Jul 24, 2016 | Cyber-Crime
The Library of Congress in the US experienced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, it announced via social media. On July 17th, “the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution” tweeted that its websites were “experiencing technical difficulties”. The...
Jul 22, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
Back in early June, we reported that Cici’s was investigating a possible data-breach. We can now confirm that this is indeed that case – Cici’s Pizza has a data breach. Cici’s Pizza, a Coppell TX based restaurant chain, has released a statement...
Jul 21, 2016 | General Security
Just about a year ago vulnerabilities in the Android operating system allowed hackers to spy on nearly a billion phones with a specially-crafted text and to do so undetected. Apply iPhone owners should now take note: a respected security researcher has warned that...
Jul 18, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Mobile Security
ESET has discovered the first ever fake lockscreen app on Google Play, named Pokemon GO Ultimate. As its characteristics suggest, it deliberately locks the screen right after the app is started, forcing the user to restart the device. Unfortunately, in many cases a...
Jul 16, 2016 | General Security
Pokémon Go has proved incredibly successful in the US and other playing regions. The massive and rapid uptake by consumers of the augmented reality game resulted in its creator Nintendo stock jumped by 70 percent, boosting its market value from £13bn to £19.6bn....
