Think again, for Macs are once again in the sights of hackers who may have lost taste of Windows based pc’s for now. Attacks are being reported and Apple has been forced to issue an update to their initial set of definitions to combat the series of brute force attacks. Attacks normally enter through the [...]
San Francisco transit Authority Police used a tactic that was meant to disrupt hooligans from organizing flash mobs by turning off cell sites along their routes to discourage attendance. In response, hackers have flooded the transit authorities web sites with attacks that have disrupted communications to some extent but have turned out to be more [...]
A hacker’s ring that has reportedly stolen close to $74 million has been stopped by the US’s FBI. The group used malware in the form of security software/updates that were totally useless except for obtaining personal and banking information from computers which was then used for identity fraud and many other uses. From false advertising [...]
Many say that hacking is restricted to computers and others that function as such like mobiles and tablets. Not anymore, for experts are warning that most if not all of the gadgets we have in a home can be hacked and used for no good should it be necessary. Baby Monitors operate through radio waves [...]
Kraken, the largest botnet (collection of bots that run things automatically) was revealed by researchers. They said that in this network, a total of 400,000 computers are infected by a malware, including computers from 50 Fortune 500 companies. What is disturbing is that, only 20 percent of the computers with the different anti-virus products can [...]
Who would ever think that Symantec and Trend Micro, two of the most well renowned anti-virus companies are having problems in terms of their security’s vulnerability? Symantec discovered that their Decomposer engine actually has flaws and it affects some of their products such as Microsoft Exchange, Mail Security and their anti-virus for storages attached to [...]
The ever present Ruby-based micro-blogging platform, Twitter has again been subject to attack by malware and is so far determined to have affected 20,000 sites. The company has blocked access to infected accounts and are doing their best to restore service after they have been notified of the seemingly innocent link called the “Best Video” [...]
The many flourishing startups that have been catering to the social internet are being caught off-guard by the many evolving threats that are coming out on the internet leaving them very much vulnerable leaving their users to suffer the consequences. The social internet has given birth to several companies who were only too glad to [...]
The internet is a very dangerous place for the uninitiated and with that in mind, news that a new computer without proper security software and updates would last only 15 minutes before it has been infiltrated is an understatement of the true threat. Experts have been warning us of these threats all throughout the history [...]
Before you start shelling out hard-earned cash on buying an anti-virus, we suggest trying out free anti-virus programs first, like Avira Anti-Vir or AVG Anti-Virus. Free anti-virus programs are recommended for casual users who don’t upload or download a lot of data. Of course, anti-virus programs you pay for still offer a lot more protection, [...]