Three UK firms have been fined over $500,000 for a scam that involved Android apps signing up to a subscription service, and suppressing notifications informing the victim they were being charged, according to The Guardian.
A leaked list of people who had enquired about the auction for bitcoins from the “dark market” Silk Road provided a target for phishing scammers – and at least one site fell for the scam emails.
Activision Blizzard – makers of game hits such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft – have taken “aggressive” legal moves against gamers who use illegal software to cheat in games – in particular, the hit strategy title Starcraft 2.
A hidden backdoor in the modified version of Android run by nine Samsung Galaxy models could allow attackers to spy remotely on user data – and even snoop on users using hardware such as the GPS system, camera and microphone.
A tech-firm has amazed the world with its proof-of-demonstration of a remote-controlled “stun copter” that can deliver 80,000 volts of electricity to a hapless target, at the South by Southwest Interactive festival, Austin, Texas, giving an idea how terrifying the consumer grade personal drones can be. The drone, an invention of the Chaotic Moon Studios—an […]
The increasing use of QR codes as a way to add interactive elements, apps and websites to display advertising, competitions or print magazines could pose a risk to smartphone users, Australian researchers at Murdoch University have warned
This small sized device could hack a car, let’s see how the researchers demonstrate. Auto makers over the years have paid less attention to the threat that hackers can attack their trucks and car systems. This is based on their argument that their vehicles have increasingly networked systems which are protected through varlet wireless intrusion. […]
Twelve municipal guards in the city of Araraquara (273 km from Sao Paulo) Brazil have been suspend from their jobs of monitoring surveillance cameras after a complaint that the security camera surveillance service was used for “spying” women in low-cut dresses and dating couples. The complaint was made on Wednesday (11th December) by Councilwoman Gabriela Palombo (PT) […]
A hacker from United States has managed to devise method to Hijack or take control of Consumer drones. This will enable the hacker to control the flights of these drones and use them for personal use. A hacker with the name Samy Kamkar has pointed out certain security holes in AR.Drone which has been manufactured […]
Routers from Chinese manufacturer Tenda contain a hidden “backdoor” which could allow attackers to “take over” the router and send it commands. The company also sells routers branded as Medialink, and the machines are available around the world.
Iranians were surprised to see Social media websites working inside the country without using any proxy server or virtual private network (VPN) but the happiness did not last for long as the sites were blocked again on Tuesday. The sudden opening of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter was a big surprise inside […]
Anonymous has threatened that their next target is facebook.com in Operation global blackout and war against MegaUpload Shutdown. Anonymous in a video message have said that they will take down facebook on Jan 28th at 12AM. According to CNET Anonymous is asking everyone to help them in this operation against facebook, Anonymous representative said that “Do not fear,” “There is no way […]
We’ve just added my paper “The Game of the Name: Malware Naming, Shape Shifters and Sympathetic Magic” to the White Papers page. This paper follows up on “A Dose By Any Other Name“, which Pierre-Marc and I presented at Virus Bulletin last year and goes some way towards explaining (I hope…) why sample glut and proactive