Feb 2, 2014 | General Security, Malware and Exploits
We’ve been seeing the warnings recently about a scam doing the rounds called the “one ring” or “missed call” scam. The warnings have come from Facebook, from the BBB and even from CBS – See this article from CBS Pittburgh. And to...
Jan 26, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
A brand new windows malware has been found which uses PCs and windows operating system to try to infect an Android device as it is plugged into the PC. Researchers at Symantec say this is a turn around, as malware has been seen before which attempts to infect windows...
Jan 15, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
First Target was hacked, then Neiman Marcus – there might still be other retail giants with hacked systems which we don’t know about – and the retail giants’ IT security being compromised so badly is a big shock to the public, who trust these...
Dec 15, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
An exploit targets one of the vulnerabilities by using Flash content embedded in Microsoft Word documents, Adobe warns Adobe patched several vulnerabilities in its Flash Player and Shockwave Player on Tuesday, including one for which an exploit is already available....
Dec 13, 2013 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
Ransomware is malicious software that cyber criminals use to hold your computer or computer files for ransom, demanding payment from you to get them back. Sadly, ransomware is becoming an increasingly popular way for malware authors to extort money from companies and...
Nov 6, 2013 | General Security, Malware and Exploits
Somewhere in a Russian computer laboratory, researchers are claiming to have contained the holy grail of computer viruses – a piece of malware which can spread without wifi, can infect PCs, Macs and Linux machines alike – and affects the Bios of the...
