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TorrentLockerβββRansomware in a country near you
Today, we are publishing research on ransomware that emerged in 2014. We have posted blog articles about this threat before, to raise awareness when we realized the criminals were targeting the United Kingdom and Spain.
Published on: December 16, 2014 | Source:
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TorrentLocker: Racketeering ransomware disassembled by ESET experts
Security experts at ESET have released their latest research into the notorious TorrentLocker malware, which has infected thousands of computer systems around the world, taking data hostage and demanding a ransom be paid to ensure its safe return.
Published on: December 16, 2014 | Source:Gavβs Ethereum ΓΞV Update IV
Time for another update! So quite a bit has happened following ΓΞVcon-0, our internal developer's conference. The conference itself was a great time to get all the developers together and really get to know each other, dissipate a lot of information (back to back presentations for 5 days!) and chat...
Published on: December 15, 2014 | Source:Issue 176
Rejections, HockeyApp gets acquired by Microsoft and WatchKit Beta 2.
Published on: December 12, 2014 | Source:Android scam: Firms fined over $500,000 for malicious apps' hidden subscriptions
Three UK firms have been fined over $500,000 for a scam that involved Android apps signing up to a subscription service, and suppressing notifications informing the victim they were being charged, according to The Guardian.
Published on: December 11, 2014 | Source:Identity theft - six tips to help keep yours safe
Private data such as addresses and social security numbers can be just as valuable to cybercriminals as valid credit card details can be to thieves - if not more so. Lock yours down with our tips.
Published on: December 08, 2014 | Source:ΓΞVcon-0 Recap
Day 1 - Monday 24th Nov - ΓΞV: Mission and Processes The first day of ΓΞVcon-0 kicked off early at 7am with the Ethereum UK communications team arriving at the venue (Ethereum Dev UGβs workspace in Kreuzberg, Berlin) to set up the 4K high quality recording equipment and arrange the...
Published on: December 05, 2014 | Source:Issue 175
More woes with extensions and the app review process. Getting started with Pay for selling physical goods and of course, more WatchKit goodness!
Published on: December 05, 2014 | Source:Firefox 34 disables SSL 3.0 and tackles eight security fixes
Firefox 34, the latest version of the Mozilla's popular web browser has disabled support for SSL 3.0 in reaction to the POODLE exploit, reported by We Live Security back in October.
Published on: December 04, 2014 | Source:From inside Ethereum ΓΞVhub Berlin
Yesterday was the first proper day of ΓΞVhub Berlin being open, following the first Ethereum internal developers' symposium ΓΞVcon-0. I want to post a few images to let you gauge the mood here. Henning, Marek, Viktor and Felix hacking on the couch
Published on: December 02, 2014 | Source:Introduction to Service Worker: How to use Service Worker
Service Worker will revolutionize the way we build for the web. Learn about what it is, why it is important and how to use it.
Published on: December 01, 2014 | Source:Issue 174
CocoaPods and Carthage, generating animation images for WatchKit and why you should never use the colour black.
Published on: November 28, 2014 | Source:Cyber Monday - 12 tips to help you shop safely online
Technology might evolve, but cyber gangs rely on tried-and-tested tactics. With a bit of care and attention, itβs easy to sort the genuine bargains from the too-good-to-be-true fakes.
Published on: November 27, 2014 | Source:Do I need to worry about state-sponsored threats like Regin?
Since the discovery of Stuxnet several years ago, there has been a parade of targeted malware that may have been created or sponsored by nation states. Does an average person or business really need to worry about these things?
Published on: November 26, 2014 | Source:Driverless cars 'could be hacked' warns Institute of Engineering and Technology
Self-driving cars are just around the corner, with the UK government putting up 10 million (around $15.6 million) for cities to pilot trials as soon as next year, but the country's Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) today issued stern warnings about the security of the technology.
Published on: November 25, 2014 | Source:Proof of Stake: How I Learned to Love Weak Subjectivity
Proof of stake continues to be one of the most controversial discussions in the cryptocurrency space. Although the idea has many undeniable benefits, including efficiency, a larger security margin and future-proof immunity to hardware centralization concerns, proof of stake algorithms tend to be substantially more complex than proof of work-based...
Published on: November 25, 2014 | Source:Smart home security - how not to be dumb with your devices
It's easy to imagine that ALL connected devices - from fridges to CCTV cameras - are a security nightmare, but there are simple, sensible steps you can take to lock these risks down.
Published on: November 24, 2014 | Source:Can e-cigarettes give you malware?
The long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes - or E-cigarettes - are still open for discussion - but the devices could harm your computer, at least if one report is to be believed.
