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
Published September 10, 2012
A funny video about one of the most annoying things ever…SPAM!!! Read more
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
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
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