Another week, another serious vulnerability discovered. This time Google has discovered an exploit in SSL 3.0 protocol, named POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption), that allows an attacker to calculate the plain text of secure connections. Apparently the bug has been present since 1996, when SSL was originally released by Netscape. Although SSL was replaced by TLS and other newer… Read more →
Dropbox has been in the center of attention again because hackers have leaked hundreds of Dropbox passwords on a Reddit thread, with a note that there are much, much more passwords available. Dropbox denied that their servers were hacked, explaining that the passwords were obtained through other online services. Since many people tend to use one password for multiple online… Read more →
The year 2014 has already seen some significant discoveries in the world of computer security. Heartbleed bug has made thousands of news headlines and was wildly discussed. However, on September 12, 2014, an even more critical bug was discovered. Named Shellshock (also known as Bashdoor), it is a Unix Bash shell’s bug, that may affect an estimate of 500 million… Read more →
There are many cases where users get infected by clicking on some seemingly legitimate advertisement. Cyber criminals are using this technique to infiltrate users’ devices and lure money out of them. That’s where Disconnect Mobile comes handy. Developed by a company founded of former Google engineers, Disconnect Mobile filters advertisements known to be of malicious intent, i.e. malware downloads, phishing… Read more →
Recent celebrity photo leaks show that many people still don’t care much about the security of their online accounts, or even don’t know whether they should at all. Those computer users who are careless enough to set very simple passwords may suffer the most from online password leaks like the one that happened this month. Although mechanisms to improve online… Read more →
Google announced that it has implemented another security measure to protect your mailbox against malicious or spammy e-mail messages. With the newly introduced support for non-Latin characters in Gmail, the company is now checking whether the message has any ambiguous words or phrases in the subject or message body. For example, ShဝppingSite and ShoppingSite may look the same, but “o”… Read more →
