Citizenfour – The Edward Snowden documentary

Friday, November 28th, 2014

I was finally able to watch this today and I really enjoyed it. Very well presented and it firmly validated my initial opinion of Edward Snowden. Like him or hate him, every citizen needs to watch this to clearly understand his intent before finalizing your opinion. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADUs8iN7NE[/embed]

Regin: Top-tier espionage tool enables stealthy surveillance

Thursday, November 27th, 2014

In the world of malware threats, only a few rare examples can truly be considered groundbreaking and almost peerless. What we have seen in Regin is just such a class of malware. Regin is an extremely complex piece of software that can be customized with a wide range of different capabilities which can ...

‘Less’ means more to malware authors targeting Linux users

Monday, November 24th, 2014

Using the "less" Linux command to view the contents of files downloaded from the Internet is a dangerous operation that can lead to remote code execution, according to a security researcher. At first glance, less appears to be a harmless command that outputs a file's content to a terminal window and ...

Stop Trying to Clean Your Infected Computer! Just Nuke it and Reinstall Windows

Saturday, November 22nd, 2014

Some people spend hours — maybe even days — trying to clean an infected Windows system and ensuring it’s actually clean and safe afterward. It’s usually not a good idea to do this — just reinstall Windows and start over. This may seem like a daunting task, especially if you don’t ...

New Citadel Trojan Targets Your Password Managers

Friday, November 21st, 2014

Unless we are a human supercomputer, remembering password is not an easy task and that too, if you have a different password for every different site. But luckily to make the whole process easy, there is a growing market for password managers which provides an extra layer of protection. Wait! ...