trojan horse

GravityRAT Trojan Uses Temperature to Avoid Detection

The GravityRAT trojan recently discovered by Cisco researchers has been lurking on computers for the last two years with a novel approach; it checks...

Two-Factor Authentication Can’t Stop This Phishing Attack

KnowB4’s chief hacking officer Kevin Mitnick released a video that should send shudders down the spine of anyone using 2-factor authentication. Implementing a standard attack...

Does A Great Leader Spy on Employees?

In "The Minority Report," a specialized police force called PreCrime deploys psychics called "Precogs," who can see crimes before they happen, which allows the...

White House Pushes to Scrap Cyberwarfare Approval Process

The Trump Administration’s National Security Council want to scrap an Obama-era directive for approving government-sanctioned cyberattacks. Presidential Policy Directive 20 (or PPD 20) was...
Wifi hack

The Single Best Policy to Keep From Getting Hacked in 2018

Criminals make a living exploiting common behavior, so it should come as no surprise that smartphones are a new favorite vector for hackers. A significant percentage of companies are both...
cybersecurity

Moving in the Right Direction: New NIST Best Practices for Cyber

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its first major revision to their standards and best practices...
consumer warning

It’s Time for Online Consumer Warnings on Facebook (and Everywhere Else)

It was four years ago that I first proposed breach warning labels. There were fewer breaches back then, and when it came to cybersecurity there...
Drupalgeddon

Drupalgeddon 2 is only getting worse: Is your website safe?

In two short weeks, Drupal’s security woes went from bad to worse as a major security flaw dubbed Drupalgeddon 2 morphed from proof-of-concept to...
cybercrime and money

Cybercrime Payout Now Equal to the GDP of Russia

Cybercriminals are earning more than ever before, with an annual haul of $1.5 trillion according to a new study conducted by Dr. Michael McGuire,...
Localblox data scrape

Get Ready for More Data Scraping Stories

Don’t be surprised if the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook story turns out to be merely the first in a long line of stories to come about...