Sunday, June 15th, 2014
The dreaded Cryptolocker virus made an unwelcome return over the last few weeks in the form of a new variant named Cryptowall.If you were not aware of Cryptolocker, it is a nasty malware that computer users may be tricked into opening by way of an e-mail attachment. When opened, it ...
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Security | No Comments
Saturday, June 14th, 2014
Personal information of an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers was compromised by employees of a third-party vendor seeking to unlock phones, AT&T confirmed.
Accounts were accessed without authorization between April 9 and April 21 by employees of one of AT&T's service providers and would have provided access to social security ...
Posted in Internet, Mobile, Privacy | No Comments
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
In the middle of May a unique encryption Trojan that works on Android went on sale on a virus writers’ forum. The asking price - $5,000. A few days later on May 18, we saw the appearance of a new mobile encryptor Trojan in the wild that we detect as ...
Posted in Internet, Mobile, Privacy, Security | No Comments
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
A rumored privacy upgrade for iOS users is on the way, which would help anonymize devices searching for available Wi-Fi networks.
Over the weekend, Swiss researcher Frederic Jacobs first took note of the plans on Twitter. The feature is expected to be implemented in Apple devices running iOS 8.
“iOS 8 randomises ...
Posted in Internet, Mobile, Privacy | No Comments
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Imagine a world where attackers seeking to gain access to your computer are stopped before they can use your technology against you.
That world doesn't exist yet, but it took a giant step closer to reality with Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, a new security program for Microsoft Windows released Thursday. The software, which ...
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Security, Software, Windows | No Comments
