Major Server Ring Distributing Malware Taken Down
01-May-2018
Score one for the good guys. A researcher from BrilliantIT was recently able to figure out how infected computers would connect to EITest’s command and control server, and using…
Hacked Routers Being Used To Spread Malware
28-April-2018
Beware of compromised routers spreading malware. This is according to both Kaspersky Labs and a recently released government report.
Using hacked routers to spread malware is nothing new. Security insiders…
Google Wants Children Watching YouTube Kids App
27-April-2018
More often than not, Google is seen as a force for good on the internet. However, in one area in particular, their actions and words haven’t been in alignment,…
Can Computer Data Be Stolen Through Power Lines?
26-April-2018
If you have an air-gapped computer, you probably think you’re safe. You may think that barring physical access to the machine, no hacker could possibly steal the data on…
Panera Bread Customer Accounts Exposed To Threats
24-April-2018
Panera Bread company is the latest to find itself in hot water. Recently, security researcher Dylan Houlihan discovered that the company had failed to encrypt (or otherwise protect) a…
No Spectre Fix For Certain Intel Processors
23-April-2018
The bad news just doesn’t seem to stop where Intel and the Speectre vulnerability are concerned. The latest bit of news comes directly from Intel, as the company admits…
Credit Card Breach Hits Two Large Companies
19-April-2018
Delta Airlines and Sears Corporation have both been notified of a data breach that has exposed the credit card information of some 100,000 Sears customers and “hundreds of thousands”…
Apple May Soon Say Goodbye To Intel Chips
18-April-2018
Rumors have been circulating for years that Apple has plans in the works to cut Intel and their chips out of the equation, in preference for using their own…
21 Percent Of Internet Traffic Riddled With Bad Bots
13-April-2018
How much of your website’s traffic is driven by bots? The answer may surprise you. Overall, bots account for nearly half of all web traffic. The “good” bots account…
Alexa Now Makes It Easy To Donate To Charity
11-April-2018
Amazon has made a small but significant change to its Alexa service, which now makes it possible to donate to charity by issuing voice commands.
So far, there are 48…