Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Mobile banking is an increasingly popular way to stay on top of one’s finances, with the ability to check balances, transfer money and even deposit checks virtually. Unfortunately, the sector is also a rich tapestry of criminal activity, with 11% of mobile banking apps categorized as “suspicious.”
According to research findings ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
2015 will be a year more smarter than 2014 with smarter mobile devices, smarter home appliances, and yes Smarter Automobiles. Nowadays, there are a number of automobiles companies offering vehicles that run on a mostly drive-by-wire system, meaning that a majority of the controls are electronically controlled, from instrument cluster ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Remember when we discussed how passwords were dead? If you needed more proof that this is true, the bad guys have you covered with a new piece of malware that turned up in the wild.
SecureWorks, the security arm of Dell, has discovered the new piece of malware dubbed "Skeleton Key." ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
KeySweeper is a stealthy Arduino-based device, camouflaged as a functioning USB wall charger, that wirelessly and passively sniffs, decrypts, logs and reports back all keystrokes from any Microsoft wireless keyboards (which use a proprietary 2.4GHz RF protocol) in the area.
Keystrokes are sent back to the KeySweeper operator over the Internet ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2015
We installed the top 10 apps from Download.com, and you’ll never believe what happened! Well… I guess maybe you might have a good guess. Awful things. Awful things are what happens. Join us for the fun!
We’ve been railing against freeware download recommendations for years, and recently we taught you how ...
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