Threats

2013 will be remembered by both security professionals and everyday people for the number of events that took place in information security. Various incidences, from Edward Snowden’s revelations to the

It is more important than ever during the holiday season that parents monitor and protect their children’s web activities. That’s because kids with toys on the brain – so basically

From takeoff to landing, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and its counterpart in the European Union have cleared the use of computers and mobile devices, though flyers will still be

A Hull, UK-based developer operating under the pseudonym DoctorBeet came to realise in early November that his LG Smart TV was actually gathering a quite a bit of information about

Neverquest is a new banking trojan that spreads itself via social media, email and file transfer protocols. It possesses the capacity to recognise hundreds of online banking and other financial

Times are tough and budgets are tight so when it comes to holiday shopping, everyone’s looking for a deal. However, if your quest for the ultimate savings threatens your safety,

It’s a weird time for mobile payments. Years ago it was thought that by now some parts of the world would be well on their way to if not fully

Strongly encrypted communications are secure and private communications (as long as there is no monkey-business going on in the way the encryption is implemented into communications software or protocols). Therefore,

There is an all-too common misconception that in order to become infected with web-propagated malware, you must visit sketchy parts of the Internet’s underbelly or a website within that broad

Sending out emails laden with malicious attachments is one of the most effective and widely relied upon methods for disseminating malware and infecting user-machines.   It’s tried and it’s true.

Nowadays, we talk a lot about malware that invades our daily activities. Some are more dangerous than others — whether they target private users or companies. Organizations are also threatened

If you haven’t paid for an online transaction in bitcoins yet, chances are you probably will before long. The digital currency that was invented in 2008 has been widely adopted

When it comes to the dangers of oversharing information through social media, Twitter and Facebook come to most people’s minds. And while we’ve written about the dangers of exposing your

Everyone urges you to invent unique and complicated passwords for each service you use. However, complicated passwords are difficult to memorize, which can lead to a serious problem, especially if

The newly released Android 4.4 features a tasty new codename (KitKat), some design improvements, revamped Contacts and Hangouts apps, and, of course, several security-related changes. So, how much more secure

Ransomware in general is not exactly the nastiest malware out there, but a new variant – called CryptoLocker – is particularly worrisome because it actually does what most ransomware merely

Bitcoin is a digital crypto-currency. It’s distributed. It’s peer-to-peer, meaning that is controlled by the people that use it. There is no central authority controlling it. There are no international

Brace yourself – I am going to share the most shocking and counterintuitive discovery I’ve made this year about electronic games. Free games bring more revenue than gaming consoles and console

This weekend we had a memorable date. It marked 25 years since the publication of the first computer malware that was widespread enough to be featured in the news. The

The only thing scarier than a computer virus with the power to destroy your system or steal  all of your precious data stored on it  are viruses that do so