ars technica reported yesterday on a very sophisticated trojan that has been around, they say, since 2008, went dark in 2011 and came back in 2013. The trojan is comprised of 5 stages, all but the first of which is encrypted and is serially decrypted to avoid detection. The interesting part about it is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many of us try hard not to use our credit cards. As a result, we tend to use our debit cards frequently. Many debit cards carry either a Visa or Mastercard logo, which allows you to use the card as either a debit card or a credit card. No matter which option you choose, the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Boy, just when you thought you were doing it right! Ars Technica, Dark Reading, Security Week and others are reporting a new variant of the Citadel malware that has been around for several years. According to the articles, the new variant monitors processes and when it sees Keepass, Password Safe or neXus start up, it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to articles on ZDNet and ABC, NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers said in testimony before the US House Intelligence Committee that China and probably one or two other countries could shut down critical computer networks that could force U.S. power and water grids, aviation systems and financial systems offline. Let that sink in for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft just published a critical patch for a 19 year old bug that dates back to Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 3.0. First the obvious – since it was still there after 19 years, all the testing that Microsoft and users have done on every version of windows back to and including Windows 95 did […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Following up on today’s Uber theme, There is an article on USAToday.com tonight that says that Uber has something they call “God View” that allows Uber employees to stalk VIP users (and apparently track the movements of any Uber user) – including journalists who are writing articles negative to Uber. My guess is that this is […]
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