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Just looking? ISPs are watching you browse
You are being watched. From everything you ask Alexa to all your emails and passwords: If you don’t encrypt your traffic, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can potentially see all of it. What’s...
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Bad apples? Malware bites Mac and iOS
Apple devices are immune to malware. That's the prevailing wisdom, and oft-repeated by those who own iPhones, iPads or Mac laptops as a way to offset restrictive application policies enforced by the t...
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Hackers make unsweet music with Spin.com redirection
On 27 October security researchers at Symantec discovered that Spin.com was redirecting visitors to the Rig exploit kit, via an injected iframe. Visitors to the popular music news and reviews website...
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BlackEnergy malware plug-ins run rampant
Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team last week published an interesting report detailing the crimeware turned cyber espionage tool BlackEnergy. First identified several years ago, Bla...
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The criminal’s cloak: Bitcoin’s new role in ransomware
There’s a tradition in policing, popularized by All The President’s Men – to expose criminal activity, you follow the money. After all, it’s money that motivates the vast majority of crime, pa...
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Hungry for change: Citizens bite back at Internet tax
Think your Internet is expensive? It might be — according to the New America Foundation, you could easily pay $70 a month in New York or up to $150 in Tennessee for 20 Mbps download speeds. But you ...
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Backoff, malware! POS problem won't leave well enough alone
Visited a Dairy Queen lately and paid with your credit or debit card? If so, it's possible your personal information was stolen by the Backoff POS malware — and yes, that's the same malware responsi...
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Malware infects MS Office: Like you needed another reason to hate PowerPoint
“Death by PowerPoint” — it's a common refrain from office workers inundated by one lifeless slideshow after another, desperately wishing a nap in the board room wouldn't be noticed. But now ther...
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Sick and tired: Ebola malware making the rounds
What are your chances of contracting Ebola, the awful haemorrhagic fever spreading through West Africa? Despite recent media coverage the answer is extremely low since the virus isn't airborne. As a r...
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Unsuspecting Android users could find malware wrapped in image files
Researchers have discovered a new technique which could allow malicious apps to be delivered to unsuspecting Android users via image files. Fortinet malware researcher Axelle Apvrille and Corkami reve...
