Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:42:51 +0000
Malware research analyst Chris Boyd recently had an in-depth chat with SCMagazine about Russian hacking, malware, and social engineering. Here, he summarizes some of the key findings from his discussion and the other researchers interviewed.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:55:13 +0000
How good are you at telling the difference between domain names you know and trust and imposter or look-alike domains? The answer may depend on how familiar you are with the nuances of internationalized domain names (IDNs), as well as which browser or Web application you’re using. For example, how does your browser interpret the following domain? I’ll give you a hint: Despite appearances, it is most certainly not the actual domain for software firm CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates Intl Inc.), which owns the original ca.com domain name: https://www.са.com/ Go ahead and click on the link above or cut-and-paste it into a browser address bar. If you’re using Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, or some recent version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Edge browsers, you should notice that the address converts to “xn--80a7a.com.” This is called “punycode,” and it allows browsers to render domains with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic and Ukrainian. Below is what it looks like in Edge on Windows 10; Google Chrome renders it much the same way. Notice what’s in the address bar (ignore the “fake site” and “Welcome to…” text, which was added as a courtesy by the person who registered this domain):
Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000
Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:17:06 +0000
Last week saw a Twitter spam app claiming to show who “viewed your profile” and spreading throughout the social media platform. See how it spread, and what you can do to avoid being caught by this common scam.
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:00:14 +0000
In this week’s edition Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Dave and Jeff look at hackable heating, using Twitter to predict traffic jams and how to stop the spread of fake news.
