Techno News

19.12.2014
Ars Technica users are required to change their passwords
A popular resource fell victim to a hacker attack

19.12.2014
“Kaspersky Lab” launches an online radar of the most dangerous threats
A project “Targeted Cyberattacks Logbook” has been launched

18.12.2014
Ransomware now “speaks” Japanese
A new version of ransomware created specifically for Japanese users was discovered

18.12.2014
Hackers hid malicious code in the macros of MS Word
Enabling macros in the suspicious documents can lead to an infection

17.12.2014
American senator proposes a bill to restrict appetite of the security services
“If you’re building a wall with a hole in it, how much are you going to invest in locks and barbed wire?”, asks democrat senator Ron Wyden

17.12.2014
Hackers have warned to «remember the 11th of September»
Cyber criminals that attacked Sony Pictures warn about possible terrorist attacks at the premiere of the movie “The Interview”

16.12.2014
More than 100 thousand WordPress webpages were infected with malware
A new attack on WordPress uses Slider Revolution plugin vulnerability

16.12.2014
Chrome developers propose to modify the notification system about connection security
Any connection via HTTP may soon be displayed as an insecure one

15.12.2014
Hackers have revealed James Bond
Cyber criminals against Sony Pictures – a new turn of the spiral

15.12.2014
British teens are urged to play cryptographers
English surveillance has launched an app for future cyber protectors

12.12.2014
Access to the Internet should be recognized as the basic human right
Creator of the global network Tim Berners-Lee spoke at the conference in Paris

12.12.2014
Video intercom as a method of espionage
A hacker who suffered from a hangover cracked video intercom and could peak into 700 apartments in his building

11.12.2014
Bluetooth communication between wearable devices and Android-running smartphones can be easily intercepted
Romanian researchers have demonstrated vulnerability of Samsung smartwatch

11.12.2014
“Kaspersky Lab” has summarized results of the year
The number of financial cyber threats has increased nine times

10.12.2014
China remains the main «supplier» of phishing attacks
Anti-Phishing Working Group has made new conclusions

10.12.2014
Symantec will protect «financial» domains
fTLD Registry Services entrusted protection of the registrations in its domain zones to Symantec

09.12.2014
“The most sophisticated piece of malware in history” now available for Linux
“Kaspersky Lab” expert reported discovery of the trojan Turla adapted for Linux

09.12.2014
Experts criticize security level of British home Wi-Fi networks
“Home Wi-Fi security’s just as good as ‘90s PC security”

08.12.2014
Victims of the attack on Sony Pictures began to receive threatening letters
Hackers threaten film company’s employees and their families

05.12.2014
Pyongyang denies involvement in the attack on Sony Pictures
North Korean diplomat denied accusations that his countrymen were behind the hacker attack on Sony