An oddity in Google’s Chrome allows you to reveal stored passwords saved by the popular browser. Software developer Elliot Kember came…
Tag: security
The Malware Archives: PDF Files
Chances are you’ve probably used Adobe Reader before to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Reader—formerly Acrobat Reader—remains the number…
Android as a Service, “Verify Apps” for Gingerbread and Up
However, what’s most interesting to me are the updates to Google Play Services and how it could impact the Android ecosystem…
How to encrypt files and folders
Encrypting files and folders is a way to protect them from unwanted access. Although modern Windows versions do have built-in options…
ZeroAccess uses Self-Debugging
Debuggers—a tool traditionally used to find errors (called “bugs”) in code—are also used by security experts. In the field of malware…
Enterprise Cyber Security Earns a Failing Grade
News of companies getting hacked is becoming unnervingly common. Even Apple, the very image of being impregnable, is being hit. Apple…
New App Fixes Bluebox Android Vulnerability, But Requires Root
A few weeks ago, we wrote about an Android master key flaw discovered by Bluebox Labs that allowed modification of APK…
Tumblr Security Hole Reveals Passwords
Tumblr released an update for their iOS apps after a recently discovered security hole first reported by The Register discovered by one…
UPDATE: New Android Vulnerability Affects 99 percent of Devices
Recently our Josh Cannell wrote about a troubling vulnerability that could exist in 99 percent of Android devices where malware could…
Fake Opera Browser Update Distributes Ransomware
Opera Software, the Norwegian company that makes the Opera browser was hacked on June 19th and released a statement a week…