Month: September 2017

Choosing the right antivirus software can be a tough task. Especially considering the wide range of security attacks our PC(s) are being subjected to these days. Whether you should go for high-end products? How efficient are antivirus products which offer free antivirus protection? Should you get the opinion of that geek buddy of yours? As… Continue reading Selecting The Right Antivirus Software

By Travis Greene on September 27, 2017 It’s been 22 years since Sandra Bullock struggled to reclaim her identity from cyber-terrorists in The Net, a movie that opened our eyes to the risks of digital identity theft way ahead of its time. Just as this movie shed light on identity theft, massive breaches of personally… Continue reading Can Our Identities Ever be Reclaimed?

By Kevin Townsend on September 27, 2017   Researchers from the University at Buffalo SUNY, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University have proposed a novel new continuous user authentication method using cardiac motion (a heart-based function determined by users’ unique heart geometry). Their paper, ‘Cardiac Scan: A Non-Contact and… Continue reading Researchers Use Heart Rhythms for Continuous Authentication

By Ionut Arghire on September 19, 2017   Two point of sale (POS) malware families have been abusing thousands of publicly accessible ElasticSearch nodes for command and control (C&C) purposes, Kromtech security researchers warn.   Malicious files discovered on the ElasticSearch deployments referenced to the AlinaPOS and JackPOS malware families, which are well known for their… Continue reading POS Malware Abuses Exposed ElasticSearch Nodes for C&C

September 27th, 2017 By Alex Hern   Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate money   The Pirate Bay posted in mid-September that code was ‘just a test’. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo   With the continuing collapse in online advertising revenues,… Continue reading Ads don’t work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills

By Ionut Arghire on September 27, 2017   A high risk security vulnerability that could be exploited to escalate privileges has been patched in Linux kernel after being initially discovered more than two years ago.   Discovered by Qualys Research Labs, the bug affects all Linux distributions that have not fixed their long-term kernels after… Continue reading Two-Year Old Vulnerability Patched in Linux Kernel

September 26, 2017   Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with nearly 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. states, has acknowledged a breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems. The ongoing breach may have led to a fire sale on millions of stolen credit and debit card accounts that are now being peddled in shadowy… Continue reading Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Credit, Debit Cards

September 26, 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu     A Google security researcher has published proof-of-concept code for a vulnerability that can be exploited remotely via a WiFi connection to take over iPhone 7 handsets.   “The exploit gains code execution on the Wi-Fi firmware on the iPhone 7,” says Gal Beniamini, a member of the… Continue reading Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code Published for Remote iPhone 7 WiFi Hack

September 26, 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu     In a move that’s bound to rock the DDoS mitigation industry, Cloudflare announced yesterday its intention to offer DDoS protection at no extra costs during a DDoS attack’s peak.   This is a very bold move as most DDoS mitigation firms make a large chunk of their… Continue reading Cloudflare Now Provides Unmetered DDoS Mitigation Without Extra Costs

Worth a read if you use Social Media.   The dating app knows me better than I do, but these reams of intimate information are just the tip of the iceberg. What if my data is hacked – or sold?   September 26, 2017  By Judith Duportail   At 9.24pm (and one second) on the… Continue reading I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets