This “You have a virus” page caught my eye today, drawing as it does on multiple tech sources to try (and sort…
Year: 2016
In March, the website of the Transmission torrent client was hacked, and a maliciously-altered copy of Transmission was uploaded in place…
Last week, we talked about a Facebook phishing campaign, another technical support scam (this time with Chrome tricks up their sleeves),…
We talked to Steven Burn (aka MysteryFCM), the lead of our Web Protection team and owner of hpHosts, and asked him…
Update (04/12/2017): The INRIA has a tool to fingerprint browser extensions and detect other other browser leaks.Update (03/17/2017): Microsoft patched CVE-2017-0022, reported by…
The website for popular fine Chinese cuisine “Mr Chow” restaurants has been hacked and is redirecting visitors to ransomware. This is not the first…
Four months ago, Sony announced that it will be beefing up the security of its PlayStation gaming platform by introducing two-factor…
Here’s a Facebook phish which uses the incredibly old technique of blurring the supposed page underneath the login prompt. This is…
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NSCA), a nonprofit organization that promotes the public awareness on cyber security, has released the results…
Tech support scams coming as phishing pages that contain fake alerts urging you to call for immediate assistance are common place these days….