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Almost 1,000 Online Stores Under Attack from GiftGhostBot Botnet

24th March 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                                         A botnet specialized in gift card fraud is using the infrastructure of nearly 1,000 websites to check the balance of several types of electronic gift cards in order to defraud legitimate card owners.   Distil… Continue reading Almost 1,000 Online Stores Under Attack from GiftGhostBot Botnet

Windows Zero-Day Exploited by AdGholas, Neutrino EK

By Eduard Kovacs on March 24, 2017   One of the Windows zero-day vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft this month has been exploited by cybercriminals since last summer, Trend Micro said on Friday. Microsoft fixed many vulnerabilities with the March 2017 Patch Tuesday updates, including three flaws that had been exploited in the wild before patches… Continue reading Windows Zero-Day Exploited by AdGholas, Neutrino EK

WikiLeaks Vault 7: CIA Infects “Factory Fresh” iPhones

Other projects refer to Macs being infected via a modified firmware on an Apple Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet adaptor                                      Mar 23, 2017 15:56 GMT  ·  By Gabriela Vatu   Vault 7 revelations are back via WikiLeaks, and it seems that iPhones are the center of attention this time as documents reveal that the CIA has… Continue reading WikiLeaks Vault 7: CIA Infects “Factory Fresh” iPhones

Security Improvements Make Android More Attractive to Business

By Kevin Townsend on March 23, 2017                        Google Outlines State of Android Security With 2016 Year In Review Report Accepting Android as a staff BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) option has always been tempered by security officers’ understanding that it is less secure than iOS. In the last year, Google has made serious… Continue reading Security Improvements Make Android More Attractive to Business

Shielding MAC addresses from stalkers is hard and Android fails miserably at it

Only an estimated 6% of Android phones randomize MACs, and they do it poorly.                                       Dan Goodin – 3/23/2017   In early 2015, architects of Google’s Android mobile operating system introduced a new feature that was intended to curtail the real-time tracking of smartphones as their users traversed… Continue reading Shielding MAC addresses from stalkers is hard and Android fails miserably at it

From ZDNet: LastPass hit by password stealing and code execution vulnerabilities

Found out about this from Virginia Tech tech support Google Group:   http://www.zdnet.com/article/lastpass-hit-by-password-stealing-and-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ Take a look at the best antivirus, anti-malware, anti-spy, etc. software Powered by WPeMatico

Error prone, insecure, inevitable: Say hello to today's facial recog tech

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a database with every human visage                             22 Mar 2017 at 19:45, Thomas Claburn   Facial recognition technology represents a valuable, and likely inevitable, method of identification for cops and Feds. Unfortunately, it’s largely unregulated, error prone, and insecure.   During a hearing held… Continue reading Error prone, insecure, inevitable: Say hello to today's facial recog tech

The Next Big Thing for Android Malware Is “Plugin Frameworks”

March 22nd 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                                    Android malware is evolving, and a clear trend has become visible in the past six months, with several malware strains implementing their malicious behavior via plugin frameworks.   DroidPlugin, Parallel Space, and VirtualApp are the names… Continue reading The Next Big Thing for Android Malware Is “Plugin Frameworks”

Citadel Botnet Author Pleads Guilty

Well wanted some good news, well this is better than nothing.   By Ionut Arghire on March 22, 2017   A Russian national has pleaded guilty in a United States court to charges related to the development and distribution of the Citadel malware.   Mark Vartanyan, who has been going by the hacker name of… Continue reading Citadel Botnet Author Pleads Guilty

99 Percent Of People Couldn’t Ace Pew’s Online Security Quiz

The majority of people couldn’t even get a passing grade, and with cybersecurity, ignorance isn’t bliss   By Allee Manning March 22nd, 2017   After discovering that many Americans are failing to do the things they need to do in order to avoid being hacked in January, Pew Research Center  is now able to tell us just… Continue reading 99 Percent Of People Couldn’t Ace Pew’s Online Security Quiz