The latest generation of smartphones is being targeted by criminal hackers to gain access to user credentials. The reason is simple – the number of smartphones is rapidly growing, allowing users to surf the internet, shop online and email from their phones. This has created a fertile market for hackers to exploit – similar to targeting PCs to steal data that they can use for their profit. A recent survey conducted by YouGov shows, that 60 per cent of modern mobile phones contain som... [More]

Proof that life in the world of brick and mortar is inextricably linked to the online world was brought home to the citizens of New Jersey late last month when no less than seven water mains broke in the Jersey City Heights. Due to low water pressure in the Heights following the ruptures, fire officials posted four water tanker trucks at two locations in the area for use in the event of a fire. That's a pretty serious response to a computer glitch that appears to have been triggered by false d... [More]

A new 0-day attack has hit the web recently. The reported vulnerability is associated with Microsoft Windows TV Tuner library, 'MPEG2TuneRequest' Object and can be exploited via a malformed Web page. The attack enables remote code execution (RCE) on the targeted machine. Exploit code has already been spotted on the web. Here is a code snippet of the 0-day exploit as detected: Utilizing patented real-time code analysis technologies, Finjan’s unified secure web gateway blocks the 0-day a... [More]

A new 0-day attack has hit the web recently. The reported vulnerability is associated with Microsoft Windows TV Tuner library, 'MPEG2TuneRequest' Object and can be exploited via a malformed Web page. The attack enables remote code execution (RCE) on the targeted machine. Exploit code has already been spotted on the web. Here is a code snippet of the 0-day exploit as detected: Utilizing patented real-time code analysis technologies, Finjan’s unified secure web gateway blocks the 0-day a... [More]