• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Sirin Labs to sell mysterious SP1 phone for the privacy conscious

An international group of investors announced today that Sirin Labs, a startup with $72 million in venture funding, is planning to create a smartphone that combines premium performance and functionality with strong privacy protection.Sirin’s announcement gave few details about the […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malvertising attack silently infects old Android devices with ransomware

Attackers are using two known exploits to silently install ransomware on older Android devices when their owners browse to websites that load malicious advertisements.Web-based attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in browsers or their plug-ins to in... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malvertising attack silently infects old Android devices with ransomware

Attackers are using two known exploits to silently install ransomware on older Android devices when their owners browse to websites that load malicious advertisements.Web-based attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in browsers or their plug-ins to in... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Bangladesh Bank attackers used custom malware that hijacked SWIFT software

The hackers who stole US $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank likely used custom malware designed to interfere with the SWIFT transaction software used by many financial institutions.The attackers attempted to transfer $951 million out of Bang... Read More