US Banks might have been victims of CyberAttacks
Click and read We’ll have to wait and see if, how and what has been stolen or intercepted.
Category: IT Security News&Updates
CCTV and 3rd party services
With the problems that NO-IP service is facing now, it seems that there are several CCTV setups that rely on this kind of (3rd party) service. Although we are aware that they provide good services, we still wonder why, in a security setup, you let 3rd parties interfere. What would …
Microsoft and the takeover of NO-IP’s DNS Servers
Recently, an article stated that Microsoft has taken over some of the NO-IP’s domains that have been proven to be used in malware spreading and/or BotNet control. Due to this, it seems that there are some problems accessing some subdomains of non-badly intent. Although we understand that this can pose some …
Products and pre-installed malware
In a recent news, the possible presence of a Malware/Virus in a cheap chinese phone sold on Amazon, Ebay and other alike sites made it to the public.The idea is not new and there sure are many more products with these kind of problems. Our warning: just be careful what …
The dangers of writing down a password
You’ll never know who will see it or photograph it. As it happened in a random photo took at 2014 Brasil World Cup Be safe! Keep your passwords out of everyone’s reach!
Cybercrime, cyberactivity and cybersecurity
Besides our daily engineer/research jobs, we invest a small amount of time (and some amount of resources) into finding the latest cyberthreats. After some time, using some proprietary combination of algorithms, tools and knowledge, we are amazed (at least to be said) how low is the interest in cybercrime. It …