Category Archives: Security News

Internet Explorer steals the Patch Tuesday spotlight again

September 13, 2014   Security News
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It’s hard to imagine that we are already three-fourths of the way through 2014—at least as measured by Microsoft Patch Tuesdays. Today, Microsoft released four new security bulletins, but only one of them is Critical. Guess which one?
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Inside the sneaky, surprisingly large world of rogue Chrome extensions

August 26, 2014   Security News
An analysis by security researchers of 48,000 extensions for Google’s Chrome browser uncovered many that are used for fraud and data theft, actions that are mostly undetectable to regular users.
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CryptoLocker decrypted: Researchers reveal website that frees your files from ransomware

August 7, 2014   Security News
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The CryptoLocker ransomware is as simple as it is devastating: Once it worms its way onto your system, it encrypts all of your precious files using strong AES-256-bit cryptography, which is virtually impossible to break if you don’t know the private key (read: secret code) required to unlock it. Pay the attackers $300, and they’ll give you the key. Don’t pay, and your files stay scrambled forever.

Until now.

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PayPal’s two-factor authentication is easily beaten

August 6, 2014   Security News
A security feature offered by PayPal to help prevent accounts from being taken over by hackers can be easily circumvented, an Australian security researcher has found.

PayPal users can elect to receive a six-digit passcode via text message in order to access their accounts. The number is entered after a username and password is submitted.

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Stealthy, tricky ‘Poweliks’ malware hides in your system registry

August 6, 2014   Security News
A new malware program called Poweliks attempts to evade detection and analysis by running entirely from the system registry without creating files on disk, security researchers warn.
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