• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-04-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Android full disk encryption can be brute-forced on Qualcomm-based devices

Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in Android devices with Qualcomm chipsets in order to extract the encrypted keys that protect users' data and run brute-force attacks against them.The attack was demonstrated last week by security researcher Gal... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-04-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Second man pleads guilty of hacking entertainment industry celebrities

A second man has pleaded guilty to using a phishing scheme to get access to private and sensitive videos and photographs of people in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.Edward Majerczyk, 28, a resident of Chicago and Orland Park, Illinois, […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-04-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Second man pleads guilty of hacking entertainment industry celebrities

A second man has pleaded guilty to using a phishing scheme to get access to private and sensitive videos and photographs of people in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.Edward Majerczyk, 28, a resident of Chicago and Orland Park, Illinois, […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-01-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New Satana ransomware encrypts user files and master boot record

Attackers are developing an aggressive new ransomware program for Windows machines that encrypts user files as well as the computer's master boot record (MBR), leaving devices unable to load the OS.The program is dubbed Satana -- meaning "Satan" in ... Read More