What is Surveillanceware? Surveillanceware is a type of spware that allows a remote user to access the camera and microphone of a mobile phone. It is also capable of accessing communication, such as SMS and chat messages. Exodus Surveillanceware Explained Exodus is one type of surveillanceware software that is believed to be able to compromise […]
Push Payment Fraud
Push payment fraud occurs when a fraudster deceives a consumer or an individual at a business to send a payment to a bank account controlled by them. Once the payment has been made to the account controlled by the fraudster, real-time payment schemes mean that the account can be emptied as soon as the funds […]
Zero-Day Vulnerability and Exploit
What is a Zero-Day Vulnerability? An unknown or unfixed software vulnerability is known as a Zero-day (0-day) vulnerability. When a vulnerability is identified within software, which may be a program or a driver etc, then the publisher would need to alter the coding of that software in order to fix it and remove the vulnerability. […]
Data Breach Costs LinkedIn $4 Million
The Cost of Data Breach on Linkedin LinkedIn reports that it lost up to $4 million due to one of the biggest data breaches in 2012. LinkedIn is understood to have spent between $500k and $1 million on computer forensic investigation work after a number of passwords of the 175 million LinkedIn member’s accounts data […]
Suspected Mariposa Botnet Mastermind goes on Trial
The suspected mastermind of the Mariposa botnet that compromised millions of computers worldwide went on trial in Slovenia in 2012. The 26 year old, MatjaÅ Åkorjanc is believed to have been a hacker known as Iserdo who was arrested in Maibor in 2010 following an International investigation by the FBI and Slovenian and Spanish Police. […]
