Network security software
Internet-Dependent World Means Network Security Software More Important In our increasingly Internet-dependent and Web-dependent world, network security software is more important than ever. For example, if you have an Apple iPhone there's a device that allows you to scan a user's credit card and then send that information via a Web-interface to a receiver. The key here is that there's also a tracking algorithm running, along with, hopefully, a randomizing 128-bit encryption algorithm to a that is tracked by a banking system ...
eBay users targeted by phisers via live chat support
UK ISP Netcraft has issued a warning for its users that phishers are impersonating as eBay live chat support individuals trying to get their hands on user names, personal and financial data. The ISP has blocked the fake website that offered support for the live chat, but they have mentioned that it is possible for other websites to pop up. In this case, the cyberscammers were using a software used for live chat services offered by Volusion, an the fake chat windows was ...
Trojans are responsible for 80% of malware infections
PandaLabs released its report surveying the IT security events and incidents from January untill March 2013. In the first quarter of 2013 only, more than six and a half million new malware versions were created, following the trend of increasingly prevalent malware statistics of previous years. Trojans are still dominating the threat landscape, representing nearly three out of every four new malware samples in circulation, similar numbers to those of 2012. Trojans are setting a new record, causing almost 80% of all ...
Google Glass can be hacked and used for spying
The soon-to-come Google Glass (Augmented reality, head-mounted "glasses" that allows its wearer to access data and store all that is sees and hear raised some privacy issues among users. Untill now, just developers and some users that got in the early adopter plan were able to test the device, and one of the testers is tech consultant and android hacker Jay "saurik" Freeman, that found out hacking Google Glass and using it to spy on the owner is not such a ...
The risks of CISPA
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) got recently passed again by the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the U.S. Senate for voting. Although there is a high possibility that the Senate will not pass this bill, individuals that care about their privacy, companies and hacking activists are still raising awareness about the possible consequences that this bill could have for Internet users around the globe, not only the ones in the U.S. The main debates around the ...
What is VPN ? Source: wikipedia It doesn’t matter if you are an IT administrator or just a regular user I am sure you have asked yourself sometimes what is VPN ? What does that stand for, what is the use of the VPN, how can you configure a VPN, MPLS and other questions related to this topic. Let’s start with explaining the acronym VPN: it... [Read more of this review]
Advantages of custom software development So you are thinking about hiring a company to develop a custom software that will adapt to the needs of your business model. In this article we will answer to some of the questions that a company might have before outsourcing software development to others. 1. How to find the right company to work with for your... [Read more of this review]
Internet-Dependent World Means Network Security Software More Important In our increasingly Internet-dependent and Web-dependent world, network security software is more important than ever. For example, if you have an Apple iPhone there’s a device that allows you to scan a user’s credit card and then send that information via a Web-interface... [Read more of this review]
Three analysts at Rutgers University from Newark, New Jersey, found out an easy way to hack into Facebook accounts by altering existing features and responses of Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and the web based Hotmail from Microsoft. As the analysts shared, Microsoft will automatically terminate any Hotmail account that was not accessed in 270 days,... [Read more of this review]
Five or even more United States media websites and some other popular ones were infected and are now redirecting users that land on them to various harmful URLs, according to Zscaler. This websites were poisoned with modified JavaScript codes that contain iFrames redirecting users to one of the many websites that holds the ZeroAccess Trojan and other... [Read more of this review]
UK ISP Netcraft has issued a warning for its users that phishers are impersonating as eBay live chat support individuals trying to get their hands on user names, personal and financial data. The ISP has blocked the fake website that offered support for the live chat, but they have mentioned that it is possible for other websites to pop up. In this... [Read more of this review]
One of the indicators that your computer might be infected with the ZeroAccess malware is the fact the online searches done on Google will sometimes take you to unhelpful websites that are stuffed with ads and also a lot of useless links. This will generate income for the malware developers, but that is very annoying for the users. But the malware... [Read more of this review]
PandaLabs released its report surveying the IT security events and incidents from January untill March 2013. In the first quarter of 2013 only, more than six and a half million new malware versions were created, following the trend of increasingly prevalent malware statistics of previous years. Trojans are still dominating the threat landscape, representing... [Read more of this review]
GFI Software™ announced last week the addition of patch management capabilities to its ground-breaking, cloud-based platform for the delivery of services via a newly-enhanced, web-based user interface. Small to mid-sized businesses with time-pressed IT teams are already provided with robust antivirus and powerful network monitoring capabilities, as... [Read more of this review]
The soon-to-come Google Glass (Augmented reality, head-mounted “glasses” that allows its wearer to access data and store all that is sees and hear raised some privacy issues among users. Untill now, just developers and some users that got in the early adopter plan were able to test the device, and one of the testers is tech consultant and... [Read more of this review]
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