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Java Back Door Acts as Bot
The current threat landscape is often driven by web-based malware and exploit kits that are regularly updated with newly found...
Android App Contains Windows Worm
When developers are unaware of security they open the door to threats against their customers and users. We are not...
The Dilemma of Anonymity and Dangers of Ask.fm
Anonymity affords a precarious, irresistible power to teens online. Ask.fm is one app that’s exploding in popularity by allowing users...
Spy? Where? Mobile Spyware Hiding Right Under Your Nose
Some days it feels like the whole world is going mobile. We tweet, we text, we browse the world from...
What Are the Risks of Geo-Location?
Using your mobile’s built-in global positioning system (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about...
BYOD: Balancing Convenience and Security
It lies next to you as you sleep, comes with you to work, rides home with you in your car...
Don’t Take a Bite out of that Apple Gift Card Scam
Good rule of thumb on the web: When it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Those ads...
Bitcoin Headlines Attract Malware Developers
Bitcoin issues have been front-page news in recent months, especially after its surprising April exchange rate. In the second quarter of...
Mobile Bankers Beware: A New Phishing Scam Wants Your Money
As a growing number of smartphone owners get increasingly comfortable using their mobile devices for everything from shopping online to...
1-2-3: How to take a screen shot on your computer or mobile phone
There are some simple moves online that can save you an enormous amount of time. And when it comes to...
Cidox Trojan Spoofs HTTP Host Header to Avoid Detection
Lately, we have seen a good number of samples generating some interesting network traffic through our automated framework. The HTTP...
Where, oh Where, Does That QR Code Lead?
What is square, flat, and black and white all over? If you answered “a QR Code”, you’re correct. One of...
Hackers are Cashing in on Instagram Likes
They say popularity has its price. This saying holds a new weight when it comes to the growing influence of...
What is Encryption?
Encryption is the science of encoding and decoding secret messages. It began as cryptography—the ancient Greeks used it to protect...
New Apps Make It Easy to Save SnapChats
The SnapChat smart phone app is one of the newest crazes for teens because it allows a user to send...
Andromeda Botnet Hides Behind AutoIt
Last month, I posted a blog about an increase in the use of AutoIt scripts by malware authors to carry...
Mirror Mirror Online, Who Is the Most Dangerous Celebrity of Them All?
We all do it. We probably all just don’t admit it. Well I admit it—I’ve searched for that elusive picture...
SnapChat-Like Apps Hide Content on Twitter, Facebook
Just when parents figured out SnapChat, an app that makes photo texts disappear, two new apps hit the social scene that...
