Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They have now shifted from traditional to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect.
Security researche…
China is well known for its online censorship and surveillance tactics, but earlier today news broke that Apple has removed all virtual private network (VPN) apps from App Store in China. This means Apple users in China can not avail online anonymit…
It is understandable to receive Internet of Things (IoT) related warnings like vulnerable public WiFi or charging spots that can be hacked but a drive-through car wash? Well, it turns out Internet connected car washes or smart car washes can be hacke…
Digital currencies have emerged as a favourite tool for hackers and cyber criminals, as digital currency transactions are nearly anonymous, allowing cyber criminals to use it in underground markets for illegal trading, and to receive thousands of dol…
UniCredit, an Italian global banking, and financial services company have announced that it has suffered a security breach in which data of 400,000 customers have been impacted. In a press release, the bank said hackers targeted its cyber infrastruct…
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Quantum Physics Community:  I want you to make a Pseudorandom Number Generator!   And why not!  I’m just a crypto nerd working on computers, I only get a few discrete bits and a handful of mathematical operations.  You have such an enormous bag of tricks to work with!  You’ve got […]
PRIVACY – a bit of an Internet buzzword nowadays, because the business model of the Internet has now shifted towards data collection.
Today, most users surf the web unaware of the fact that websites and online services collect their personal informa…
It was over a week ago when the nasty WannaCry ransomware attack started infecting critical cyber infrastructure in more than 150 countries. Its target was Windows users demanding a ransom payment of $300 in Bitcoin in order to unlock their files. …
The Internet is dark and full of terrors! Yes, the virtual world has its fair share of downsides as well. Online threats such as data hacking, virus infestation, malware attacks are common. Ransomware is another addition to the list. Ransomware progr…
According to data released today by Kaspersky Labs, roughly 98 percent of the computers affected by the ransomware were running some version of Windows 7 OS, with less than one in a thousand running Windows XP. 2008 R2 Server users were also hit hard…