Archive for the 'Security' Category

US Department of Homeland Security decided to hack gaming consoles, such as Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis. Also US Navy paid $180,000 to Obscure Technologies, to hack the encryption of personal data on the consoles. According to this contract, US government wants hardware and software tools that could extract data from gaming systems. More...

If compared with January, February and March were much easier for PC users because of the clear drop in Multi-name rogues. Well known for Win 7 Internet Security 2012, this family of viruses is exceptional for the ability to change its parasites' names according to the OS it finds on the target PC. Our researchers claim that these scams have been massively spreading on January through fake updates and free system scanners but now they seem to be gone for good. More...

There are numerous users on the Internet who report about the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCEU) scam warning that blocked their entire computer. The reason of doing this is really simple – cyber frauds, responsible for letting this malware into the wild, expect their victims to share some money with them. This new way of trying to trick users includes the alert that pretends to be displayed by Police Central e-crime Unit (UK’s Metropolitan Police). More...

Once again, cyber criminals have been found to use Google name for illegal purposes. This time GFI security researchers warn us about the 'Google antivirus' software that has been found to be pushed with a help of popular websites illegally set to redirect visitors to phony websites offering antivirus services. In reality it's a Trojan. More...

As it has been expected, malware makers have actively started using mobile area for increasing their business. According to the latest data, mobile malware business has increased by 155 percent when compared to 2010. The most popular area of developing viruses, trojans and other malware remains Android OS. More...

As the Websense ThreatSeeker Network claims, some of the well known rogue anti-spywares are using new ways of distribution. This fresh wave of mass-injections has been found to be directed against websites that are hosted by the Wordpress content management system. According to the latest news, more than 200. More...

Security experts warn about new installation methods Mac malware called Flashback has been found to be using at the moment. For getting on the target systems, this version of Flashback uses two sneaky methods: it actively works on exploiting security vulnerabilities or deploys a Java Applet for that. This Java Applet is designed to look like a legitimate Java version that has been already certified by Apple. More...

It has been recently revealed that Pokemon Yellow game, actively distributed on the Apple's App store, is bogus. Though there were numerous notes clearly complaining about its problems and crashes, the first one who paid a closer look at this game and finally reported it for Apple was blogger Brian Ashcroft. He saw more problems with this app, not only the fact that this app was released by a third-party developer Home of Anime but not by Nintendo. More...

Google Wallet is the credit card payment system that has been recently launched by Google. Based on Near Field Communication (NFC), this system is said to have some serious advantages over physical credit cards we normally use because it allows for its users pay for their purchases only by entering the pin on the phone in the store. This system is available only in the United States now. More...

'Watch out!' says The Verge. According to the story published on this website, some models of Trendnet home security cameras have a security vulnerability helping for attackers to bypass password authentication and reach thousands of personal IP cameras. For that, they have simply been using a special code revealed after some closer looks at Trendnet firmware or by simply searching on the web for the pages that collect open devices. More...