Published on: November 22, 2014 | Source:Issue 173
Did someone say WatchKit? What you need to know to get started and also some regular iOS links too!
Published on: November 21, 2014 | Source:First exploitation of Internet Explorer 'Unicorn bug' in-the-wild
Microsoft released a patch last week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability is significant because it exploits an old bug present in Internet Explorer versions 3 through 11.
Published on: November 20, 2014 | Source:On Bitcoin Maximalism, and Currency and Platform Network Effects
One of the latest ideas that has come to recently achieve some prominence in parts of the Bitcoin community is the line of thinking that has been described by both myself and others as "Bitcoin dominance maximalism" or just "Bitcoin maximalism" for short - essentially, the idea that an environment...
Published on: November 20, 2014 | Source:Gavβs Ethereum ΓΞV Update III
I'm Gavin Wood, a co-founder of Ethereum and, along with Vitalik Buterin and Jeffrey Wilcke, one of the three directors of the Eth Dev, the NFP organisation that is managing the development (under contract from Ethereum Suisse) of the Ethereum blockchain. This is a small update to let you all...
Published on: November 18, 2014 | Source:The Hobbit Experience 2014: Adding WebRTC gameplay to the Hobbit Experience
Learn how North Kingdom built an immersive multimedia experience optimized for modern mobile browsers using Web RTC
Published on: November 18, 2014 | Source:Privacy and security post-Snowden: Pew Research parallels ESET findings
Privacy and security online are hot button topics in America today, as a new survey by the Pew Research Center confirms, mirroring similar results from two different privacy and security surveys conducted by ESET.
Published on: November 17, 2014 | Source:Public Wi-Fi hotspots - know the risks
For ordinary laptop and smartphone users, Wi-Fi is not ideal - but itβs sometimes near-inescapable.
Published on: November 14, 2014 | Source:G20 2014 Summit Lure used to target Tibetan activists
APT actors trying to use big events as a lure to compromise their targets is nothing new. Tibetan NGOs being targeted by APT actors is also nothing new. Thus, surrounding the upcoming G20 2014 summit that is held in Brisbane, Australia, we were expecting to see G20 themed threats targeted at Tibetan NGOs. A Win32/Farfli (alias Gh0st RAT) sample ultimately confirmed our suspicions.
Published on: November 14, 2014 | Source:IT Pros also guilty of risquΓ© selfies on mobiles
ESET study reveals many IT professionals are guilty of storing indecent material on their mobile phones, which would leave them embarrassed if lost.
Published on: November 14, 2014 | Source:Issue 172
iOS development in Visual Studio, Swift app experiments and geiger counters for your frame rates.
Published on: November 14, 2014 | Source:Scalability, Part 3: On Metacoin History and Multichain
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for much of the thinking behind multi-chain cryptoeconomic paradigms First off, a history lesson. In October 2013, when I was visiting Israel as part of my trip around the Bitcoin world, I came to know the core teams behind the colored coins and Mastercoin...
Published on: November 13, 2014 | Source:.NET goes open source and cross-platform
Microsoft's .NET framework, which is used to build millions of websites and online applications, is taking further steps to go completely open-source, Microsoft has announced at the Connect() virtual development event. The company also stated its commitment to eventually ensure the free code runs on Mac OS and Linux too, Wired reports.
Published on: November 13, 2014 | Source:Korplug military targeted attacks: Afghanistan & Tajikistan
After taking a look at recent Korplug (PlugX) detections, we identified two larger scale campaigns employing this well-known Remote Access Trojan. This blog gives an overview of the first one
Published on: November 12, 2014 | Source:The Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency
Special thanks to Robert Sams for the development of Seignorage Shares and insights regarding how to correctly value volatile coins in multi-currency systems Note: we are not planning on adding price stabilization to ether; our philosophy has always been to keep ether simple to minimize black-swan risks. Results of...
Published on: November 11, 2014 | Source:Sednit Espionage Group Attacking Air-Gapped Networks
The Sednit espionage group, also known as the Sofacy group, APT28 or βFancy Bearβ, has been targeting various institutions for many years. We recently discovered a component the group employed to reach physically isolated computer networks -- βair-gappedβ networks -- and exfiltrate sensitive files from them through removable drives.
Published on: November 11, 2014 | Source:Apple Pay and security - what you need to know
Mobile payments look set to be one of the defining technologies of 2015, as the launch of Apple Pay catalyses a boom in cardless payments - both from Appleβs own system, and rivals playing catch-up.
Published on: November 07, 2014 | Source:Issue 171
iTunes Connect Analytics this Sunday? Expectations for WatchKit and the history of Core Graphics.
Published on: November 07, 2014 | Source: