Instagram Users Compromise Their Own Accounts for Likes

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

Symantec Security Response has discovered many Instagram users have willingly shared their usernames and passwords to a bot-like app in order to increase likes and followers. The application known as InstLike was available for iOS and Android devices. It could be found in both Apple App Store and Google Play Store. ...

The WhiteHat Aviator Web Browser

Saturday, November 2nd, 2013

With every website you visit, you’re vulnerable to malicious hackers out to steal your surfing history, passwords, email access, bank account numbers, medical info, and more. And the “big browsers” don’t do enough to stop it. But now you can protect yourself before you go on the Web – with WhiteHat ...

Google Adding Automatic Malware Blocking to Chrome

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Google is adding several security updates to its Chrome browser, including automatic malware blocking and the option to reset browser settings. Newer, stealthier browser malware is released through things like free screensavers, video plug-ins, or fake security updates. It then hides, making it difficult for users to find and uninstall the ...

Cryptolocker: How to avoid getting infected and what to do if you are

Friday, October 25th, 2013

There's a big threat wiling around on the Internet right now: A particularly nasty piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker. Many, many organizations are being infected with this malware, but fortunately, there are surefire ways to avoid it and also ways to mitigate the damage without letting the lowlifes win. What is ...

PHP.net compromised to serve malware

Friday, October 25th, 2013

On Thursday, Google's Safe Browsing service began warning visitors to php.net that the website was discovered serving malware. Initially, most people and PHP maintainers thought that it was a false positive, but subsequent investigation confirmed that some of the project's servers did get compromised. The hackers succeeded in injecting malicious JavaScript code (userprefs.js) ...