Zeljka Zorz
Cisco disrupts major ransomware campaign that brought in $30M annually
“Cisco researchers, with the help of Level 3 Threat Research Labs and OpenDNS, have managed to strike a considerable blow against ransomware peddlers that used the …
Nuclear facilities are wide open to cyber attacks
You would think that, given the potential disastrous consequences of a successful hack, the computer systems and networks of nuclear facilities would be better secured agains …
Millions affected by Scottrade brokerage breach that dates back two years
Missouri-based retail brokerage firm Scottrade has suffered a breach nearly two years ago, but they are only notifying their customers about it now, because they only found …
Car hacking via compromised car diagnostic tools
Car hacking is a topic that has received considerable attention from security researchers in the last year or so, and the general public and (hopefully) lawmakers are finally …
Advertising malware affects non-jailbroken iOS devices
“YiSpecter is infecting iOS devices belonging to Chinese and Taiwanese users, and is the first piece of malware that successfully targets both jailbroken and …
Personal info of 15 million T-Mobile USA customers stolen in Experian breach
Personal information of some 15 million T-Mobile US customers and applicants has been stolen by hackers who managed to breach several Experian servers. The credit agency …
New, improved Ghost Push variants continue to target Android users
“The danger of apps Trojanized with Ghost Push malware is far from over – according to Trend Micro researchers, the number of variants of the hard-to-remove …
Fake PayPal app is going after German users’ banking credentials
An email spam run impersonating PayPal is actively targeting German Android users and trying to trick them into downloading what is ostensibly the official PayPal app, but is …
Unexpectedly benevolent malware improves security of routers, IoT devices
At this point in time, the existence of a botnet comprising of tens of thousands of compromised routers and other IoT devices is not news. Nevertheless, this latest one mapped …
Stagefright 2.0: A billion Android devices could be compromised
Most Android users are, once again, in danger of having their devices compromised by simply previewing specially crafted MP3 or MP4 files.Zimperium researchers, who were the …
Apple releases OS X El Capitan, patches passcode loophole in iOS
Yesterday Apple released OS X 10.11 El Capitan to end users. With it, the company concentrated more on performance and security instead on new features.Among the security …
Compromising Macs with simple Gatekeeper bypass
Patrick Wardle, director of research at security firm Synack, has discovered a worryingly simple way to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper defense mechanism: just bundle up a …