Techno News

18.12.2013
More than a million computers were infected with banking trojans in the USA
United States leads by a number of computers infected with malware targeted at stealing financial information by a very wide margin

17.12.2013
Ransomware throws off all disguises
A new burst of ransomware popularity, programs that block users’ computers and demand payment for unblocking, has led to the emergence of a new malware and intensified competition among cyber criminals

17.12.2013
Gamers are among the most favorite victims of cybercrime
Every day worldwide fans of computer and video games become victims of 34 thousand cyber attacks

16.12.2013
Older versions of browser Safari save users' passwords in plain text
Experts of Kaspersky Lab discovered a vulnerability of web-browser Safari, used by default by Mac computers

16.12.2013
Harmful advice from 4chan
Cyber security specialists criticize publishing false advice, a practice that became popular on the well-known forum 4chan and urge users to be careful

13.12.2013
Cyber defense is powerless against moral issues

13.12.2013
Almost two thirds of all Internet traffic is made up by bots
According to the research conducted by Incapsula, bots, not people, generate more than 61 percent of all global Internet traffic

12.12.2013
U.S. NSA used cookies to spy on users
Edward Snowden provided The Washington Post with new revealing facts about activities of National Security Agency

12.12.2013
Poker players became a target of cyber criminals
F-Secure reports several cases of audacious cyber crime to which professional poker players almost fell victims

11.12.2013
Chrome OS devices might stop using passwords
Google developers are getting ready to equip Chrome OS devices with a new function chrome.screenlockPrivate

11.12.2013
Latest version of Firefox blocks Java plug-ins by default

Yesterday Mozilla Foundation released the latest version of its popular browser Firefox – 26

11.12.2013
Chinese hackers attacked networks of five MFAs of G20
Ahead of the G20 summit that took place in early September in Saint Petersburg, Chinese hackers managed to gain access to networks of MFAs of five countries-participants of the summit

10.12.2013
U.S. authorities are protecting user information
U.S. Federal State Commission has obliged Goldenshores Technologies to stop unauthorized transfer of user information to third parties and criticized this practice overall

10.12.2013
Database of victims of hacking
Researcher Troy Hunt announced the launch of a haveibeenpwned.com website

09.12.2013
Two suspects arrested for fraud with Bitcoin
German police has arrested two people accused in hacking and taking control over users’ systems

06.12.2013
Microsoft has contributed to the fight against botnets
Microsoft together with the FBI, Interpol’s European Cybercrime Centre and several leading technology companies participated in preparation and conduct of a large-scale operation to block botnets spreading Sirefef/ZeroAccess malware

05.12.2013
Millions and millions of stolen passwords
Trustwave experts reported discovery of an array of web users’ personal data compromised by cyber criminals

05.12.2013
Attack on POS systems is expanding
Arbor Networks reports the expansion of attacks on point-of-sale (POS) systems using malware dubbed Dexter

05.12.2013
Canada to implement a law against spam
On July 1, 2014 a new law that prohibits spamming will come into force in Canada. Canadian Industry Minister James Moore announced this information

04.12.2013
Viruses have overcome the «air gap» defense
German scientists created a prototype of a malware that can transmit information using sound waves