• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-03-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Shopperz adware takes local DNS hijacking to the next level

New versions of a highly persistent adware program called Shopperz use a cunning technique to make DNS (Domain Name System) hijacking harder to detect and fix.Shopperz, also known as Groover, injects ads into users’ Web traffic through methods researchers consider malicious […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Despite reports of hacking, baby monitors remain woefully insecure

Disturbing reports in recent years of hackers hijacking baby monitors and screaming at children have creeped out parents, but these incidents apparently haven’t spooked makers of these devices.A security analysis of nine baby monitors from different manufacturers revealed serious vulnerabilities […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Despite reports of hacking, baby monitors remain woefully insecure

Disturbing reports in recent years of hackers hijacking baby monitors and screaming at children have creeped out parents, but these incidents apparently haven’t spooked makers of these devices.A security analysis of nine baby monitors from different manufacturers revealed serious vulnerabilities […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Employees put business data at risk by installing gambling apps on their phones

If you work for a large, global company, chances are some of your peers have installed gambling apps on the mobile devices they use for work, and that’s bad news for IT security.A study has found that the average company […]