When it comes to installing software on your computer, we often have to take it on faith that the software is safe to use. As an extra precaution, the latest step is to allow ...
March 19, 2016 at 10:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
The Stagefright vulnerability in Android is nothing new, however for a long time it was (mostly) harmless due to difficulties in reliably using the flaw for malicious ...
March 19, 2016 at 8:00 pm by Alexander Neil
The security company Kaspersky released a new report that clearly shows just how much of a problem the Steam Stealer malware is. Not only does the malware infect thousands of ...
March 16, 2016 at 9:10 am by Bohs Hansen
A few days ago, KeRanger, the first Mac ransomware found in the wild was discovered. Now, according to researchers from antivirus firm Bitdefender, KeRanger turned out to be ...
March 10, 2016 at 10:00 am by Alexander Neil
Despite the rising amount of ransomware attacks recently, Apple’s Mac OSX has so far remained unaffected by it. Unfortunately, for Mac-users, security firm Palo Alto ...
March 7, 2016 at 9:20 am by Alexander Neil
The debate of privacy vs security is one that has lasted for hundreds of years, if not longer. With people claiming that while security is important, if that is compromised or ...
March 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm by Gareth Andrews
One of Firefox’s popular add-ons has been kicked from the repository after repeated bad behavior, and it is unlikely to come back. The YouTube add-on uses a list of ...
March 4, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Bohs Hansen
HackingTeam has been quiet recently, following the hack against them last July that revealed embarrassing amounts of their private data, emails, and code. Now researchers have ...
March 1, 2016 at 9:00 am by Alexander Neil
The official website for Linux Mint has been hacked, and the ISO download of the operating system was replaced with a malicious version on Saturday (20th February), the head ...
February 21, 2016 at 5:24 pm by Ashley Allen
Viruses and malware are issues for the best of us, from forgetting to scan your computer once to being baited in by that interesting link in an email, there are many ways for ...
February 18, 2016 at 10:10 am by Gareth Andrews
Malware, or malicious software, includes everything from your pop-up ads to opening doors for full-scale hacks to companies. Taking a trip the malware museum shows you how ...
February 15, 2016 at 9:40 am by Gareth Andrews
I’m sure many of you have been to a museum at one point or another but did you know there was also a museum for Malware? That’s right, there’s a huge online ...
February 7, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Peter Donnell
The Dridex banking malware has been a huge headache for a large part of the financial and technology industries, but it seems there’s a white knight out there looking to ...
February 6, 2016 at 11:15 am by Peter Donnell
Malware happens all too often, with it spreading like a wildfire around the world due to the connectivity offered by the internet, with banks and companies being offered ...
January 29, 2016 at 2:29 pm by Gareth Andrews
We’ve all had that moment, those unwanted pop-ups and advertisements on your computer that make you suddenly realise “I’ve got a virus”. It’s one ...
January 20, 2016 at 3:17 pm by Gareth Andrews
