It has been a secret, long known to intelligence agencies but rarely to consumers, that security software can be a powerful spy tool. Security software runs closest to the bare metal of a computer, with privileged access to nearly every program, application, web browser, email and file. There’s good reason…
Antivirus software is basically software designed to defend your PC from malicious attacks. Though this ‘firewall’ is supposed to be robust, it seems that some of these security apps are suffering from a vulnerability dubbed as AVGater. Even though Microsoft is offering a more advanced security product in the name…
KASPERSKY LAB SAID an individual, believed to be one identified as a National Security Agency worker in news accounts, triggered the company’s antivirus software and paved the way for it to upload classified NSA files from his computer when he tried to pirate Microsoft Office and ended up infecting himself with malicious…
Adobe has decided to end Flash Player by the end of 2020 and until then it will only provide a couple of updates. This decision has been made after consulting with titans of the technology industry such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Mozilla and more. Until 2020 when better technological programs…
Israeli intelligence officials warned the United States about Russian hackers breaking into their information security, using Kaspersky Lab antivirus software. The U.S. government recently prohibited federal agencies from using the company’s products, a software used by 400 million people globally, after it emerged that Russian operators had morphed the program…
Russian government hackers lifted details of U.S. cyber capabilities from a National Security Agency employee who was running Russian antivirus software on his computer, according to several individuals familiar with the matter. The employee had taken classified material home to work on it on his computer, and his use of…
Technology solutions firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE – Get Report) allowed a Russian defense agency to scrutinize its ArcSight software used by the Pentagon, Reuters reported. The U.S. military uses the cyber defense software to safeguard its computer networks and alert analysts when computer systems may come under attack….
Most people think of antivirus software as a solid line of defense for their work and home networks. But it may not be providing as much protection as they think, security experts say. Not only have hackers gotten better at getting around such programs, in rare cases they have even…
Vulnerabilities in software that automates everything from factories to traffic lights has become the nation’s top cybersecurity threat, an agent on the FBI’s Denver Cyber Task Force said Thursday in Colorado Springs. Supervisory control and data acquisition software is used to control – sometimes remotely – many types of devices…
Top US intelligence chiefs publicly expressed doubts about the global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia. Six leading intelligence officials yesterday told a Senate hearing on external threats to the United States of their concerns over the firm’s broad presence, without specifying the particular threat they…
When the U.S. government couldn’t force Apple to give it access to the iPhone used by the shooter in the San Bernardino massacre, it reportedly paid $1 million for a secret software vulnerability that gave it full access to the phone. These undiscovered software bugs — so-called “zero day” vulnerabilities…
Canada’s government said on March 13 that it shut down its website for filing federal taxes after hackers broke into a web server at the nation’s statistics bureau last week by exploiting a newly disclosed software bug. Statistics Canada, which said it stopped the intrusion before hackers stole any data,…
The Nexus 6P hasn’t been a very satisfying smartphone when it comes to having the latest Android Nougat OS update installed. So far, people have seen several issues such as random shutdowns, battery failures, and in-car Bluetooth problems — which are very strange occurrences, taking into consideration that the Nexus…
Canada’s government said on Monday that it shut down its website for filing federal taxes after hackers broke into a web server at the nation’s statistics bureau last week by exploiting a newly disclosed software bug. Statistics Canada, which said it stopped the intrusion before hackers stole any data, is…
FBI Director James Comey warned Wednesday that Americans should not have expectations of “absolute privacy,” adding that he planned to finish his term leading the FBI. “There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America; there is no place outside of judicial reach,” Comey said at a Boston College…
A new approach to foiling cyber-attacks and hackers has been proposed. This takes the form of software that is continuously scrabbling its core code. The program is called Shuffler and it seeks to close every window that a cyber-attack could get through. Every piece of software contains a part in…
FOR THE LAST decade or so, hackers have faced a daunting challenge when they try to break into a computer: Even when they get malicious code running on a victim’s machine, they have to figure out where in the computer’s memory that code has ended up. That’s because a security…
A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely control Android smartphones A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely access and control Android smartphones. Morgan Culbertson, a 22-year-old…
Someone looking to hack into your car probably isn’t trying to steal from your bank account…but the results could be far more damaging. That’s WIRED magazine’s Andy Greenberg being gently driven into a ditch by a couple of hackers. These guys could cut his breaks, turn off his transmission turn…
Today, we noticed a pretty weird security flaw in Windows 10 Mobile. If you are using a Windows 10 Mobile that does not support Windows Hello, your are likely using a pin to secure your device. The pin can be easily set-up from Windows 10 Mobile’s Sign-in Options page in…
