Many people have a love-hate relationship with emails.  In our daily lives, we are sometimes or may be very often, bombarded with emails, be it on private matters, work related or even spam.   How we wish they will go away?  But do we really want them to go away? Emails have become a communication tool […]

BREAKING NEWS! A widely used component of most Linux distribution has been found to have a highly vulnerability.  It was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc), a widely used component of most Linux distributions.  It allows cyber criminals to execute malicious code on servers and gain control of Linux machines.  This flaw has been […]

BREAKING NEWS! Adobe has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities (see Definition) over the past few days in its Adobe Flash.  Last Thursday, Adobe released an emergency update for one of the critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player. Adobe has also been hit by second zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2015-0311.  This vulnerability is “being actively exploited in the […]

For a long time now, mobile devices have become a necessity and are no longer a novelty.  It has become a ‘lifeline’ in times of need and emergencies.  It’s a communication tool like no other, keeping us connected at all times via emails or social networking sites.Is it a wonder then that cyber criminals are […]

Skeleton Key Here is a malware that allows the attacker to log in as any user, without the need to know or change a user’s password.  What’s worse is that Intrusion Detection System (IDS)(Definition) does not raise any alarms.  There are two ways to detect an attacker within your network – through network monitoring software […]

Spear Phishing – A Growing Concern for BanksIn their relentless pursuit for profits, cyber criminals are narrowing their focus on banks rather than its customers. Why is this so?  Simply because cyber criminals are finding more success targeting banks than their customers.Cyber criminals are resorting to spear phishing (Definition) techniques to fool employees of bank.  They […]