that “Your version of Google Chrome is potentially vulnerable and out…
10 tips to maintain an online presence in a privacy-hostile world
Online privacy is such a hot topic these days due in large part to the recent revelations about the NSA which…
Safe Practices with Your Mobile Device
After weeks of tortuous waiting to get your new Android device, it’s finally here! You immediately plug it in, power it up,…