Zeljka Zorz
Android “Police Locker” ransomware set to attack
Android users might soon become victims of “Police Locker” ransomware, if they haven’t already, warns the researcher behind the Malware don’t need …
Researchers share details about recent IE 0-day exploit and its delivery
Given that Microsoft has closed the Internet Explorer 0-day vulnerability that was exploited to compromise US-based defense and financial firms, the Sourcefire vulnerability …
Researchers debunk severity of OAuth “Covert Redirect” bug
Late last week, a Ph.D. student at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore made the information security world pause for a moment by claiming that he had found a …
Facebook unveils Anonymous Login
At the F8 developers conference on Wednesday, Facebook announced that users will soon be offered the choice to login to third-party apps anonymously. “People tell us …
Beware of “free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0” offers
As soon as the release of a new version of Malwarebytes’ popular AV solution has been announced, cyber crooks and scammers began exploiting the news. Hosted on random …
US bank customers targeted with vishing messages
Customers of a number of US banks have recently been hit by Voice over IP phishing (vishing) attacks orchestrated by eastern European cyber crooks, warns John LaCour, founder …
Microsoft updates IE against latest 0-day, updates also XP
Microsoft has issued an out of band security update to patch the zero day vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer and is being actively exploited in the …
Researcher says traffic control systems can be hacked
Hacking control systems that regulate traffic lights in United States’ big, gridlocked cities is not only possible in action films, but in reality as well, says Cesar …
New Android Trojan spreads like a worm
A new SMS Trojan with worm-like spreading capabilities has been spotted targeting Russian Android users. Dubbed “Samsapo,” the malware can also extract information …
AOL breach confirmed, bigger than initially thought
Recent spam emails apparently sent from AOL email addresses and hawking diet products are a direct consequence of a breach of the company’s networks and systems, AOL has …
Flash 0-day exploited in watering hole attacks, Adobe provides patch
Adobe has pushed out new versions of Flash Player for Windows, Mac and Linux, as a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability affecting the software is being actively exploited …
XSS bug in popular Chinese site exploited to launch DDoS attack
DDoS mitigation firm Incapsula has put a stop to the speculations that the video content provider whose vulnerable website was misused to launch a DDoS attack was YouTube, and …