It is increasingly common for employees to use their personal technological devices to complete job-related work, whether it is responding to a corporate email from their Smartphone, managing a client relationship from the ease of their tablet, or performing typical work tasks at distance from home, using a personal laptop. Teleworking, and a trend called […]
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Password Re-user? Get Ready to Get Busy
June 6, 2016
In the wake of megabreaches at some of the Internet’s most-recognized destinations, don’t be surprised if you receive password reset requests from numerous companies that didn’t experience a breach: Some big name companies — including Facebook and Netflix — are in the habit of combing through huge data leak troves for credentials that match those […]
Everyone sees not what they want to see
June 6, 2016
In early March, Kaspersky Lab detected the modular Trojan Backdoor.AndroidOS.Triada which granted superuser privileges to downloaded Trojans (i.e. the payload), as well as the chance to get embedded into system processes. Soon after that, on March 15, we found one of the modules enabling a dangerous attack – spoofing URLs loaded in the browser. The […]
The “Deep Web” or “Invisible Web” is on the rise. Humans are curious by nature, and more and more internet users are going to the dark side. Everyone knows that the internet is a never-ending source of information, and search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing can quench our thirst for information using just a few […]
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Banks: Credit Card Breach at CiCi’s Pizza
June 3, 2016
CiCi’s Pizza, an American fast food business based in Coppell, Texas with more than 500 stores in 35 states, appears to be the latest restaurant chain to struggle with a credit card breach. The data available so far suggests that hackers obtained access to card data at affected restaurants by posing as technical support specialists for […]
Though we often speak of electronic waste and the darker side of technology, whose insatiable energy consumption is causing serious harm to the environment, we can actually use technology for good. It’s possible for the internet and our Smartphones to be environmentally friendly. This Sunday, June 5th, we celebrate World Environment Day. We wanted to take […]
For years cybercriminals have had their focus on money, and most specifically in the financial system. For more than a decade they have been mainly targeting the weakest link in the chain: the final user that uses online banking services. This approach has some benefits for these cybercriminals: poor security in the end user, small […]
Most company training programs leave out important IT security information. Are you at risk?
June 1, 2016
Workers are the first and the weakest link in the security chain (including your boss), especially if they have not received adequate training to defend themselves against cyber-attackers. Sadly, if malware were to sieve into an employee’s Smartphone or mobile device it could potentially cost a company more than 8,000 euros. This is the beginning […]
Smart watches and fitness bracelets are joining millions of people on the mission to be healthier and more active. These devices are becoming part of our daily lives, and expanding the functions that we already use on our Smartphones. According to the consulting firm IDC, in the first quarter of 2016, wearable technology sales have already increased, mostly due to the smart […]
Small users in a big network
May 30, 2016
Children use the Internet for schoolwork, socializing, watching films and cartoons, playing games and much more. But, as we all know, browsing the web can be an unsafe business. In order to control their children’s online activity many parents use specialized software – so-called parental control. This software is usually capable of controlling the amount […]