by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY
From August 2011 to February 2013, AV-TEST investigated malicious code in approximately 40 million search results from major search engines. The results of their research are now out and show that Google comes out on top, returning only 272 infected web pages in a...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, Web Hosting
Researchers at Sucuri have found that version 4.0 of the WordPress Social Media Widget, also referred to as social-media-widget, has been injecting spam advertisements into sites. It is recommended that anyone using the widget, which has over 900,000 users, remove or...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday on 9 April will be an important spring cleaning day; the company plans to implement nine security bulletins. One of the bulletins deals with vulnerabilities in Windows Defender for Windows 8 and RT; the hole is rated as important and...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Security firm Group-IB has identified a malware program called Dump Memory Grabber that can take debit and credit card data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs. The researchers say that the program has already been used to steal data from clients of US banks...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | HACKING, Malware Reports, SECURITY
A number of HP LaserJet printers can be accessed through the network and unencrypted data can be read from them without authentication. The US-CERT has issued an advisory that warns users of these printers and is calling on them to update the printer’s firmware...
