Cybersecurity blog posts

New IE Zero-Day vulnerability discovered.

Published September 18, 2012

Security researcher Eric Romang has discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which he claims will affect fully patched versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9. The exploits, developed over the weekend for the Metasploit exploit toolkit, have been linked to Nitro, the same group of hackers from China who were exploiting two Java zero-days in late August. “Since… Read more


SPAM!!!

Published September 10, 2012

A funny video about one of the most annoying things ever…SPAM!!!  Read more


Disable Java…NOW!!!

Published September 04, 2012

Unfortunately, it appears that Java is once again unsafe. Over the weekend, the good folks over at security firm FireEye spotted a new attack that exploits a vulnerability in Java to install a Trojan named Poison Ivy, which communicates with C&C servers in China and Singapore. Since there’s no fix in sight, it is highly recommended that users turn off/disable Java in their browsers.… Read more


Blizzard’s Battle.Net HACKED!

Published August 13, 2012

Account details for millions of players have been stolen in a hack attack on Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Blizzard president, CEO and co-founder Michael Morhaime has released a statement explaining that: “Some data was illegally accessed, including a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, outside of China. For players on North American servers,… Read more


Diablo III Targeted by Malware

Published July 23, 2012

I have been a fan of the Diablo series since the 1st installment was released on December 31st, 1996. After waiting over ten years since the 2nd installment in 2000, Diablo III finally arrived in May. As one of the most highly anticipated games this year, it was only a matter of time before malware authors began targeting it. Besides its immense popularity, another thing that is bound to make… Read more


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