Equifax announced a massive breach that could impact at least 143 million US consumers.That’s 44 percent of the US population. This breach will have a significant impact on a lot of people. Continue reading
Author Archives: Albert Kramer
HTTPS: the importance of the S
“Starting October, Chrome will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on HTTP pages.” That was an e-mail recently sent out by Google. If you’ve ever bought anything online, checked your bank accounts through the app, or logged on to your favorite social media network, you’ve used a technology called SSL/TLS. Meet the S in HTTPS.
Machine learning and the fight against ransomware
Ransomware is everywhere. The number of emails containing ransomware rose 6,000 percent since 2015. In 2016, 40 percent of all spam emails had one of these malicious programs hidden within, according to IBM. Other reports highlight the sophistication of ransomware nowadays and it’s financial impact on organizations that that become victims. In short, it’s all bad news. Or not?
New GhostCtrl smartphone malware secretly record audio, video and more
Security researchers from TrendLabs discovered ANDROIDOS_GHOSTCTRL.OPS / ANDROIDOS_GHOSTCTRL.OPSA and named this Android backdoor GhostCtrl as it can stealthily control many of the infected device’s functionalities. Continue reading